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Vice Media to cut jobs and cease publishing on its website

Vice Media is set to cut a significant number of jobs and cease publication on Vice.com as part of a restructuring plan, following its bankruptcy filing in May and subsequent acquisition by Fortress Investment Group. CEO Bruce Dixon outlined in a memo that Vice aims to collaborate with established media entities for digital content distribution,...

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Karlie Kloss snaps up i-D Magazine from Vice Media

Karlie Kloss has acquired i-D Magazine from Vice Media, the second publication to be added to the supermodel and businesswoman’s growing portfolio. While W Magazine was the first to be snapped up by Kloss, who led a consortium of investors through the process in 2020, i-D is the first to be handled through Bedford Media, a newly formed company...

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Video: This Rags-To-Riches Business Has Beat The Retail Apocalypse (HBO)

Traffic on the corner of Melrose and Fuller regularly comes to a halt here on any given Saturday, as shoppers from near and far dart through traffic in designer sneakers. They’re trying to get from one Round Two store to the next. Source: Youtube, VICE news

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Fashion

Vogue and Vice launch editorial partnership

Millenials are not just the concern of retailers and brands, who are trying to attract a younger consumer. So too are magazines, who’s readership numbers have been waning since the dawn of the internet and rise in social media. Millennial savvy Vice Media, who in 2012 bought i-D magazine and last year took a stake in Garage magazine, is now...

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I-D appoints US fashion director

Fashion publication i-D Magazine has undergone radical changes since its takeover by Vice media in a bid to become a global brand. The print publication, who's roots lie firmly in the British creative arena, have appointed a New York fashion director, Mr Alastair McKimm. McKimm's appointment adds to the company's view to expand i-D's editorial...

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Kenzo x i-D and M.I.A.

i-D magazine, now owned by Vice, has produced a music video in collaboration with French fashion house Kenzo. The video is a rainbow rave explosion starring glow-in-the-dark M.I.A. Directed by Daniel Sannwald and styled by Julia Sarr-Jamois, the video features club visuals and Kenzo's signature eye motif equally mixed. According to the Guardian,...

Fashion

Traditional line between editorial and ads changing

The fashion industry might have been seeing numerous level of change over the past couple of years from the advent and growth of digital media, but now a number of upstart fashion media companies, targeting the Internet generation are taking a dramatically different approach to content, platform and monetisation. Where the longstanding fashion...

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i-D Magazine sold to Vice publications

Iconic fashion publication i-D has been sold to multimedia company Vice. Vice publications are distributed freely and its content features mostly independent arts, fashion, cultural matters, and is notorious for its controversial commentary. The company is expanding into fashion coverage by buying the British style publication and Vice...