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Vice Media to close flagship site, slash hundreds of staff

Vice Media is the latest in a string of media outlets to haemorrhage jobs [Courtesy of Vice Media Group].

Vice Media, the edgy media outlet that courted millennials and Gen Z, has announced it will cease publishing new content on its flagship website and lay off several hundred staff in the latest blow to the struggling media industry.

Vice filed for bankruptcy in May before being sold to New York-based Fortress Investment Group for $350m.

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