Vice Media to Lay Off Hundreds of Workers, Stop Publishing on Vice.com Site
• Vice Media to lay off hundreds of workers next week and stop publishing on Vice.com • Layoffs confirmed by Vice Media chief Bruce Dixon in memo sent to staffers • Several hundred staffers to be laid off as part of transition to "studio model" • Refinery29, another Vice-owned brand, will continue operating as standalone business • Layoffs come less than a year after Vice was acquired and rescued from bankruptcy