Vice Comms Chief Jonathan Bing Leaves To Set Up New Shop As Questions Raised Over Future Of Youth-Skewing Brand
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Vice Media is in a state of flux as its new owners decide on a long-term strategy for the beleaguered youth media brand.
Questions were raised today after it emerged that staffers who work for Vice News website were worried that the flagship website was set to be shut down as new owners Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital plot out their plans after acquiring the brand out of bankruptcy last year.
On top of this, the company’s top communications exec Jonanthan Bing, who previously served as director of communications for Netflix, was leaving to set up a new company.
He joined in 2022. Bing, who will continue to work with Vice Media on a consultancy basis, has teamed up with Beverly Tan, a producer and casting agent who has worked on projects such as Luv Gone Wrong, to launch Bite Media.
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