Vice media group now gone

I have been subscribed to Cyber, a Vice media podcast. Their last, by the looks of it, is a 66 minute diatribe on how the company failed.

While I have not listened to the thing yet, I plan to. I have listened to their podcasts, and they have had some great content.

The article The Vice Media Collapse Was Entirely The Fault Of Incompetent, Fail-Upward Brunchlords goes in to complete detail from someone who worked there.

I respect Joseph Cox, I heard him on vice on a regular before he said he was leaving. Now, he is involved in 403 media, which is a paid site. Free users can read, but it looks like you can only read so much.

Karl Bode, the author of the piece has a great article here, and this is why I decided while I can write,

They also talk about other failed companies too.

While I’d love to receive donations, it isn’t about the money for me. Its about getting out the news. and making sure that I do a great job doing it.

While it is slow and painful, I must get better. Spelling some of the names of these groups and making sure my spelling in general must improve. I don’t claim to be perfect, and I know I see things after the fact.

With this said, I know plenty of folk who do a good job in journalism who have left their job including Brian Krebs. Its just a tough world out there with so many people writing.

Sorry to see Vice and its companies go. I respected motherboard and that group for the reporting they did.