like i saidon here b4 americans dont get drunk they just say WOOP alot. we drink to numb the pain, overcome crippling inhibitions, relieve the interminable tedium...
(Bloomberg) -- It makes sense that Vice had something to do with it.
Vice Media Inc. Chief Executive Officer Shane Smith paid for a $300,000 Las Vegas dinner last month, according to a person who asked not to be identified because the meal was private. Mr. Smith, a Vice co-founder, had been on a lucky gambling run, the person said.
Brooklyn-based Vice has grown from a free, whiskey-stained Montreal monthly into a media titan. Technology Crossover Ventures and A+E Networks each invested $250 million for 10% stakes in the company last year.
After Gawker published complaints about Vice's low wages and freelance pay last year, the company released a statement describing the insurance, vacation days and stock program for its employees. Mr. Smith, 45, gave $1 million to staff at last year's holiday party, Gawker reported.
The cost of the meal at the Bellagio casino's Prime Steakhouse was reported by Bloomberg News earlier Wednesday, after MGM Resorts International revealed on an earnings call Tuesday that unidentified guests had enjoyed a $300,000 meal. The dinner was held during the Consumer Electronics Show, according to MGM Chief Financial Officer Dan D'Arrigo.
It was a party of 12, an MGM spokesman said in an e-mail. A guest at the dinner, who asked not to be identified, put the number closer to 25.
"No brainer quiz. What media co exec did I watch win $100k at blackjack last nite?" David Carr, The New York Times media columnist wrote last month on Twitter, weeks before his death at 58. "Hint: gambling not his only vice."
all i wanted to say in any case is that vice uk lacks an identity becasue the culture that vice was a product of doesnt exist here and that what that means is that the people who write for vice inthe uk are indistinguishable from the people who write for the guide which comes with the guardian on saturday. thats all.
of all the partnerships...
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/27/vice-mind-mental-health-project
Okay, looks like Gawker stepped in it and people are saying they did the same thing during Gamergate but I didn't pay attention to gamer gate.
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Aussie reality series "Go Back to Where You Came From" -- thought i was reading "the onion" when i first heard about this program, apparently they go to syria this season and encounter ISIS.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainmen...re-you-came-from/story-fn8yvfst-1227405757990
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warning-shane-smith-interview-has-861227They think you're doing voodoo magic?
SMITH No, the business press thinks we're doing voodoo magic. (Laughs.) They're all, "Shane is f—ing P.T. Barnum." Fox, Time Warner, Disney, they're not stupid. They're smart people. You think that I could hoodwink Bob Iger, Jeff Bewkes and Rupert Murdoch? I'll tell you what they see in us, and I'd do the exact same f—ing thing if there was anybody out there for mobile: We're a hedge. Because they've got their business, and those businesses have thrown off a lot of cash. But Bob Iger probably realizes that his business, the biggest media company in the world, is going to go into a f—ing vortex and he needs to at least have some pathfinder saying, "Hey, Bob, I figured this out over here." They all do, quite frankly. And at least we're f—ing trying. Everyone [else] is galvanized into inactivity. They're like, "Yep, we're f—ed, we're totally f—ed. Should we try anything different? No, f—, no, no, don't unbundle." But unless you try f—ing something, you're not going to learn anything. So, when we came to them with our plans and said, "Here's how we're going do it and here's what we need," they all salivated because they're like, "F—, I'd do that with my company if I could, but I can't."