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VICE Media – alive and well in the Middle East

Despite troubles within the wider group, VICE’s regional operation is expanding, finds Justin Harper

Vice Media Group has been in the headlines with bankruptcy talk, fears that it is laying off hundreds of workers and no longer publishing journalism on its website. Many of these reports are “misleading”, according to Tarek Khalil, Managing Director of MEA for VICE.

In an exclusive interview with Campaign Middle East, he sought to set the record straight and highlight the healthy state of its Middle East division.

“Contrary to what the (news) outlets have said, our website is not shutting down. We are just re-strategizing our content approach.”

Khalil explained the background behind the VICE Group’s troubles, and how it is in a phase of restructuring. “It’s no longer cost


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