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• Vox And Group Nine Are In Advanced Talks To Merge
• Vox Furloughs Roughly 100 Staffers As Pandemic Continues To Hit Digital Media Business

  Our current coronavirus crisis continues to impact the digital media landscape.The latest publisher to be hit is Vox Media, which has furloughed 9% of its staff (a total of roughly 100 employees) from May 1 to July 31.

  
• Vox Lays Off 50 Staffers, Mostly Across Social Video Teams

  While native social video was growing at Vox, according to CEO Jim Bankoff, it won’t be a viable audience or revenue driver moving forward.

  
• Vox Media Fires Editorial Director Lockhart Steele For Misconduct, Says Investigation Is “Ongoing”

  "There are still people coming forward," CEO Jim Bankoff told staffers, "and I want to encourage people who have not come forward to do so as well.”