Vice Media

also referred to as: vice

5 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 4, 2023 by Sam Parr · said 9 times in 5 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Sam Parr (6), Shaan Puri (2), Isaac French (1)

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Everything said about Vice Media, oldest first

May 4, 2023 negative
Insight
Parr: Media startups should avoid basing operations in New York City
“If you're going to build a media company, avoid New York City. Like when you're a creative services business, you need, it's a talent arbitrage and it's really hard to do that when you're in a really high cost of living city like New York.”
Sam Parr May 4, 2023 ▶ 38:57 AI Santa and Four Other Simple Business Ideas (+ Vice Goes Bankrupt!) (#451)
May 4, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Parr: Vice inflated ad reach by aggregating third-party clickbait sites
“What they did was they did, ah, they partnered with omgfacts.com, distractified.com, and all these other clickbait websites, and they would roll that up, and so they would call them part of the vice network, and so they would tell people, ah, you know, like In…”
Sam Parr May 4, 2023 ▶ 35:09 AI Santa and Four Other Simple Business Ideas (+ Vice Goes Bankrupt!) (#451)
May 4, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Parr: Vice raised at $6B valuation and generates $600M annual revenue
“Eventually, they raised money at a six billion dollar valuation. Today, they're nothing, but they still make six hundred million dollars a year in revenue.”
Sam Parr May 4, 2023 ▶ 27:43 AI Santa and Four Other Simple Business Ideas (+ Vice Goes Bankrupt!) (#451)
May 12, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Parr: Vice Media Offered $10M in Stock to Buy The Hustle
“They get me in a room, they like send me a term sheet and they're like, well, buy your company for ten million dollars, but it's going to be all in stock. And I was like, well, show me the financials and like, let me see what's going on with your business. And…”
Sam Parr May 12, 2023 ▶ 16:33 My First Million Live Event With Andrew Wilkinson (Austin Texas)
Apr 4, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vice Media attempted to acquire The Hustle in an all-stock deal
“So the first time I tried to sell, I hired a banker and we ended up getting an offer from vice and it was an all stock offer.”
Sam Parr Apr 4, 2025 ▶ 50:04 How to build a $100M+ newsletter business
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