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George Soros fund nears $400M deal to buy Vice Media out of bankruptcy: report
2023-05-10
News companies seem to be the latest fashionable accessory for the politically active multi-billionaire.
[NYPOST] Bankruptcy-bound Vice Media will reportedly be bought out of Chapter 11 by investors who include billionaire George Soros
...either Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Auric Goldfinger come true...
for about $400 million — after the Brooklyn-based company was once valued at nearly $6 billion.

The cash-strapped media company has been prepping for the bankruptcy filing after failing to find a buyer over the past year, The Post reported last week.

The company’s post-bankruptcy arrangement will be to sell itself to the Soros Fund Management — founded by the 92-year-old left-wing activist — and Fortress Investment Group in a deal that would value the once-high-flying Vice at just $400 million, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The move could spell a return to the spotlight for bombastic Vice Media co-founder Shane Smith, who held the role of CEO in the company’s heyday, including being valued at $5.7 billion in 2017.

Reps for Vice Media, Soros Fund Management and Fortress did not immediately respond for comment.
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Posted by:Fred

#4  It's an investment in the next gen of prosecutors/ rioters/snitches. He knows how to spend his money.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2023-05-10 17:52  

#3  He is spending our foreign aid dollars. I guess that is less money available to buy bad prosecutors.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-05-10 11:56  

#2  Vice isn't worth $400M. Let him pay
Posted by: Frank G   2023-05-10 10:53  

#1  Vice Media's specialty is leftist propaganda.

But so is CNN, MSNBC, PBS, CBS, the NYTimes and others.

So the competition is tough
Posted by: lord garth   2023-05-10 09:02  

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