Vice and Gawker Play Dirty, But Reveal A Lot About Today's Media

gawkers-latest-trendy-web-metric-branded-trafficYou’ve probably already seen the piece Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan wrote last Friday, “Working at Vice Media Is Not As Cool As It Seems,” a report riddled with accusations of dismal (really, just insulting) staff salaries and allegations of shady business practices at the new media company, based on dozens of anonymous interview sources claiming to be current or former Vice employees.

Nolan laid out points like this:

One intern two years ago was excited to receive a full time position—until the company offered him a salary of $20K.

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