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Vice Media Group Says Staff Now Majority Female
Vice Media Group’s 2020 diversity report says 56% of the company is now made up of women and there were demographic shifts in executive leadership, tooLindsey Ellefson | February 4, 2021 @ 8:06 AM
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A majority of Vice Media Group’s employees are now female and most of the new hires in 2020 were Black, indigenous or people of color, according to a new diversity report from the company.
Vice announced Thursday that 56% of its employees identify as female, up 5.8% from 2019 as well as 58% of new hires globally. In the United States, 42% of employees identify as BIPOC, which is a 3.9% increase. Of new hires, 54% identify as BIPOC, which was an increase of 9.12% from the previous year. A total of 21% of those new hires identified as Black or African American.
Vice Media Group Grows Female Workforce to 56% of Company, Unveils DEI Report Results (EXCLUSIVE)
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A seismic shift in the work culture and make-up of Vice Media Group (VMG) under CEO Nancy Dubuc appears to be paying dividends, as per the company’s 2020 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) report, which reveals that women now comprise over half of the Shane Smith-founded company’s global workforce.
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Variety, the report shows the number of people identifying as a woman at VMG increased by 5.8% across the year, bringing the overall total to 56%. Of new hires around the world, 58% identified as women.
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