With Vice’s rebellious reputation on the line, a former editor is accusing the media company of killing (and modifying) stories to protect advertiser relationships. In one instance, editor in
question, Charles Davis, filed a story about unpaid labor at the South by Southwest festival. At the time, however, “Vice Media [had] co-sponsored [a SXSW] event venue with AT&T,”
Capital New York reports. A source at Vice tell Capital that the story was killed for “editorial reasons that had nothing to do with AT&T, though what Davis was told may be another
matter.”
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