
NIEMAN LAB: Vox.com tries a membership program, with a twist: It’s focused on video and entirely on YouTube
“I’m sure everybody in the industry would [agree] that YouTube can be a messy, nasty place. The membership is just this delightful two-way conversation, with people who are really there to support Vox.”

PBS: NO PASSPORT REQUIRED with Marcus Samuelsson Returns for Second Season on PBS
Premiering This Fall, New Season Explores the Food and Culture of America’s Thriving Immigrant Communities in Boston, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Seattle

NIEMAN LAB: With tech’s reality a little too dystopian, The Verge is turning to science fiction for inspiration
And turning away a bit from Facebook video: “Our video lives on YouTube. We’re going to program for the YouTube audience.”

AXIOS: Vox Media is acquiring The Coral Project
Vox Media is acquiring The Coral Project, an open-source publishing platform that is housed within the Mozilla Foundation.

CNN: CNN’s Newest Original Series “American Style” Premieres at #1 at 10pm ET Among Adults 25-54
American Style is a four-part docuseries, produced by Vox Entertainment in collaboration with Doc Shop Productions, that explores how America’s changing style through the decades has mirrored the political, social, and economic climate of the time.

DIGIDAY: How Vox Media’s Verge Science is growing on YouTube
In May 2018, Vox Media’s Verge Science launched its own YouTube channel as the science-centric property shifted its attention away from Facebook. Since then, the channel has quickly grown to more than 600,000 subscribers by focusing on what works on YouTube: community and consistent programming.

DEADLINE: Netflix Docuseries ‘Explained’ Greenlit For Season 2
For those who are constantly demanding explanations, you’ll be happy to know that Explained, the original docuseries from Vox and Netflix, has gotten a greenlight for a second season.

AXIOS: SB Nation launches local NFL podcasts
Vox Media is investing heavily in its podcast and television studio businesses to grow its revenue and audiences. The company is slated to triple its podcast revenue this year from 2017, according to Marty Moe, President of Vox Media, Inc.

CYNOPSIS: Vox Media Looks to the Future
Vox Media says it is “shaping the future of journalism and entertainment.” Chad Mumm, VP, Head of Vox Entertainment at Vox Media, tells how.

NIEMAN LAB: A Chorus of publishers: Vox Media onboards the Chicago Sun-Times as its first licensee since launch
“The joke in the industry is everybody doesn’t like the CMS or they write in some other tool.” Vox Media aims to change that punchline for other publishers.

FAST COMPANY: Vox’s “Future Perfect” wants to explain it all
We wax philosophical with Ezra Klein about his website’s new vertical, which aims to take a macro view in an ever-shrinking news cycle.

THR: YouTube Greenlights Vox Entertainment Explainer Show (Exclusive)
The ad-supported original will poll the audience on the things that make them most curious or confused.

DEADLINE: Vox Media Launches ‘Consider It’ On Facebook Watch
Vox Media senior correspondent Liz Plank will host a new Facebook Watch show that tackles the issues polarizing America.

Explanatory video + engagement = How Vox’s Borders series is humanizing the map and building local source networks
“I was sensitive to saying, ‘Here I am, an outsider, a non-expert going to these places and saying I’m here to explain this.’”

Vox Entertainment is developing a TV show with Vox.com’s Emmy-nominated YouTube producer
Digiday profiled Vox Senior Video Producer Estelle Caswell on the heels of her two Emmy nominations for her work on Vox’s Earworm video series.

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Vox Media to Begin Licensing Publishing Technology Chorus
After cutting partnership deals with The Ringer and Funny or Die, Vox Media hopes to sell publishing technology to publishers of all sizes

CNBC: Vox Media CEO– We’re not dependent on any one platform
Jim Bankoff, Vox Media CEO, speaks with CNBC’s Carl Quintanilla about the media landscape live from the Code Conference.

ADWEEK: New York Media, Rolling Stone Join Expanding Digital Ad Marketplace
Vox Media’s Concert will reach nearly 90% of internet users, estimates say

THR: Vox Media Chief Jim Bankoff on the Future of Digital Media and His Hollywood Ambitions
The DC-based exec also opens up about what he learned when the dotcom world went belly-up.

FAST COMPANY: Vox’s new Netflix show is just the start of its video ambitions
As Vox.com launches its new Netflix show, Explained, we see the industry trying to figure out a sustainable model for video.

CNN Unveils Slate of New Original Shows, Including Vox Media Production
Vox Entertainment is producing a four-part show on fashion called ‘American Style.’

VARIETY: Funny Or Die to Retire Decade-Old Website, Will Migrate to Vox Media’s Platform
Starting this summer, the digital comedy outfit will move FunnyOrDie.com over to Vox Media’s platform — and under the multiyear pact, the two companies say they’re exploring potential collaborations on long-form entertainment.

NYMAG: Vox Media to Launch Daily News Podcast Called Today, Explained
As an extension of Vox, the news-and-opinion site largely defined by its commitment to the explainer format, Today, Explained will be built on a sense of focus and context: Each edition will revolve around one story from the day that the team will then break down.
