Vice Media Group has promoted the leadership team responsible for its news, publishing and TV divisions.
The media company announced Monday that Morgan Hertzan has been promoted to president of global TV, while Cory Haik, the company’s chief digital officer since 2019, has been promoted to chief operating officer for news and entertainment. However, Jesse Angelo will continue as president of global news and entertainment.
“Cory has supercharged engagement and new platform innovation across our publishing brands — Vice, Refinery29 and i-D — while Morgan has done an outstanding job revitalizing Vice TV and making it one of the shining success stories in the U.S. TV business,” Angelo said. “I’m excited to continue working with this team, which has been clicking together for over three years, to forge a holistic content strategy across all our consumer brands and distribution channels to drive continued audience and revenue growth.”
Hertzan, a multiple Emmy and DuPont Award-winning producer, joined VICE in 2019 as an executive vice president and general manager of television at VICE TV. Hertzan will lead TV content licensing and partnerships, manage the global distribution team and expand Vice News TV content across new platforms and partnerships. She will also manage growth across the company’s brands, including VICe, Refinery29 and i-D. The division was previously run by Kate Ward, who headed Vice Studios and has since departed to BBC.
Hertzan and Haik both report to Angelo. Angelo is the former CEO and Publisher of the New York Post and joined Vice in 2019. He leads its global news, digital and television businesses, as the company has grown internationally.
Vice Media Group CEO Nancy Dubuc said, “I’m incredibly proud of Jesse, Cory and Morgan for all they’ve done to make Vice the leading youth culture brand around the world, leveraging new platforms to accelerate the growth of our business and breaking through with innovative and groundbreaking content that appeals to young consumers everywhere. They’re proven leaders with a profound understanding of Vice’s unique brand and audience, and I expect all three of them to have an enormous impact on Vice’s future.”
Despite all the promotions, the future for VICE Media is still uncertain, as in May, CNBC reported that VICE Media hired a banker amid their search for a buyer.
The Hollywood Reporter first reported this news.
