Nancy Dubuc Stepping Down as Vice Media CEO

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Nancy Dubuc announced in a memo to Vice Media Group staff Friday that she is leaving as CEO of the media company.

Dubuc, who was previously CEO of A+E Networks and spent nearly 20 years at the cable programmer, was hired as chief exec of Vice Media in 2018, when company co-founder Shane Smith shifting to a new role as executive chairman. “It’s been an exhilarating five years since joining you at Vice, and I am incredibly proud of the important and long-lasting accomplishments we have made together,” Dubuc wrote in her farewell email. “[A]s the anniversary of my tenure approaches, it is so difficult to share that I have made the decision to move onto the next chapter.” (Read the full memo below) Asked for additional info, a Vice Media rep provided a statement from the company’s board of directors: “Nancy joined Vice at a pivotal time and put in place an exceptional team that has positioned the company for long-term success.

We thank Nancy for her many contributions and will soon announce new leadership to guide Vice forward into its next stage of growth and transformation.” Smith had previously led Vice since the company launched a punk-scene print magazine in Montreal in 1994.

Deadline first reported Dubuc’s exit from Vice Media. Read her memo to staff: Dear Vice Media Group Team, I am writing today with bittersweet news.