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Inside the Vice Media-Refinery29 deal and what it means for the future of digital media
Co-CEOs Justin Stefano and Philippe von Borries were media outsiders and accidental fashion publish…
Lucia Moses
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What's next at WeWork, a secret superpower in the cloud wars, and inside Refinery29
Ashley Rodriguez reported Friday on exclusive data which suggests Netflix's international growth ha…
Matt Turner
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Read the memo Refinery29 leaders sent to staff about Vice Media buying the company
In a memo to staff, Refinery29's founders said they built "one of the most important and influentia…
Lucia Moses
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Digital media companies Group Nine Media and Refinery29 are said to be in talks to merge
Group Nine Media is the product of a rollup of NowThis, The Dodo, Thrillist, and Seeker. It formed …
Lucia Moses
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Refinery29 bootstrapped for 8 years and raised $133 million - only to sell to Vice Media for mostly stock
Justin Stefano and Philippe von Borries were media outsiders and first-time entrepreneurs when, in …
Lucia Moses
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Vice Media finally acquired Refinery29, and industry insiders are already wondering how the combined business will be stronger
Few details are widely known, but the deal was reported as being mostly stock. That reflects the fa…
Lucia Moses
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Refinery29 was urgently searching for a merger partner, and Vice Media just inked a deal to buy it
Vice faced reports of mistreatment and hostile workplace culture toward women at the height of the …
Alyssa Meyers
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Refinery29 is the latest digital media company to have layoffs
Against the backdrop of these dynamics, we are giving ourselves the flexibility to focus resources …
Mike Shields
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Refinery29 thinks it can double revenue to $200 million despite a tough climate for digital media
Refinery29 is also expanding internationally with a French edition coming this month. Already, 38% …
Lucia Moses
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Refinery29 is taking aim at live TV with it own lifestyle-focused channel
In such a climate, the move is a bid by Refinery29 to expand its core businesses and deepen the rel…
Tanya Dua
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Refinery29 is expanding its live events business as it tries to grow in a tough ad climate
The venture-backed company has raised $125 million from investors including Turner Broadcasting, Sc…
Lucia Moses
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Rumors keep swirling about a Group Nine and Refinery29 merger, but pulling it off would rough for everyone
The buying company would be incentivized to value the one it's acquiring as low as possible. The ac…
Lucia Moses
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AT&T's Xandr pitch deck, Refinery29-Vice Media merger, how to make $150 million by fighting Facebook and Google
Refinery29 is in talks to combine with Vice Media. Sources say its finances are so tight it needs t…
Lucia Moses
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Refinery29 is in talks to combine with Vice Media. Sources say its finances are so tight it needs to do a deal soon.
Another factor is WPP. The ad agency holding company giant is an investor in both media companies, …
Lucia Moses
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How Refinery29 bootstrapped for 8 years, caught fire, and raised $133 million - only to end up selling to another struggling startup, Vice Media, for mostly stock
Both publications are losing money. Media is consolidating, and there are few buyers willing to pay…
Lucia Moses
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Refinery29's Facebook series 'Strangers' is as compelling as anything you'll find on traditional TV
"Strangers" follows a freshly single Isobel (Zoe Chao) as she explores her newly discovered sexuali…
Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
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The cofounder of Refinery29 explains how she built a global media brand that reaches 425 million people a year
Barberich: Because I knew how hard it was. And also there was a lot of fear on my part because we d…
Richard Feloni,Sarah Wyman,An…
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Inside Refinery29's $133 million rise and sell to Vice Media, FCB cuts ties with industry group over Ted Royer controversy, and Taboola and Outbrain finally merge
My colleague Tanya Dua reported on content-recommendation company Taboola's merger with longtime ri…
Lauren Johnson
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'Our show tries to be an alternative': Inside Refinery29's big bet to make a hit late-night show on Facebook Watch
Refinery29 has been involved with Watch since the first original programming rolled out last year a…
Lauren Johnson
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Refinery29 co-founder Philippe von Borries to speak at IGNITION 2015
So how did an entrepreneur with experience in law and politics go on to co-found one of t…