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Tue Jan 2, 2018, 01:56 PM Jan 2018

Vice suspends 2 top execs after sexual misconduct report

Source: Associated Press

Vice suspends 2 top execs after sexual misconduct report

By TALI ARBEL
31 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Vice has suspended two top executives after a New York Times report on sexual misconduct at the digital media company.

Vice Media has suspended its president, Andrew Creighton, and chief digital officer Mike Germano, as it investigates allegations against them, according to a company memo sent to employees Tuesday. A Vice spokesman declined to comment.

The Times had reported in late December that it found four settlements involving allegations of sexual harassment or defamation against Vice employees, including Creighton. The newspaper talked with more than two dozen women who say they experienced or witnessed sexual misconduct, including groping and forced kisses.

Vice Media co-founders Shane Smith and Suroosh Alvi have apologized for the “boy’s club” culture .

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