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Vice Media Group Promotes Veteran News Executive Subrata De to Global Evp, Head of Programming and Development, Vice News VICE MEDIA GROUP PROMOTES VETERAN NEWS EXECUTIVE SUBRATA DE TO GLOBAL EVP, HEAD OF PROGRAMMING AND DEVELOPMENT, VICE NEWS De will work alongside EVP, Global Head of Newsgathering, Susie Banikarim to lead VICE’s newsroom globally Longtime VICE News Executive Producer Maral Usefi promoted to Vice President, Editorial Operations JUNE 22, 2020 - BROOKLYN, NY – Today, VICE Media Group announced that ​ award-winning veteran news executive, Subrata De has been promoted to Executive Vice ​ President, and Global Head of Programming and Development for VICE News. De was previously Senior Executive Producer, Long Form, VICE News. De will work alongside Susie Banikarim, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Newsgathering who joined VICE Media Group in December 2019. De and Banikarim will be the most senior operational executives in VICE’s global newsroom, overseeing all aspects of the company’s news content internationally. De will lead VICE News’ robust longform unit, long lead development programming, and editorial staffing. Banikarim will continue to marshal all daily newsroom, bureaus and newsgathering functions, including the Emmy®-award winning nightly newscast VICE News Tonight. ​ De started at VICE in May 2018 as Executive Producer of the Emmy®-award winning weekly series VICE on HBO. She was promoted to Senior Executive Producer in 2019, where she ​ ​ led all long-form content including Investigations by VICE on Hulu and VICE on Showtime. ​ ​ ​ During her time at VICE, De has overseen multiple groundbreaking stories including "Consent,” a look at the complexity of confronting sexual assault in the wake of #MeToo; ​ “Losing Ground” an examination into how property laws aid in the appropriation of Black land and; “Warning from Wuhan” a haunting piece reported by a now-disappeared citizen ​ ​ journalist in China. Prior to VICE, she served as Vice President of Newsgathering at ABC, where she oversaw domestic, foreign and digital coverage and helped launch ABC News Features, a vertical ​ ​ that reinvigorated international storytelling. De has also worked at MSNBC as the Executive Producer of Andrea Mitchell Reports and at NBC News as a Senior Producer, reporting ​ stories and producing Nightly News broadcasts from over 20 countries. De is the recipient of ​ many industry awards, including two DuPont’s, the Peabody, six Emmys®, the RFK Journalism Award and a Gracie for Individual Achievement. De will continue to report into Jesse Angelo, President News & Entertainment, VICE Media Group. Furthermore, Maral Usefi has been promoted to Vice President, Editorial Operations, ​ VICE News, in addition to her role as Executive Producer, News. In her new role, Usefi, will lead all internal VICE News operations with oversight over its studios, control rooms, and production scheduling. As Executive Producer, News, she will continue to manage all mid-form and long lead content for VICE News Tonight. Overcoming the many logistical ​ ​ challenges of COVID-19, Usefi was instrumental in shifting VICE News Tonight to a remote ​ operation with Banikarim and VICE News Tonight Executive Producer Nikki Egan, as well as ​ overseeing special episodes on the unrest in Minneapolis and Louisville and the VICE TV documentary special Black South Rising. ​ ​ The promotions come as VICE News continues to expand its news offerings internationally across television, digital, audio and through media partnerships including A+E Networks, SHOWTIME and Spotify, with groundbreaking, award-winning journalism from VICE News ​ Tonight, the most Emmy®-awarded nightly news newscast and VICE on Showtime. ​ ​ ​ ABOUT VICE MEDIA GROUP VICE Media Group is the world’s largest independent youth media company. Launched in 1994, VICE has offices in 35 cities across the globe with a focus on five key businesses: VICE.com, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICE TV, an Emmy®-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division with the most Emmy®-awarded nightly news broadcast; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency with 25 offices around the world. VICE Media Group’s portfolio includes Refinery29, the leading global media and entertainment company focused on women; ​ ​ PULSE Films, a London-based next-generation production studio with outposts in Los Angeles, New ​ York, Paris and Berlin; i-D, a global digital and bimonthly magazine defining fashion and ​ ​ contemporary culture; and Garage, a digital platform and biannual publication converging the worlds ​ ​ of art and design. .
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