Vice Replaces Legal Head Who Quit for Obama Staff Media Venture

Oct. 6, 2022, 3:36 PM UTC

Vice Media Inc. hired Maria Krasnikow Harris as chief legal officer, replacing Lucinda Kinau Treat, who left last week to lead Crooked Media Inc., a venture started by former staffers to President Barack Obama.

Harris made the move after Packable Holdings LLC, a private equity-backed e-commerce platform that named her legal chief a year ago, filed for bankruptcy in August after a merger with a special purpose acquisition company collapsed.

Vice, a digital media and broadcasting company valued at $5.7 billion in 2017, has watched its price tag slip in recent years along with online rivals. BuzzFeed Inc. raised a ...

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