It's not an acquisition, per se, so much as some of it was acquired and the leadership changed at a time that major changes were being undertaken. At a time wh

It's not an acquisition, per se, so much as some of it was acquired and the leadership changed at a time that major changes were being undertaken. At a time when the executive controlled roughly 3/4 of Vice, Fox purchased 5% of it; other major media have done so. Shortly before this occurance, Gavin McInnes had left his leadership role over alleged differences of opinion on how to run Vice Media. His departure, the arrival of large media conglomerates as large minority shareholders, and the rapid expansion of Vice into new properties and markets all occur within a very short time span.