Vice Media has hired an executive from turnaround specialist AlixPartners as its interim finance chief as the struggling media company looks for a buyer, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. AlixPartners Director Mark Del Priore fills a vacancy left by Bruce Dixon, who is now the media company’s co-chief executive. Mr. Del Priore will work with Vice Media management in “making decisions for company finances and overseeing strategic plans to improve the company’s financial health,” according to the memo. Mr. Del Priore has experience in turning around struggling companies in the media and marketing sector, having served as chief financial officer of marketing-services company Harte Hanks Inc. and advertising and mobile data business SITO Mobile Ltd. Vice Media’s divisions include online-publishing brands such as the flagship site Vice, Refinery29 and tech specialist Motherboard, as well as the Vice TV channel, Vice Studios and the Virtue ad agency.
