How 404 Media Is Navigating 'Economic Headwinds'

How 404 Media Is Navigating 'Economic Headwinds'

Something that we’ve been thinking a lot about since we founded 404 Media was how one of the worst parts of working at a big company like VICE was the regular layoffs. A cruel aspect of the job was that whenever there was some kind of cataclysmic event that affected the economy—COVID, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, etc—we had the unique pleasure of having to closely follow and cover news that could and often would ultimately result in members of …

How 404 Media is navigating the economy

Jason Koebler, Samantha Cole, Emanuel Maiberg and Joseph Cox, founders of tech news site 404 Media, write about how they’re navigating the uncertain economy. Koebler, Cole, Maiberg and Cox write, “For that reason, we wanted to give a small update on the state of 404 Media ahead of our second anniversary in August. The short […]

Vietnam Navigates Trump’s Trade Headwinds: Making Virtue Out of Necessity

INTRODUCTION In his first two months back in the White House, President Trump has aggressively wielded tariffs to bend other countries to his will. Canada, Mexico, China and the EU have thus far borne the brunt of Trump’s tariffs, but anxiety is mounting globally. Among Southeast Asian countries, Vietnam is particularly vulnerable as the country holds the third-largest trade surplus with the US in the world, after China and Mexico. Vietnam-US bi…