Vox Populi, Vox Dei Vox Populi, Vox Dei Vox Populi, Vox Dei is Latin for "the voice of the people is the voice of God." The phrase was used as the title of a Whig tract of 1709, which was expanded in 1710 and later reprintings as The Judgment of whole Kingdoms and Nations. The author is unknown but was probably either Robert Ferguson or Thomas Harrison. There is no evidence for persistent attribution to Daniel Defoe or John Somers as authors. The most cited section of the revised (1710) version of the pamphlet read: The 1709 tract's use of the Latin phrase was
Vox Media Bankoff stated previously that the company planned to exit native video for Facebook due to "unreliable monetization and promotion". The memo announcing the layoffs argued that despite its success, native video "won't be viable audience or revenue growth drivers for us relative to other investments we are making", and that the company wanted to focus more on podcasting and Vox Entertainment. The layoffs represented around 5% of Vox's workforce. In December 2014, Vox Media raised a round led by the growth equity firm General Atlantic, estimating the media company's value at around . Participants in Vox Media's previous rounds include