Vox populi Vox populi American television personality Steve Allen as the host of "The Tonight Show" further developed the "man on the street" interviews and audience-participation comedy breaks that have become commonplace on late-night TV. Usually the interviewees are shown in public places, and supposed to be giving spontaneous opinions in a chance encounter – unrehearsed persons, not selected in any way. As such, journalists almost always refer to them as the abbreviated "vox pop". In U.S. broadcast journalism it is often referred to as a man on the street interview or MOTS. The results of such an interview are unpredictable at
Vox Media website that was founded by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, the former editors of "The Wall Street Journal"s "AllThingsD". On May 30, 2017, Vox Media announced that it had entered into an agreement to provide technology and advertising sales for Bill Simmons' sports website "The Ringer", as part of a revenue sharing agreement. In January 2018, Vox Media agreed to recognize a labor union being formed by its editorial staff with the Writers Guild of America, East. On February 21, 2018, it was reported that Vox Media would be laying off around 50 employees, particularly surrounding video production. CEO Jim