PTiO: Vice Media's Purdy tells producers to go cannibalize themselves

By etan vlessing

OTTAWA – Middle-aged media execs are usually investors in Vice Media, not managersSo it caused quite a stir when Shane Smith's fast-growing digital powerhouse recently lured David Purdy away from cable giant Rogers Communications to help grow its edgier Vice Media business worldwide as chief international growth officer.Even Purdy (pictured) shares the surprise, given Vice's production focus on millennials. "My first day at Vice, I came into the room and counted 14 tuques. And I'm the only bald guy in the room, the only guy who should have a tuque on," he recalled during an informal keynote at the Prime...