Current and former employees of Vice News have taken to social media to slam its parent company, Vice Media, after it was revealed that the company organized a $20 million music festival in the Saudi Arabian desert three years after it vowed to cease operations in the country over its poor human rights record. Marketing materials for the Azimuth Music Festival claimed the three-day music, art and food extravaganza was subsidized by the Saudi government as part of its efforts to rebrand itself as a more open society - but it was secretly organized by Vice as part of the company's efforts to expand into the country, the reported Tuesday. Staff at the company estimate the budget for the 2020 event was $20 million, with high-end chefs from restaurants such as 's Michelin Star-rated Contra and 's Annabel's flown in to cook for the guests.
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