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Vice Media

Vice Media Group LLC
Company typeJoint venture
IndustryMass media
Founded1994 (1994)
Founders
FateChapter 11 bankruptcy
Headquarters
Key people
Bruce Dixon (CEO)[1]
Brands
RevenueIncrease $125 million (2012)[6]
Owners
Number of employees
1,000+[11]
Websitewww.vicemediagroup.com

Vice Media Group LLC is a Canadian-American digital media and broadcasting company. As of April 2024, Vice Media encompasses four main business areas: Vice Studios Group (film and TV production); Vice TV (a joint venture with A&E Networks, also known as Viceland); Virtue (an agency offering creative services); and Vice Digital (digital content).[2] It was cited as the largest independent youth media company in the world, with 35 offices.[12]

The original Vice magazine was founded and based in Montreal and co-founded by Suroosh Alvi,[13] Shane Smith, and Gavin McInnes.[14] Developed from the magazine, Vice Media expanded primarily into youth and young adult-focused digital media. This included online content verticals and related web series, a news division, a film production studio, and a record label, among other properties. Vice re-located to New York City in 2001.

Vice News was known for broadcasting news programs on HBO; including the Emmy-winning[15] weekly self-titled documentary series, which premiered in April 2013, and features segments on global issues hosted by co-founders Smith and Alvi, and a rotating cast of correspondents.[16][17] A spin-off, Vice News Tonight, premiered 10 October 2016 and showcased a nightly roundup of global news, technology, the environment, economics, and pop culture while eschewing traditional news anchors.[18][19][20]

On 10 June 2019, HBO announced Vice News Tonight's cancellation, in addition to ending relations with Vice Media, after a seven-year partnership.[21] In August 2019, it was reported that the company was laying off staff as part of a shift towards news that would involve merging Viceland and Vice News.[22] In April 2023, it was announced that Vice Media was restructuring and downsizing its news division.[23][24][25] A month later, Vice filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy[26] and agreed to be acquired by a consortium led by Fortress Investment Group for $350 million in June.[9]

In February 2024, CEO Bruce Dixon announced additional layoffs and that Vice.com would cease publishing content.[27][28] Vice has since partnered with other media companies, such as Savage Ventures, to distribute its content.[29]

  1. ^ White, Peter (7 December 2023). "Vice Co-CEO Hozefa Lokhandwala To Exit". Deadline. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Lodderhose, Diana (29 April 2024). "Vice Media Unveils New Creative Structure For Global Production Biz; Elevates Jamie Hall & Danny Gabai To Co-Presidents Of Newly-Formed Vice Studios Group". Deadline. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ Shields, Mike (26 January 2017). "Vice Encroaches on Ad Agency Business With Creation of Virtue Worldwide". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  4. ^ Jaafar, Ali (29 March 2016). "Vice Media Acquires Majority Stake In UK Production Company Pulse Films". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. ^ Spangler, Todd (5 July 2016). "Vice Buys Garage Magazine, Will Launch Digital Channel for Art, Fashion and Architecture". Variety. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  6. ^ "What Vice's Stunning Financials Tell Us About the Future of Media". Forbes. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  7. ^ Robehmed, Natalie. "Vice Media's Shane Smith Is Now A Billionaire". Forbes.
  8. ^ Walt Disney Company. "Annual Report 2018" (PDF).
  9. ^ a b Sherman, Alex; Rizzo, Lillian (22 June 2023). "Vice Media declares Fortress Investment Group the winning bidder in bankruptcy sale". CNBC. Archived from the original on 22 June 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  10. ^ Nicolau, Anna; Fountanela-Khan, James (10 October 2019). "James Murdoch buys stake in Vice Media". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  11. ^ Spangler, Todd (9 November 2023). "Vice Media Making Fresh Round of Layoffs After News Shows Not Renewed, Consolidates Operations to Two Divisions". Variety. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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  13. ^ "Ex Heroin Addict Turned Media Mogul, Outlook – BBC World Service". BBC. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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  15. ^ "Vice". Television Academy. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  16. ^ Hale, Mike (4 April 2013). "'Vice,' a New Approach to News, on HBO". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 9 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
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  21. ^ Darcy, Oliver (10 June 2019). "HBO cancels 'Vice News Tonight,' severing relationship with Vice Media". CNN. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
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  23. ^ Darcy, Oliver (27 April 2023). "Vice Media cancels its flagship 'Vice News Tonight' program as it makes 'painful' layoffs and restructures the company". CNN. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  24. ^ Johnson, Ted (27 April 2023). "'Vice News Tonight' To End As Company Undergoes News Layoffs And Restructuring". Deadline. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  25. ^ Reilly, Liam (9 November 2023). "Vice to end several news shows and lay off dozens of staffers in hollowing out of news division". CNN. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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  27. ^ Spangler, Todd (22 February 2024). "Vice Will Cease Publishing on Vice.com and Lay Off 'Several Hundred' Staffers, CEO Says". Variety. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  28. ^ Saeedy, Alexander; Bruell, Alexandra (22 February 2024). "Vice Media to Stop Publishing on Vice.com, Plans to Cut Hundreds of Jobs". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
  29. ^ Cite error: The named reference savage was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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