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Vice
The Syria Issue (November 2012)
Editor-in-chiefEllis Jones
CategoriesLifestyle
FrequencyQuarterly
Circulation900,000 (worldwide)
80,000 (UK)[1]
PublisherVice Media
Founder
FoundedMontreal,Canada
First issueOctober 1994;30 years ago(1994-10)(asVoice of Montreal)
Based inNew York City,United States
Websitevice
ISSN1077-6788
OCLC30856250 (Online Computer Library Center)

Vice(stylized inall caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. It was founded in 1994 inMontrealas an alternativepunkmagazine,[2]and its founders later launched the youth media companyVice Media,which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishingimprint.As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones.[3][4]

On 15 May 2023, Vice Media formally filed forChapter 11 bankruptcy,as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongsideSoros Fund Managementand Monroe Capital, invest $225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets.[5]In February 2024, CEO Bruce Dixon announced additional layoffs and that the website Vice will no longer publish content.[6][7][8]The print magazine returned in September 2024.[9][10]

History

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Founded bySuroosh Alvi,Gavin McInnes,andShane Smith(the latter two being childhood friends),[11]the magazine was launched in October 1994 as a spin-out of the English-language portion of theRevue Images,a multicultural publication founded in the early 1990s byDominique Ollivierwith Alix Laurent,[12]under the nameVoice of Montreal.[13]Voice of Montrealwas split out fromRevue Imageswith salary assistance through a Quebec welfare grant.[14]The intention of the founders was to provide work and a community service.[15]When the editors later sought to dissolve their commitments with the original publisher, Images Interculturelles (represented by Alix Laurent), they bought out the publisher and changed the magazine's name toVicein 1996.[16][17]

Richard Szalwinski,a Canadian software millionaire, acquired the magazine and relocated the operation to New York City in the late 1990s. Following the relocation, the magazine quickly developed a reputation for provocative andpolitically incorrectcontent. Under Szalwinski's ownership, a few retail stores were opened in New York City and customers could purchase fashion items that were advertised in the magazine. However, due to the end of thedot-com bubble,the three founders eventually regained ownership of theVicebrand, followed by closure of the stores.[11]

The British edition ofVicewas launched in 2002 andAndy Capperwas its first editor. Capper explained in an interview shortly after the UK debut that the publication's remit was to cover "the things we're meant to be ashamed of", and articles were published on topics such asbukkakeand bodily functions.[18]

By the end of 2007, 13 foreign editions ofVicemagazine were published, the Vice independent record label was functional, and the online video channel VBS had 184,000 unique viewers from the U.S. during the month of August. The media company was still based in New York City, but the magazine began featuring articles on topics that were considered more serious, such as armed conflict in Iraq, than previous content. Alvi explained toThe New York Timesin November 2007: "The world is much bigger than the Lower East Side and the East Village."[11]

McInnes left the publication in 2008, citing "creative differences" as the primary issue. In an email communication dated 23 January, McInnes explained: "I no longer have anything to do withViceor VBS or DOs & DON'Ts or any of that. It's a long story but we've all agreed to leave it at 'creative differences,' so please don't ask me about it. "[19]

At the commencement of 2012, an article inForbesmagazine referred to the Vice company as "Vice Media", but the precise time when this title development occurred is not public knowledge.[20]Viceacquired the fashion magazinei-Din December 2012 and, by February 2013,Viceproduced 24 global editions of the magazine, with a global circulation of 1,147,000 (100,000 in the UK). By this stage, Alex Miller had replaced Capper as the editor-in-chief of the UK edition. Furthermore,Viceconsisted of 800 worldwide employees, including 100 in London, and around 3,500 freelancers also produced content for the company.[18]

In February 2015, Vice Media named Ellis Jones editor-in-chief ofVicemagazine and former UK editor-in-chief, Alex Miller, was appointed to the position of global head of content.[21]

In 2018, the magazine switched to a quarterly publication schedule, though issues still generally explored a single theme.[22]The publication was put on hiatus in 2019.[9]

In 2023,Vicefiled forChapter 11bankruptcy. The company's lenders—Fortress Investment Group,Soros Fund ManagementandMonroe Capital—agreed to purchase the company for $225 million.[23]In February 2024,The New York Timeshighlighted that "over the past half-decade,Vicehas had near annual layoffs and mounting losses, and has filed for bankruptcy, making it the poster child for the battered digital-media industry "and that while" some observers hoped its new owners [...] would reinvest "in the company, Fortress Investment Group has instead" decided to make sweeping cuts ".[8]

In September 2024, Vice Media relaunched its print magazine and will publish issues quarterly. The company has a goal of reaching 20,000 subscribers within a year.[9]

Staff

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Content

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Scope

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Vicemagazine includes the work of journalists, columnists, fiction writers, graphic artists and cartoonists, and photographers. BothVice's online and magazine content has shifted from dealing mostly with independent arts andpop culturalmatters to covering more serious news topics. Due to the large array of contributors and the fact that often writers will only submit a small number of articles with the publication,Vice's content varies dramatically and its political and cultural stance is often unclear or contradictory. Articles on the site feature a range of subjects, often things not covered as by mainstream media. The magazine's editors have championed theimmersionist school of journalism,which has been passed to other properties of Vice Media such as the documentary television showBalls Deepon theVicelandChannel. This style of journalism is regarded as something of a DIY antithesis to the methods practiced by mainstream news outlets, and has published an entire issue of articles written in accordance with this ethos. Entire issues of the magazine have also been dedicated to the concerns ofIraqi people,[27]Native Americans,[28]Russian people,[29]people withmental disorders,[30]and people withmental disabilities.[31]Vicealso publishes an annual guide for students in theUnited Kingdom.[32]

In 2007, aViceannouncement was published on the Internet:

After umpteen years of putting out what amounted to a reference book every month, we started to get bored with it. Besides, too many other magazines have ripped it and started doing their own lame take on themes. So we're going to do some issues, starting now, that have whatever we feel like putting in them.[33]

Politics

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In a March 2008 interview withThe Guardian,Smith was asked about the magazine's political allegiances and he stated, "We're not trying to say anything politically in a paradigmatic left/right way… We don't do that because we don't believe in either side. Are my politicsDemocratorRepublican?I think both are horrific. And it doesn't matter anyway. Money runs America; money runs everywhere. "[15]

Website

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"Noisey" redirects here. For the concept, seeNoise.For the TV series, seeNoisey(TV series).
Vice
OwnerVice Media
URLvice
Launched2011;13 years ago(2011)
Current statusActive

Vicefounded its website as Viceland in 1996, as Vice was already owned. In 2007, it startedVBS.tvas a domain, which prioritized videos over print, and had a number of shows for free such asThe Vice Guide to Travel.In 2011, Viceland and VBS.tv were combined into Vice,[34]also the host of the Vice Motherboard website at motherboard.vice.[35]

In 2012, Vice Media was created as the parent company forVicemagazine and other properties including Vice News on HBO and the Vice website.[36]The company has since expanded and diversified to include a network of online channels, including Munchies.tv, Motherboard.tv, Noisey, Thu.mp, and Broadly.[37]

On 22 February 2024, Vice Media CEO Bruce Dixon announced "several hundred" additional layoffs as the company restructures,[6]and that the website Vice would no longer publish content.[6][7]

Book

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  • In 2007,VicepublishedThe Vice Photo Book(ISBN1576874109),[38][39]with a collection of photos ofJaimie Warren,Jerry Hsu,Michael Rababy and Patrick O’Dell. The book is divided in five parts: "Vice Photographers", "Vice's Photojournalism", "Vice Fashion", and the final two sections are a collage of previously publishedVICEphotos. The book also contains interviews with some of the photographers.
  • Jill Abramson:Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts.Simon & Schuster, New York 2019, (ISBN978-1-5011-2320-7), S. 42–61, 147–181, 346–369 (=Chapter 2,6and11).

Reputation

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From its beginnings asVoice of Montreal,Vicehad a "reputation for provocation".[40]In 2010,Vicewas described as "gonzo journalismfor the YouTube generation ".[41]As the magazine grew into a broader media brand, it struggled with "how to distance itself from its crude past, yet hold on to enough of that reputation to cement, and grow, its authority with its core audience".[42]Nevertheless, the magazine has continued to face controversy. In 2013, the magazine retracted parts of a fashion spread entitled 'Last Words' which depicted "female writers killing themselves".[43][42]Also in 2013,Viceagain gained unwelcome attention when the then-editor of the magazine joined millionaire software mogulJohn McAfeeas he evaded authorities to avoid being questioned about a murder case.[40]

Sexual harassment at parent company

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Main article:Vice Media § Sexual harassment

In the late 2017, multiple stories were published citing allegations of sexual misconduct and a general "boys club" culture atVicemagazine's parent company, Vice Media.[44][45][4]

Awards

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  • Wins
    • ASMEReader's Choice Best Cover Contest for "Best Travel and Adventure" for June 2017 issue[46]
    • ASME Reader's Choice Best Cover Contest for "Most Delicious" for March 2016 issue[47]
    • ASME Anthology of Best American Magazine Writing for "Fi xing the System" interview, 2016[48]
    • ASME Reader's Choice Award for New and Politics Cover, 2015[49]
    • ASME Reader's Choice Award for Business and Tech Cover, 2015[50]
    • Ranked number 9 onAd AgeMagazine A-list (first free publication to be recognized), 2010[51]
  • Nominations
    • GLAAD Media Award,Outstanding Magazine Article for "On the Run", 2017[52]
    • ASME Single Topic Issue for the Prison Issue, 2016[53]
    • ASME Feature Photography for "Deep-Fried America on a Stick", 2014[54]
    • ASME General Excellence for July, November and December issues, 2012[55]

See also

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References

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  13. ^"Notons principalement la disparition du volet anglophone de notre magazine. Cette séparation (signe des temps?) n'a pour but que la création d'une publication soeur: VOICE OF MONTREAL, qui a vu le jour en octobre dernier. Ce divorce à l'amiable devenait nécessaire pour permettre plus de liberté aux deux groupes linguistiques et pour assurer une meilleure représentativité."Boisclair, Denis (November 1994)."Le nouvel Images s'améliore!".Revue Images.4(1): 1.
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