Vice Media#Vice Music

Voice (later Voices of Montreal) was founded by Alix Laurent of Interimages Communications in October 1994, with Suroosh Y. Alvi as editor and Gavin McInnes as assistant editor, with Shane Smith joining the magazine's staff later.{{Cite news |date=November 1994 |title=Voice of Montreal Magazine V01 N01 |url=https://archive.org/details/voice-mag-v-01-n-01complete-red/page/6/mode/2up |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Voice |publisher=Interimages Communications |location=Montreal |pages=3 |language=English |volume=01 |issue=01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pz47r|title=Ex Heroin Addict Turned Media Mogul, Outlook – BBC World Service|website=BBC|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131203134/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pz47r|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/how-shane-smith-built-vice-25-billion-empire-160379/|title=How Shane Smith Built Vice Into a $2.5 Billion Empire|last=Bazilian|first=Emma|date=September 29, 2014|work=Adweek|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808201156/http://www.adweek.com/digital/how-shane-smith-built-vice-25-billion-empire-160379/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Levine|first1=Robert|title=A Guerrilla Video Site Meets MTV|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/business/media/19vice.html|work=The New York Times|date=19 November 2007|access-date=29 February 2016|archive-date=6 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306183618/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/business/media/19vice.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=Tim |date=24 March 2013 |title=Shane Smith: 'I want to build the next CNN with Vice – it's within my grasp' |work=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/mar/23/shane-smith-vice-interview |access-date=3 May 2023 |issn=0029-7712 |archive-date=3 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503002839/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/mar/23/shane-smith-vice-interview |url-status=live }} Suroosh Alvi and Gavin McInnes The magazine focused on Montreal's alternative cultural scene, to compete with the already established Montreal Mirror. Alvi, McInnes and Smith bought out the publisher and changed the magazine's name to Vice in 1996."On leaving Images Interculturelles" {{cite book |last1=Alvi |first1=Suroosh |title=texts The Vice guide to sex and drugs and rock and roll |date=2003 |publisher=Warner Books |isbn=9780446692816 |page=5 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780446692816/mode/2up?q=%22images+interculturelles%22}}

As the magazine became more successful, the company received an investment of $4 million by Canadian investor Richard Szalwinski and Vice relocated to New York City in 1999. In 2001, the co-founders bought Vice back and moved to new offices in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.{{cite news|title=Vice Media to Launch Cable TV Channel in Canada|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vice-media-launch-cable-tv-837395|access-date=29 February 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vice-media-launch-cable-tv-837395|url-status=live}}

In 2006, on the advice of creative director Spike Jonze, Vice began expanding into digital video, launching new video service VBS.tv as a joint venture with MTV Networks. VBS gained a fan base with shows like The Vice Guide To Travel, Epicly Later'd, Toxic and Hamilton's Pharmacopeia.Simonini, Ross. "A Psychonaut's Adventures in Videoland", The New York Times, 10 February 2012

In 2007, Vice Media began expanding its digital video operation, launching new channels, such as Motherboard (tech), Noisey (music), and The Creators Project, an arts/technology site founded in partnership with Intel. Vice Media would later launch sites around electronic music culture (Thump), global news (Vice News), food (Munchies) and sports (Vice Sports). Additionally, Vice Media launched Virtue Worldwide, a creative services agency, to expand their capabilities for work around their platforms.{{Cite news|url=http://adage.com/article/teressa-iezzi/virtue-media-brand-vice-helps-marketers-tap-genius/135914/|title=With Virtue, Media Brand Vice Helps Marketers Tap Its Genius|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-date=1 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401061112/http://adage.com/article/teressa-iezzi/virtue-media-brand-vice-helps-marketers-tap-genius/135914/|url-status=live}} During this time, Santiago Stelley was the director of content of VBS.tv (2006{{ndash}}2010) and creative director of Vice Media (2010{{ndash}}2012).Derrick, Lisa. "Vice TV: Revolutionary, Bold Pop Culture Explorations", The Huffington Post, 12 November 2009

In January 2008, co-founder Gavin McInnes left Vice Media due to "creative differences" with the company, and founded the website streetcarnage.com. He later co-founded Rooster, an advertising agency, and became a far-right activist, founding the Proud Boys.{{cite web |url=http://roosternewyork.com/ |title=Rooster – Cock-a-doodle-doo |website=RoosterNewYork.com |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420060936/http://roosternewyork.com/ |archive-date=20 April 2018 }}

According to Columbia Journalism Review, Vice has altered shots during the editing process in pursuit of more entertaining or impressive scenes. In a 2011 documentary on Libya, a voiceover from the reporter claims that he had gone to the frontlines amidst an offensive, while in contrast a source claims the reporter did not make the trip, with only a cameraman going there.

In 2012, Vice Media continued to expand its coverage focused around news and current events.

With the end of VBS.tv, Vice began releasing films like UK's Scariest Debt Collector, Swansea Love Story, World's Scariest Drug and Inside the Superhuman World of the Iceman through their main website and YouTube channel, as well as new series like Slutever, Fringes, Love Industry and High Society.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8zNIfYAQNdrFRrr8oibKw |title=VICE |website=YouTube |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8zNIfYAQNdrFRrr8oibKw |url-status=live }}

In mid-August 2013, Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox invested US$70 million in Vice Media, resulting in a 5% stake. Following the announcement, Smith explained: "We have set ourselves up to build a global platform but we have maintained control."{{cite news|last1=Launder|first1=William|title=Vice Media Gets 21st Century Fox Cash|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/16/vice-media-gets-21st-century-fox-cash-infusion/|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=17 August 2013|publisher=Dow Jones & Company, Inc.|access-date=29 October 2014|archive-date=29 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029210529/http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/16/vice-media-gets-21st-century-fox-cash-infusion/|url-status=live}} In 2013, Vice Media premiered a new 30-minute news program for HBO titled Vice, executive produced by Bill Maher. In 2014, the second season of the show won a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special in the 66th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/vice|title=Vice|website=Television Academy|access-date=7 June 2017|archive-date=29 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029223236/http://www.emmys.com/shows/vice|url-status=live}} In 2014, Vice Media launched its news channel, Vice News, which almost immediately gained global attention for its coverage of protests and conflict in Ukraine and Venezuela. As of October 2014, the editor of BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat claimed the BBC was "playing catch-up" to Vice News.{{cite web|last1=Plunkett|first1=John|title=BBC playing 'catch-up' with Vice News, says Newsbeat editor|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/15/bbc-newsbeat-playing-catch-up-vice-news|website=TheGuardian.com Limited|date=15 October 2014|access-date=29 October 2014|archive-date=23 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023103826/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/15/bbc-newsbeat-playing-catch-up-vice-news|url-status=live}}

Vice Media has routinely advocated for their "immersionist" brand of journalism in the pursuit of more authentic and interesting stories. Their founders and editors have regularly garnered controversy from the likes of The New York Times{{'}} David Carr, who bristled in an exchange with Shane Smith in the 2011 documentary Page One: Inside the New York Times. In a 2014 Time column, Carr said that Vice had since grown into a strong news entity. In August 2014, Carr published a New York Times column further reversing his earlier criticism of Vice, saying: "Being the crusty old-media scold felt good at the time, but recent events suggest that Vice is deadly serious about doing real news that people, yes, even young people, will actually watch."{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/business/media/its-edge-intact-vice-is-chasing-hard-news-.html|title=Its Edge Intact, Vice Is Chasing Hard News|last=Carr|first=David|date=24 August 2014|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 April 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730111234/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/business/media/its-edge-intact-vice-is-chasing-hard-news-.html|url-status=live}}

On 2 July 2014, Vice Media announced that it would be relocating into a warehouse space in Williamsburg that had been occupied by the independent arts spaces and concert venues 285 Kent, Death by Audio and Glasslands, among others. Vice and the building property owners facilitated the clearance of the building and the displacement of the existing creative tenants.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289371/vice-media-forced-out-diy-venues-glasslands-death-by-audio-285-kent|title=Vice Media the Driving Force Behind Underground Venue Closures|magazine=Billboard|access-date=22 April 2021|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422200047/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6289371/vice-media-forced-out-diy-venues-glasslands-death-by-audio-285-kent|url-status=live}} Vice spent US$20 million to renovate the {{convert|60000|sqft|adj=on}} building as part of an eight-year lease,{{cite web|author1=Jordan Sargent|title=No One Wants To Say It, But Vice Is Displacing Brooklyn Institutions|url=http://gawker.com/no-one-wants-to-say-it-but-vice-is-displacing-brooklyn-1649005022|website=Gawker|access-date=8 November 2014|date=22 October 2014|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108003703/http://gawker.com/no-one-wants-to-say-it-but-vice-is-displacing-brooklyn-1649005022|url-status=live}} facilitating the establishment of new production facilities with full broadcast capabilities, and received an offer of US$6.5 million in tax credits from New York state's Empire State Development.{{cite web|author1=Mark Fahey|title=Vice Media grows in Brooklyn|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140702/TECHNOLOGY/140709976/vice-media-grows-in-brooklyn|website=Crain's|publisher=Crains Communications Inc|access-date=8 November 2014|date=2 July 2014|archive-date=15 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415103617/http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140702/TECHNOLOGY/140709976/vice-media-grows-in-brooklyn|url-status=live}} In August 2014, A&E Networks, a television group jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Corporation, made a US$250-million investment in Vice Media for an ownership stake of 10%.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-e-networks-buying-minority-729183|title=A&E Networks Buying Minority Stake in Vice Media|work=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Paul|first=Bond|date=29 August 2014|access-date=23 May 2017|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a-e-networks-buying-minority-729183|url-status=live}} In November and December 2015, Disney made two additional individual investments of US$200 million totalling $400 million.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-08/disney-said-to-double-investment-in-vice-media-to-400-million|title=Disney Doubles Investment in Vice Media to $400 Million|date=8 December 2015|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=23 May 2017|archive-date=10 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110031445/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-08/disney-said-to-double-investment-in-vice-media-to-400-million|url-status=live}}

On 26 March 2015, HBO announced it would renew its contract to broadcast the weekly Vice documentary series for four years, while expanding the annual broadcast schedule from 14 to nearly 30 episodes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/26/vice-and-hbo-announce-content-partnership.html|title=Vice to launch daily news show for HBO|last=Boorstin|first=Julia|date=26 March 2015|website=CNBC|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-date=1 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401060007/http://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/26/vice-and-hbo-announce-content-partnership.html|url-status=live}} The network also announced Vice would be launching a nightly news program. The show, entitled Vice News Tonight, premiered on 10 October 2016 and was planned to run 48 weeks each year, featuring pre-edited video and graphics segments covering global news, technology, the environment, economics and pop culture, while eschewing the use of live TV anchors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/03/22/521135567/vice-news-tonight-seeks-to-reinvent-tv-news-for-millennials|title='Vice News Tonight' Seeks To Reinvent TV News For Millennials|website=NPR.org|access-date=14 June 2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608170157/http://www.npr.org/2017/03/22/521135567/vice-news-tonight-seeks-to-reinvent-tv-news-for-millennials|url-status=live}} In November 2015, Vice and A&E Networks announced Viceland, a then-upcoming cable network that would feature Vice-produced content.

On 14 March 2017, Vice announced an expanded original programming deal with Snap Inc. The new deal built on Vice's previous deal to serve as a 2015 global launch partner on the Snapchat Discover platform. The first program planned under the new deal was Hungry Hearts with Action Bronson, starring the titular rapper.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/vice-snapchat-shows-action-bronson-1202008566/|title=Vice to Produce Original Snapchat Shows, Starting With Action Bronson's Dating Series|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=14 March 2017|work=Variety|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-date=1 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401143827/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/vice-snapchat-shows-action-bronson-1202008566/|url-status=live}} That same month, Vice announced a wide range of content deals which would make its programming available in more than 80 territories by the end of 2017.

In June 2017, Vice secured a $450 million investment from private-equity firm TPG Capital to increase spending on scripted programming and ongoing international expansion. As a result of the deal, Vice Media was valued at $5.7 billion.{{Cite news |last1=Alpert |first1=Lukas I. |last2=Ramachandran |first2=Shalini |date=19 June 2017 |title=Vice Media Secures $450 Million Investment From Private-Equity Firm TPG |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-secures-450-million-investment-from-private-equity-firm-tpg-1497882405 |access-date=3 July 2017 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702203618/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-secures-450-million-investment-from-private-equity-firm-tpg-1497882405 |url-status=live }} In September 2018, Disney wrote down its investment in Vice by $157 million. Disney acquired Fox's stake in Vice when its acquisition of 21st Century Fox completed in March 2019.{{cite news |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |date=9 November 2018 |title=Vice Devalued: Disney Writes Off $157 Million of Its Stake in Struggling Media Company |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/disney-writes-off-vice-stake-valuation-1203024272/ |access-date=9 November 2018 |archive-date=9 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109234845/https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/disney-writes-off-vice-stake-valuation-1203024272/ |url-status=live }}

{{anchor|Sexual harassment}}On 23 December 2017, The New York Times reported that there had been four settlements involving allegations of sexual harassment or defamation against Vice employees. In addition, over 20 other women stated that they had experienced or witnessed sexual misconduct, including unwanted kisses, groping, lewd remarks and propositions for sex at the company. In a statement provided to The New York Times, Vice co-founders Shane Smith and Suroosh Alvi said, "from the top down, we have failed as a company to create a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone, especially women, can feel respected and thrive."{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/business/media/vice-sexual-harassment.html |title=At Vice, Cutting-Edge Media and Allegations of Old-School Sexual Harassment |work=The New York Times |first=Emily |last=Steel |date=23 December 2017 |access-date=24 December 2017 |archive-date=23 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223233210/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/23/business/media/vice-sexual-harassment.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/biz/news/vice-media-admits-we-failed-to-curb-sexual-harassment-at-company-1202648481/|title=Vice Media Admits 'We Failed' to Curb Sexual Harassment at Company|work=Variety|first=Andrew|last=Wallenstein|date=23 December 2017|access-date=24 December 2017|archive-date=23 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223212042/http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/vice-media-admits-we-failed-to-curb-sexual-harassment-at-company-1202648481/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vice-media-settles-4-women-sexual-harassment-defamation-report-1070260|title=Vice Media Settled With 4 Women Over Sexual Harassment, Defamation|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Natalie|last=Jarvey|date=23 December 2017|access-date=24 December 2017|archive-date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624000549/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vice-media-settles-4-women-sexual-harassment-defamation-report-1070260|url-status=live}}

In January 2018, Vice's COO/CFO Sarah Broderick sent a memo to staff on 2 January 2018 announcing President Creighton had volunteered to go on temporary leave whilst a new investigation into a $135,000 settlement from a case the company paid in 2016 to a former employee who alleged she was fired after turning him down, and the suspension of Mike Germano, who had served as chief digital officer. Germano founded Carrot Creative, which was acquired by Vice in 2013; he was accused of pulling a former colleague onto his lap at a company party, as well as telling his former strategist Amanda Rue he originally did not want to hire her "because he wanted to have sex with her."{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/vice-suspends-2-execs-including-its-president-over-se-1821710428|title=Vice suspends 2 execs, including its president, over sexual harassment allegations|first=Danette|last=Chavez|website=The A.V. Club|date=2 January 2018|access-date=23 March 2019|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419010426/https://www.avclub.com/vice-suspends-2-execs-including-its-president-over-se-1821710428|url-status=live}} Vice has also been criticized by current and former employees for featuring work by Terry Richardson, a photographer facing accusations of sexual abuse by multiple models. In another documentary, a former female employee covering a story about sex workers in a developing country said Vice attempted to "sensationalize and exploit" the women depicted. In one occasion, producers requested her to go undercover as a prostitute, which she refused. She also remarks being oriented to swear more while on camera.

In March 2018, Vice Media co-founder Shane Smith announced he would no longer continue as CEO and would take on the new title of Executive Chairman. Former A+E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc succeeded Smith as CEO.{{Cite news |last=Hagey |first=Keach |date=13 March 2018 |title=Vice Media's Shane Smith Passes CEO Title to A+E's Nancy Dubuc |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-medias-shane-smith-passes-ceo-title-to-a-es-nancy-dubuc-1520960718 |access-date=13 March 2018 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=13 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313171229/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-medias-shane-smith-passes-ceo-title-to-a-es-nancy-dubuc-1520960718 |url-status=live }} "Smith will now be focused on creating content and strategic deals and partnerships to help grow the company."{{Cite news |date=13 March 2018 |title=Vice Media Names Nancy Dubuc as CEO, Replacing Shane Smith |work=TheWrap |url=https://www.thewrap.com/vice-media-names-nancy-dubuc-ceo-replacing-shane-smith/ |access-date=13 March 2018 |archive-date=13 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313204032/https://www.thewrap.com/vice-media-names-nancy-dubuc-ceo-replacing-shane-smith/ |url-status=live }} On 20 August 2018, Vice's Munchies and Fremantle Media signed a deal with Triple Five Group to gain control of the food hall at American Dream Meadowlands. The food hall was expected to open in April 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://digiday.com/media/vices-munchies-launching-food-court-new-jersey/|title=Vice's Munchies is launching a food court in New Jersey – Digiday|date=20 August 2018|work=Digiday|access-date=27 November 2018|archive-date=28 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034821/https://digiday.com/media/vices-munchies-launching-food-court-new-jersey/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/money/2018/08/23/munchies-food-hall-open-american-dream/1076442002/|title=Munchies food hall to open at American Dream; VICE to use space for demos, videos|work=North Jersey|access-date=27 November 2018|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116045500/https://www.northjersey.com/story/money/2018/08/23/munchies-food-hall-open-american-dream/1076442002/|url-status=live}} In November 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that Vice Media was looking to trim its workforce by 10–15%, relying on attrition rather than layoffs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-to-shrink-workforce-by-as-much-as-15-as-growth-stalls-1541632597|title=Vice Media to Shrink Workforce by as Much as 15% as Growth Stalls|last1=Hagey|first1=Keach|date=7 November 2018|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=11 December 2018|last2=Mullin|first2=Benjamin|last3=Bruell|first3=Alexandra|archive-date=10 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210225907/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-to-shrink-workforce-by-as-much-as-15-as-growth-stalls-1541632597|url-status=live}} The same month, CEO Nancy Dubuc told an audience at The New York Times Dealbook conference that Vice would return to profitability the following year.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/vice-media-hiring-freeze-staff-cuts-15-percent-1203023005/|title=Vice Media Sets Hiring Freeze, Looks to Reduce Staff by Up to 15%|first1=Todd|last1=Spangler|date=8 November 2018|website=Variety.com|access-date=10 May 2019|archive-date=16 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116214322/https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/vice-media-hiring-freeze-staff-cuts-15-percent-1203023005/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/nancy-dubuc-vice-profitable-dealbook-1203017130/|title=Nancy Dubuc: Vice Will Be Profitable 'Within a Fiscal Year'|last1=Littleton|first1=Cynthia|date=1 November 2018|website=Variety|access-date=11 December 2018|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215173731/https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/nancy-dubuc-vice-profitable-dealbook-1203017130/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/business/dealbook/vice-dubuc-dealbook-conference.html|title=Vice Media Is Nearing Profitability, C.E.O. Nancy Dubuc Says|last=Lee|first=Edmund|date=1 November 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=11 December 2018|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215174659/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/business/dealbook/vice-dubuc-dealbook-conference.html|url-status=live}} In March 2019, it was reported that Vice Media was looking to raise another $200 million in funding.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/uncategorized/vice-200-million-funding-1203161748/|title=Vice May Be Looking to Raise Another $200 Million (Report)|last=Roettgers|first=Janko|date=12 March 2019|website=Variety|access-date=14 March 2019|archive-date=5 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405133520/https://variety.com/2019/digital/uncategorized/vice-200-million-funding-1203161748/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/8/18537617/disney-vice-write-off-400-million|title=Disney put more than $400 million into Vice Media. Now it says that investment is worthless.|first=Peter|last=Kafka|date=8 May 2019|website=Vox|access-date=10 May 2019|archive-date=10 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510000059/https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/8/18537617/disney-vice-write-off-400-million|url-status=live}}

On 1 May 2019, Vice consolidated many of its web channels back into one central platform turning them into feature sections. The move included independent Munchies, Noisey, Motherboard, Broadly, Free, Amuse, Tonic, Waypoint, and Vice Sports. Vice also ended its block on the ad industry's keyword blacklist of 25 terms.{{cite web|last=Spangler|first=Todd|title=Vice Media Is Eliminating Its Multiple Web Channels, Consolidating Them Into Single Site|website=Variety|date=1 May 2019|url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/vice-media-eliminating-channels-consolidating-website-1203202464/|access-date=15 March 2023|archive-date=15 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315221301/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/vice-media-eliminating-channels-consolidating-website-1203202464/|url-status=live}} On 3 May 2019, Vice Media announced that it raised $250 million in debt from George Soros and other investors.Fruhlinger, Joshua.[https://media.thinknum.com/articles/vice-goes-on-hiring-spree-with-250-million-debt-infusion/ "Vice goes on hiring spree after $250 million debt infusion" 6 May 2019, Thinknum, retrieved May 15,2019.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804045331/https://media.thinknum.com/articles/vice-goes-on-hiring-spree-with-250-million-debt-infusion/ |date=4 August 2020 }} In October, Vice Media announced that it was acquiring Refinery29.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/vice-media-acquires-refinery29-1203356073/|title=Vice Media to Acquire Refinery29, as Both Digital-Media Players Seek Scale|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=2 October 2019|website=Variety|access-date=5 February 2020|archive-date=7 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307121741/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/vice-media-acquires-refinery29-1203356073/|url-status=live}} The deal, worth a reported $400 million,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/vice-media-closes-refinery29-acquisition-sets-new-management-team-1202777474/ |title=Vice Media Closes Refinery29 Acquisition, Sets New Management Team |date=4 November 2019 |publisher=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=18 July 2020 |archive-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702225332/https://deadline.com/2019/11/vice-media-closes-refinery29-acquisition-sets-new-management-team-1202777474/ |url-status=live }} valued the combined company at $4 billion.

In May 2020, Vice Media announced they were laying off more than 150 staff due to financial difficulties.{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2020/05/15/vice-media-reveals-more-layoffs-as-coronavirus-slams-digital-operations/|title=Vice Media CEO slams 'Big Tech' as 'great threat to journalism' amid cuts|date=15 May 2020|work=New York Post|access-date=15 May 2020|archive-date=15 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515231421/https://nypost.com/2020/05/15/vice-media-reveals-more-layoffs-as-coronavirus-slams-digital-operations/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/vice-media-layoffs-155-employees-covid19-1234607610/|title=Vice Media Lays Off 155 Employees With Deepest Cuts in Digital Group|first=Todd|last=Spangler|date=15 May 2020|work=Variety|access-date=15 May 2020|archive-date=16 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516001548/https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/vice-media-layoffs-155-employees-covid19-1234607610/|url-status=live}} In June 2020, Vice Media launched an investigation into allegations of subsidiary Refinery29's toxic work environment.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/media/vice-investigating-refinery29/index.html |publisher=CNN |title=Vice Media launches probe into Refinery29's toxic work environment |date=19 June 2020 |access-date=20 June 2020 |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619080156/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/media/vice-investigating-refinery29/index.html |url-status=live }}

In March 2020, Vice Media organized the Azimuth Music Festival in Saudi Arabia, less than two years after Vice paused all work in Saudi Arabia following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. Vice's brand was not used on marketing material, and contractors had to sign non-disclosure agreements regarding Vice's involvement. Vice opened a commercial and creative office in Riyadh in 2022.{{cite news |last=Waterson |first=Jim |date=1 February 2022 |title=Vice Media secretly organised $20m Saudi government festival |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/feb/01/vice-media-secretly-organised-20m-saudi-government-festival |access-date=1 February 2022 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/feb/01/vice-media-secretly-organised-20m-saudi-government-festival |url-status=live }} On 2 October 2020, Vice Media Group appointed Nadja Bellan-White as the global CMO, to be in charge of worldwide branding, communications and promotions. It was also announced that Meera Pattni had been promoted to VP Communications, directly reporting to Bellan-White.{{Cite web|last=Lundstrom|first=Kathryn|date=2 October 2020|title=Vice Media Group Names Agency Veteran as Global CMO|url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/vice-media-group-global-cmo-nadja-bellan-white/|access-date=22 October 2020|website=Adweek|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/vice-media-group-global-cmo-nadja-bellan-white/|url-status=live}}

In April 2021, Van Scott, former ABC News communications executive, joined Vice as VP Corporate Communications to lead communications in the US. Scott would report to Laura Misselbrook, Global SVP Communications, based in London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/vice-hires-van-scott-from-abc-news-to-lead-us-communications-4174061/|title=Vice Hires ABC's van Scott to Lead U.S. Communications|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=27 April 2021|access-date=10 May 2021|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/vice-hires-van-scott-from-abc-news-to-lead-us-communications-4174061/|url-status=live}}

In April 2021, Vice Media was criticized by Cambodians after publishing colorized images of the victims of the Khmer Rouge Genocide, some of which had smiles photoshopped onto their faces. Vice later admitted to the images being photoshopped and said that "We regret the error and will investigate how this failure of the editorial process occurred."{{Cite web|last=Ratcliffe|first=Rebecca|date=12 April 2021|title=Cambodia condemns Vice for edited photos of Khmer Rouge victims smiling|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/12/cambodia-vice-edited-photos-khmer-rouge-victims-smiling-tuol-sleng-prison-genocide|access-date=4 May 2021|website=The Guardian |archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506105056/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/12/cambodia-vice-edited-photos-khmer-rouge-victims-smiling-tuol-sleng-prison-genocide|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=12 April 2021|title=Cambodia condemns VICE for images by artist who added smiles to Khmer Rouge victims|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-12/cambodia-condemns-vice-over-smiling-images-khmer-rouge-victims/100062172|access-date=25 May 2025|website=ABC News}}

In March 2021, it was claimed that "VICE Media Group is the world's largest independent youth media company", with offices in 35 cities across the world. Its five key businesses were listed as: Vice.com (digital content); Vice Studios (film and TV production); Vice TV; Vice News; and Virtue (an agency offering creative services).{{cite web |title=Vice Australia and Refinery29 to join Pedestrian Group in a multi-year deal with Vice Media Group |website=Nine Entertainment |date=14 March 2021 |url=https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/vice-australia-and-refinery29-to-join-pedestrian-group-in-a-multi-year-deal-with-vice-media-group/ |access-date=18 March 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624231706/https://www.nineforbrands.com.au/media-release/vice-australia-and-refinery29-to-join-pedestrian-group-in-a-multi-year-deal-with-vice-media-group/ |url-status=live }} In September 2021, it was reported that Vice raised another investment round following cancelled plans to go public via special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).{{Cite web |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=2 September 2021 |title=Vice Raises $135M in Funding From James Murdoch Firm, Existing Investors |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/vice-media-new-funding-shane-smith-control-1235005758/ |access-date=22 January 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122061923/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/vice-media-new-funding-shane-smith-control-1235005758/ |url-status=live }}

In January 2023, Vice began exploring the possibility of selling itself.{{Cite news |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=20 January 2023 |title=Vice, a Beleaguered Avatar of New Media, Hangs a 'For Sale' Sign |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/business/media/vice-puts-itself-up-for-sale.html |access-date=22 January 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122004115/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/business/media/vice-puts-itself-up-for-sale.html |url-status=live }} On 24 February 2023, Dubuc left as CEO as the company faced problems with turning an annual profit and finding a buyer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/24/business/media/nancy-dubuc-vice.html/ |title=Vice C.E.O.'s Departure Signals Fallen Hopes for Digital Media |work=The New York Times |date=24 February 2023 |access-date=25 February 2023 |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224234647/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/24/business/media/nancy-dubuc-vice.html |url-status=live }} Bruce Dixon and Hozefa Lokhandwala were appointed co-CEOs on 27 February, a few days after Dubuc's departure.{{cite web |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=Vice Media Names Two Co-CEOs After Nancy Dubuc's Exit |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/vice-media-co-ceos-bruce-dixon-hozefa-lokhandwala-1235537466/ |website=Variety |access-date=24 February 2024 |date=27 February 2023}} It was announced in April 2023 that Vice Media was restructuring and downsizing its Vice News division due to budget problems. This action included the cancellation of Vice News Tonight and other programs and the layoffs of dozens of employees.

On 1 May 2023, The New York Times reported that Vice was preparing to file for bankruptcy.{{Cite news |last1=Hirsch |first1=Lauren |last2=Mullin |first2=Benjamin |date=1 May 2023 |title=Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/business/media/vice-bankruptcy.html |access-date=1 May 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501230432/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/business/media/vice-bankruptcy.html |url-status=live }} According to Deadline, Vice's primary debt-holder, Fortress Investment Group, would likely take control of Vice Media as a result of any Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.{{Cite news |last=White |first=Peter |date=1 May 2023 |title=Vice Media Preparing To File For Bankruptcy |work=Deadline Hollywood |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/vice-media-preparing-to-file-for-bankruptcy-1235352663/ |access-date=2 May 2023 |archive-date=2 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502011541/https://deadline.com/2023/05/vice-media-preparing-to-file-for-bankruptcy-1235352663/ |url-status=live }}

Two weeks later, on 15 May, Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which would, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets.{{cite web|title=Vice Media Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Jesse|last=Whittock|date=15 May 2023|access-date=15 May 2023|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/vice-media-chapter-11-bankruptcy-1235366640/|archive-date=15 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515081704/https://deadline.com/2023/05/vice-media-chapter-11-bankruptcy-1235366640/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Yang |first=Mary |date=15 May 2023 |title=Vice Media, once worth $5.7 billion, files for bankruptcy |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1173260377/vice-media-bankruptcy |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=NPR |archive-date=15 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515134456/https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1173260377/vice-media-bankruptcy |url-status=live }} The following month, Vice accepted the consortium's increased offer of $350{{nbsp}}million prior to the bankruptcy auction.{{cite news |last1=Hirsch |first1=Lauren |last2=Mullin |first2=Benjamin |date=22 June 2023 |title=Fortress Investment Group Set to Acquire Vice Out of Bankruptcy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/business/fortress-vice-bankruptcy.html |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=23 June 2023 |archive-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623045815/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/business/fortress-vice-bankruptcy.html |url-status=live }} The company drew criticism for generous executive compensation packages while employees dealt with layoffs and unpaid company bills.{{Cite web |date=11 July 2023 |title=Vice Media Reporter Posts Eye-Popping Compensation to Company Executives Who 'Led Vice to Bankruptcy' |first=Charlie |last=Nash |url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/vice-media-reporter-posts-eye-popping-compensation-to-company-executives-who-led-vice-to-bankruptcy/ |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=Mediaite |archive-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711055148/https://www.mediaite.com/news/vice-media-reporter-posts-eye-popping-compensation-to-company-executives-who-led-vice-to-bankruptcy/ |url-status=live }} The sale was closed in August 2023.{{cite web |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=Vice Media Closes $350 Million Sale to Investors Fortress, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/vice-media-closes-sale-post-bankruptcy-investors-fortress-soros-monroe-1235683295/ |website=Variety |access-date=1 August 2023 |date=1 August 2023 |archive-date=1 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801000435/https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/vice-media-closes-sale-post-bankruptcy-investors-fortress-soros-monroe-1235683295/ |url-status=live }} Lokhandwala resigned as co-CEO in December, leaving Bruce Dixon as sole CEO.

On 22 February 2024, CEO Bruce Dixon announced "several hundred" additional layoffs as part of a company restructuring. Dixon also announced that the Vice.com website would no longer publish content, instead partnering with other media companies to distribute its content, and that the company was discussing the sale of Refinery29.

The New York Times highlighted that "over the past half-decade, Vice has 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 had instead "decided to make sweeping cuts".{{Cite news |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=22 February 2024 |title=Vice's New Owners Prepare to Slash What's Left of Its Work Force |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/vices-new-layoffs.html |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222205538/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/business/vices-new-layoffs.html |url-status=live }} Chris Thompson of Defector commented that "admirers of Vice's journalism—Vice News and Motherboard, both of which were largely kerploded during Vice's bankruptcy, had made themselves essential with years of excellent reporting—have long daydreamed about a future where its owners and executives stopped trying to turn it into a leprechaun's pot of gold and just allowed it to be a good website. [...] Instead of protecting it as responsible stewards, they treated it more or less the way Paul Cicero treated the Bamboo Lounge in Goodfellas, fattening themselves at its expense until there was nothing left to rob, and then burning it to the ground".{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Chris |date=23 February 2024 |title=Vice's Avaricious Stewards Finally Succeeded At Bleeding It Dry |url=https://defector.com/vices-avaricious-stewards-finally-succeeded-at-bleeding-it-dry |access-date=23 February 2024 |website=Defector |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223144458/https://defector.com/vices-avaricious-stewards-finally-succeeded-at-bleeding-it-dry |url-status=live }}

In April 2024, Vice Media sold Refinery29 to Essence magazine owner Sundial Media Group.{{cite web |last1=Fischer |first1=Sara |title=Essence's parent to buy Refinery29 from Vice Media |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/04/18/essences-refinery29-vice-media-deal |website=Axios |access-date=22 April 2024 |date=18 April 2024}} Later that month, Vice Media announced it had restructured its global production business, now called Vice Studios Group, into five units: Pulse Films, UnTypical (formerly Vice Studios), Vice Studios LatAm, Vice Studios Canada and a news documentary unit. Vice Studios Group will be led by Jamie Hall and Danny Gabai as co-presidents. In May, Vice Media announced it will create a joint venture with Savage Venture to relaunch its websites, such as Vice.com, Munchies, Motherboard, and Noisey.{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Sara |date=May 9, 2024 |title=Exclusive: Vice Media partners with Savage Ventures to relaunch digital brands |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/05/09/vice-media-relaunch-savage-ventures |access-date=May 10, 2024 |website=Axios}} In September, Vice Media relaunched its print magazine which had been on hiatus since 2019. Issues will be released quarterly. The company has a goal of reaching 20,000 subscribers within a year.{{Cite web |last=Stenberg |first=Mark |date=2024-09-24 |title=Vice Debuts Subscription Product and Relaunches Magazine |url=https://www.adweek.com/media/vice-subscription-magazine-relaunch/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Adweek |language=en-US}}

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Vice began as a counterculture print magazine founded in 1996 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, when Suroosh Alvi, Gavin McInnes ans Shane Smith bought its predecessor, Voice of Montreal.{{Cite news |date=November 1994 |title=Voice of Montreal Magazine V01 N01 |url=https://archive.org/details/voice-mag-v-01-n-01complete-red/page/6/mode/2up |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Voice |publisher=Interimages Communications |location=Montreal |pages=3 |language=English |volume=01 |issue=01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pz47r|title=Ex Heroin Addict Turned Media Mogul, Outlook – BBC World Service|website=BBC|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=31 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131203134/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04pz47r|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/how-shane-smith-built-vice-25-billion-empire-160379/|title=How Shane Smith Built Vice Into a $2.5 Billion Empire|access-date=8 August 2017|archive-date=8 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808201156/http://www.adweek.com/digital/how-shane-smith-built-vice-25-billion-empire-160379/|url-status=live}}

As of April 2017, the magazine's editor-in-chief was Ellis Jones.{{Cite news|title=Masthead|date=1 April 2017|work=VICE Magazine}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2015/02/8562160/vice-eic-rocco-castoro-out-vice|title=Vice E.I.C. Rocco Castoro out at Vice|last=Sterne|first=Peter|date=11 February 2015|work=Capital New York|access-date=12 February 2015|archive-date=12 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212125902/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2015/02/8562160/vice-eic-rocco-castoro-out-vice|url-status=live}} The magazine switched to a quarterly publication schedule in 2018, though issues still generally explored a single theme.{{Cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/vice-magazines-dystopia-and-utopia-issue-is-now-online-v25n1/ |title=VICE Magazine's Dystopia and Utopia Issue is Now Online - VICE |date=9 April 2018 |access-date=20 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064045/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbx3ea/vice-magazines-dystopia-and-utopia-issue-is-now-online-v25n1 |archive-date=21 January 2019 }} The publication was put on hiatus in 2019 and relaunched five years later.

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Vice News was Vice's current affairs brand. It consisted of ViceNews.com, and two HBO programs; the weekly documentary series Vice, and the nightly news series Vice News Tonight. Vice News focuses on coverage of events that may not be as well covered by other news sources. On 24 May 2016, Vice Media promoted Josh Tyrangiel to oversee a unified Vice News division consisting of Vice News, the weekly HBO Vice show, and the daily Vice News Tonight.{{Cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/05/vice-expands-josh-tyrangiels-role-will-lay-off-around-15-staffers-223529|title=Vice expands Josh Tyrangiel's role, will lay off around 15 staffers|work=POLITICO|access-date=7 June 2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608143903/http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/05/vice-expands-josh-tyrangiels-role-will-lay-off-around-15-staffers-223529|url-status=live}}

Vice News creates content daily, distributing written articles and video on its website and YouTube channel.{{cite web |url=https://news.vice.com/about |title=About Us |work=Vice News |access-date=11 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703231911/https://news.vice.com/about |archive-date=3 July 2014 }} In 2015, the channel won two Peabody Awards for its video series The Islamic State and Last Chance High.{{Cite news |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/04/vice-news-serial-win-peabody-awards-205783 |title=Vice News, 'Serial' win Peabody Awards |work=POLITICO |access-date=7 June 2017 |archive-date=25 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625104216/http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/04/vice-news-serial-win-peabody-awards-205783 |url-status=live }}

In 2013, HBO aired the first 10-episode season of a half-hour newsmagazine known as Vice, with Bill Maher as executive producer. The initial season saw international coverage for the season one finale that had Vice play an exhibition basketball game in North Korea with Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters. The show was renewed for a second season, which aired in 2014 and won an Emmy award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special.{{cite web|url=http://soundandpicture.com/2014/08/vice-hbo-wins-emmy-award-outstanding-informational-series-special-hbos/|title=HBO's 'Vice' Wins Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series or Special – Sound & Picture|author=Wire|work=Sound & Picture|date=18 August 2014|access-date=11 September 2015|archive-date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017203105/https://soundandpicture.com/2014/08/vice-hbo-wins-emmy-award-outstanding-informational-series-special-hbos/|url-status=live}} The show was picked up for two more 14-episode seasons by HBO in May 2014, which aired in 2015 and 2016. The program is currently in its fifth season, which was expanded to a total of 30 episodes.

In October 2016, a second Vice News program, a nightly news program called Vice News Tonight, premiered. The program is slated to run 48 weeks each year, featuring pre-edited video and graphics segments covering global news, technology, the environment, economics and pop culture, while eschewing the use of live TV anchors.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/vice-nighlty-news-evening-hbo-1201859304/|title=Vice Plans Nightly News Show for Generation That Has Already Seen Daily Headlines|last=Steinberg|first=Brian|date=13 September 2016|work=Variety|access-date=7 June 2017|archive-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827072125/http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/vice-nighlty-news-evening-hbo-1201859304/|url-status=live}}

Following the violent protests by white supremacists, white nationalists and other groups at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Vice News Tonight broke from its normal newsmagazine format to devote an entire episode to a documentary film on the events. The episode aired the same weekend as the rally, 14 August 2017. Charlottesville: Race and Terror garnered critical praise, with Esquire urging readers to "watch it and share it".{{Cite news|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/videos/a57009/charlottesville-vice-documentary/|title=This Vice News Documentary from Charlottesville Is Horrifying|date=15 August 2017|work=Esquire|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-date=7 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907224741/http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/videos/a57009/charlottesville-vice-documentary/|url-status=live}} In addition to featuring the video on its subscription streaming channels, HBO agreed to post the entire video on YouTube. Within two weeks, it had more than 44 million views between HBO and online platforms and received many positive reviews.{{Citation|last=VICE News|title=Charlottesville: Race and Terror – VICE News Tonight on HBO|date=14 August 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P54sP0Nlngg|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-date=12 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912234922/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P54sP0Nlngg|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/08/15/vice-news-tonight-charlottes-ville-episode/|title='VICE News Tonight' Posts Eye-Opening Charlottesville Episode on YouTube|date=15 August 2017|work=EW.com|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-date=11 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911083115/http://ew.com/tv/2017/08/15/vice-news-tonight-charlottes-ville-episode/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/08/16/media/vice-news-tonight-charlottesville-date-documentary/index.html|title='Vice News Tonight' has breakout moment with Charlottesville coverage|last=Stelter|first=Brian|work=CNNMoney|access-date=11 September 2017|archive-date=22 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022074755/http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/16/media/vice-news-tonight-charlottesville-date-documentary/index.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/us/christopher-cantwell-charlottesville.html|title=Christopher Cantwell, White Nationalist in Vice Video, Braces for Charges|last=Stevens|first=Matt|date=21 August 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=11 September 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=7 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907184602/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/us/christopher-cantwell-charlottesville.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/16/charlottesville-neo-nazis-vice-news-hbo|title='Jews will not replace us': Vice film lays bare horror of neo-Nazis in America|last=Gabbatt|first=Adam|date=16 August 2017|work=The Guardian |access-date=11 September 2017|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910164016/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/16/charlottesville-neo-nazis-vice-news-hbo|url-status=live}} The episode received a Peabody Award for public service journalism in April 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/peabody-awards-winners-60-minutes-cnn-npr-news-radio-podcast-public-service-1202375021/|title=Peabody Awards: '60 Minutes', CNN, NPR Among Winners In News, Radio And Public Service|last=Ramos|first=Dino-Ray|date=24 April 2018|work=Deadline|access-date=7 May 2018|archive-date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508121431/http://deadline.com/2018/04/peabody-awards-winners-60-minutes-cnn-npr-news-radio-podcast-public-service-1202375021/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/charlottesville-race-terror|title=Charlottesville: Race and Terror|access-date=7 May 2018|archive-date=8 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054919/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/charlottesville-race-terror|url-status=live}}

On April 27, 2023 it was first announced that Vice Media was restructuring and downsizing its news division due to budget problems. This action included the cancellation of Vice News Tonight and other programs and the layoffs of dozens of employees. In a tweet made by the Vice Union, they criticized the company for repeated layoffs and expressed disappointment over the loss of entire teams. They described the layoffs as part of a pattern where Vice has let go of many who have significantly contributed to the company's success. The Union also condemned the manner of the layoff announcements, which were made via a livestream without opportunity for dialogue and where the executives scarcely acknowledged the ongoing layoffs. The Vice Union has affirmed its support for the affected employees, implying a divergence from the company's past identity as a respected media organization.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=Tweet by Vice Union |url=https://twitter.com/viceunion/status/1722657066253164605 |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=X (Twitter) |language=en |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110165107/https://twitter.com/viceunion/status/1722657066253164605 |url-status=live }}

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Vice's U.S cable television network, operated by Vice Media, primarily features documentary-style programs targeted toward millennials. Originally known as Viceland, branded TV networks operate under partnership with local cable and free-to-air television providers in the following regions:

The channel is available through cable providers as well as OTT services.{{Cite web|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/viceland-makes-it-cable-debut/402903|title=Viceland Makes Its Cable Debut {{!}} Multichannel|website=www.multichannel.com|date=29 February 2016|access-date=21 September 2017|archive-date=5 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705092149/http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/viceland-makes-it-cable-debut/402903|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.viceland.com/en_us/about|title=About VICELAND|website=VICELAND|access-date=21 September 2017|archive-date=22 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922021240/https://www.viceland.com/en_us/about|url-status=live}}

Viceland was formerly available as a dedicated channel in Canada, through a partnership with Rogers Communications; however, this channel was shut down in March 2018 due to low viewership.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canadas-rogers-communications-pulls-plug-viceland-1076892|title=Viceland to Go Off the Air on Canada's Rogers Communications|date=22 January 2018|access-date=22 January 2018|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|work=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122164252/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canadas-rogers-communications-pulls-plug-viceland-1076892|url-status=live}} In August 2018, Vice signed a new content deal with Bell Media to relaunch Vice-branded content in Canada on various Bell-owned properties including Much and CraveTV.[https://business.financialpost.com/telecom/media/bell-media-signs-new-long-term-broadcast-agreement-with-vice-media "Bell Media signs new long-term broadcast agreement with Vice Media"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824183325/https://business.financialpost.com/telecom/media/bell-media-signs-new-long-term-broadcast-agreement-with-vice-media |date=24 August 2018 }}. Financial Post, 16 August 2018.

In August 2019, it was reported that Vice media is moving Viceland toward news and away from entertainment and other lifestyle programming, and has plans to merge Viceland with Vice News.

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Untypical, formerly Vice Studios, is the film and TV production division of Vice Media. Since 2007, it has released documentaries and narrative films through the Vice Films label. Its first theatrical release was White Lightnin' in 2009.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/fox-launching-vice-films-as-joint-venture-1201373929/|title=Fox Launching Vice Films as Joint Venture|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=8 December 2014|work=Variety|access-date=29 September 2017|archive-date=29 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929232918/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/fox-launching-vice-films-as-joint-venture-1201373929/|url-status=live}} On 8 December 2014, 20th Century Fox and Vice Media announced they would collaborate to finance, produce, distribute, market and acquire narrative films under the Vice Films brand.{{cite news|last=Geier|first=Thom|title=20th Century Fox, Vice Media launch Vice Films|url=https://www.thewrap.com/20th-century-fox-launches-vice-films/|access-date=27 July 2016|archive-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507120735/http://www.thewrap.com/20th-century-fox-launches-vice-films/|url-status=live}}

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The MTV series The Vice Guide to Everything, which premiered in December 2010, was a weekly news magazine featuring short video segments on various global issues, hosted by Shane Smith and roster of correspondents. The segments sought to cater to a younger audience with a more condensed, entertaining approach to the news.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/arts/television/06vice.html|title=A Spoonful of Exotica Makes the Geography Go Down|date=6 December 2010|work=The New York Times|access-date=18 September 2016|archive-date=5 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105113148/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/arts/television/06vice.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/the-vice-guide-to-everything-it-may-look-like-gonzo-journalism-but-it-matters/article4082916/|title=The Vice Guide to Everything: It may look like Gonzo journalism, but it matters|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=17 March 2017|language=en-ca|archive-date=18 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318090321/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/the-vice-guide-to-everything-it-may-look-like-gonzo-journalism-but-it-matters/article4082916/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=http://observer.com/2013/03/the-vice-guide-to-serious-journalism-how-a-diy-drug-mag-became-serious-business-for-hbo/ |title=The Vice Guide to Serious Journalism: How a DIY Drug Mag Became Serious Business for HBO |date=26 March 2013 |work=Observer |access-date=17 March 2017 |archive-date=30 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130064605/http://observer.com/2013/03/the-vice-guide-to-serious-journalism-how-a-diy-drug-mag-became-serious-business-for-hbo/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://phys.org/news/2015-11-vice-media-tv-channel-ae.html |title=Millenials-Aimed Vice Adds TV Channel to Global Video Lineup |access-date=17 March 2017 |archive-date=18 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318090450/https://phys.org/news/2015-11-vice-media-tv-channel-ae.html |url-status=live }} The series aired until 2011.{{cite web |title=The Vice Guide to Everything |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1794624/ |website=IMDb |access-date=12 October 2017 |archive-date=17 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317114536/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1794624/ |url-status=live }}{{rs|date=December 2023}}

On 26 January 2017, Vice announced the consolidation of its in-house agency Virtue with Carrot Creative, a digital and mobile agency Vice acquired in 2013, Pulse Films, a production company Vice acquired in 2016 into the new Virtue Worldwide.{{cite news |date=12 November 2013 |title=Vice Acquires Full-Service Digital Agency Carrot Creative |url=http://carrot.is/blogging/announcements/vice_acquires_carrot_creative |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091737/http://carrot.is/blogging/announcements/vice_acquires_carrot_creative |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=SOMAIYA |first=RAVI |date=10 December 2013 |title=Vice Media Buys a Tech Company to Experiment With Content Distribution |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/business/media/vice-media-buys-a-tech-company-to-experiment-with-content-distribution.html?_r=0 |access-date=23 February 2017 |archive-date=23 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923072926/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/business/media/vice-media-buys-a-tech-company-to-experiment-with-content-distribution.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }} Based in Brooklyn, New York, the combined 450-person global consultancy provides the services of a full agency network and multi-platform content creation studio. Virtue Worldwide will be led by CEO Lars Hemming Jorgensen.

Relying on these in-house and acquired agencies, apart from its editorial operations, Vice works with advertisers to create global ad campaigns tailored to the company's younger audience.{{Cite news |title=Vice takes on bigger agency role with Virtue Worldwide |language=en-US |work=Marketing Dive |url=http://www.marketingdive.com/news/vice-takes-on-bigger-agency-role-with-virtue-worldwide/435017/ |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-date=23 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323144629/http://www.marketingdive.com/news/vice-takes-on-bigger-agency-role-with-virtue-worldwide/435017/ |url-status=live }}{{Citation |title=Vice Media CEO on Branded Content Success |url=https://www.wsj.com/video/vice-media-ceo-on-branded-content-success/0C39AACF-2957-40DA-9B3C-FC35B9395D4D.html |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-date=23 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323143037/http://www.wsj.com/video/vice-media-ceo-on-branded-content-success/0C39AACF-2957-40DA-9B3C-FC35B9395D4D.html |url-status=live }} The ads generate revenue from the production of the ad and placement within a given media property.{{Citation |title=In Conversation with Co-Founders of Vice – Suroosh Alvi & Shane Smith | date=7 November 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF6qOPugcq0 |access-date=11 December 2015 |archive-date=24 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224054009/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF6qOPugcq0 |url-status=live }} Vice maintains the separation between the production of branded and hard news content, while some critics contend that their operation "blurs the line between editorial and sponsorship".{{Cite news |date=5 November 2013 |title=Vice Media uses Gonzo sensibility to win online |newspaper=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vicemedia-idUSBRE9A30R620131105 |access-date=11 December 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222092004/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-vicemedia-idUSBRE9A30R620131105 |url-status=live }} This practice is sometimes referred to as "native advertising", due to how ads are often mingled with regular content.{{Cite web |title=Vice Media cranks up news operations |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/12/16/vice-media-cranks-up-news-operations/3699639/ |access-date=11 December 2015 |website=USA TODAY |archive-date=29 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129230910/http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/12/16/vice-media-cranks-up-news-operations/3699639/ |url-status=live }} Co-founder Alvi has also said that Vice has had "franchises that were underwritten by sponsors – that's our goal, to get a lot of our news franchises and stories and reports sponsored by advertisers. It's kind of the way news used to be in the fifties: 'Brought to you by Gillette' or whatever it was. We love that model."{{Cite news |title=Why the future of news is Vice |website=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/the-future-of-news-is-vice/article17117820/ |access-date=11 December 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222162053/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/the-future-of-news-is-vice/article17117820/ |url-status=live }}

Some of the brands that Vice has worked with are Google, Unilever, Bank of America, Samsung, Toyota, Levi Strauss & Co. and Intel.{{Cite web |title=How Shane Smith Built Vice Into a $2.5 Billion Empire |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/press/how-shane-smith-built-vice-25-billion-empire-160379 |access-date=11 December 2015 |website=AdWeek |date=29 September 2014 |archive-date=1 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101012420/http://www.adweek.com/news/press/how-shane-smith-built-vice-25-billion-empire-160379 |url-status=live }} However, some advertisers have been controversial; Edition Worldwide, a subsidiary of Vice UK, was called "highly irresponsible" by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids and other anti-smoking groups for their work producing content for tobacco giant Philip Morris International. This was seen as unethical by anti-tobacco groups due to the young audience which Vice News usually attracts.{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=John |date=18 March 2016 |title=Vice Media attacked for making tobacco adverts for Philip Morris |work=The Drum |url=http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/03/18/vice-media-attacked-making-tobacco-adverts-philip-morris |access-date=17 May 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510092702/http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/03/18/vice-media-attacked-making-tobacco-adverts-philip-morris |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Jasper |date=17 March 2016 |title=Vice Media attacked for making tobacco adverts for Philip Morris |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/17/vice-media-attacked-for-making-tobacco-adverts-for-philip-morris |access-date=17 May 2016 |archive-date=12 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512151138/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/mar/17/vice-media-attacked-for-making-tobacco-adverts-for-philip-morris |url-status=live }} In March 2019, Vice accepted £5M from Philip Morris to promote e-cigarettes to young people.{{cite news |date=21 March 2019 |title=Subscription needed |website=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/9015a516-4b1d-11e9-8b7f-d49067e0f50d |url-access=subscription |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322132156/https://www.ft.com/content/9015a516-4b1d-11e9-8b7f-d49067e0f50d |url-status=live }}

Vice Media holds a range of online and offline properties. Digital channels include:

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• {{note|Launch}}Launch refers to year where the first Vice-produced video was released on their respective YouTube channels.
• {{note|Sports}}In 2014, Vice Media took over the YouTube-funded channel The NOC, which was launched in 2012.

Vice Media has steadily acquired media properties and firms and closed deals in order to expand its global operations.

In June 2014, it was reported that Time Warner was negotiating to acquire up to a 40% stake in Vice Media;{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/30/business/media/time-warner-ends-negotiations-to-buy-stake-in-vice-media.html |title=Time Warner Ends Big Negotiations with Vice |newspaper=The New York Times |date=29 August 2014 |access-date=3 March 2020 |archive-date=14 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714082418/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/30/business/media/time-warner-ends-negotiations-to-buy-stake-in-vice-media.html |url-status=live }} among the company's plans were to give Vice Media control over the programming of HLN—a spin-off network of CNN which had recently struggled in its attempts to re-focus itself as a younger-skewing, social media-oriented news service. However, the deal fell through as the companies were unable to agree on a proper valuation,{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/29/time-warner-vice-media_n_5738050.html|title=Time Warner Ends Negotiations to Buy Stake in Vice Media|work=The Huffington Post|date=29 August 2014|access-date=18 April 2015|archive-date=4 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704002235/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/29/time-warner-vice-media_n_5738050.html|url-status=live}} and Vice Media chose to partner with A&E Networks for a 10% minority stake. A&E's co-owner Disney made a second investment of $200 million.

On 30 October 2014, Vice Media announced a CDN$100 million joint venture with Rogers Communications that to facilitate the construction of production facilities in Toronto, as well as the introduction of a Vice-branded television network and digital properties in Canada in 2015. Rogers CEO Guy Laurence described the proposed studio as "a powerhouse for Canadian digital content focused on 18- to 34-year-olds" that will be "exciting" and "provocative." The content of the partnership will be aimed primarily toward digital platforms.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-vice-media-strike-100m-deal-to-create-canadian-content-1.2818406|title=Rogers, Vice Media strike $100M deal to create Canadian content|date=30 October 2014|website=CBC News|access-date=30 October 2014|archive-date=30 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030193448/http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/rogers-vice-media-strike-100m-deal-to-create-canadian-content-1.2818406|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rogers-vice-media-to-partner-on-100-million-venture/article21380037/|title=Rogers, Vice Media to partner on $100-million venture|date=30 October 2014|work=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto|access-date=30 October 2014|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101211232/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rogers-vice-media-to-partner-on-100-million-venture/article21380037/|url-status=live}}

In November 2014, Vice Media announced that Alyssa Mastromonaco, who formerly worked in the Obama administration, would come on board as the company's chief operating officer in January 2015,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/business/media/vice-hires-alyssa-mastromonaco-former-official-in-obama-white-house-as-top-executive.html?_r=0|title=Vice Hires Alyssa Mastromonaco, Former Official in Obama White House, as a Top Executive|date=16 November 2014|work=The New York Times|access-date=12 December 2014|author=Emily Steel|archive-date=16 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216205449/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/business/media/vice-hires-alyssa-mastromonaco-former-official-in-obama-white-house-as-top-executive.html?_r=0|url-status=live}} and that James Schwab, who had previously advised Vice and DreamWorks on media deals, would be joining as co-president.{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2014/12/15/vice-media-deal-spree/|title=Vice Media sees 'deal spree', possible IPO on horizon|date=15 December 2014|publisher=Fortune|access-date=29 April 2015|author=Tom Huddleston, Jr.|archive-date=30 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430072843/http://fortune.com/2014/12/15/vice-media-deal-spree/|url-status=live}}

In June 2016, at the Cannes Lions Awards, the company announced its planned expansion into over 50 countries, including partnerships with The Times of India Group and Moby that will see Vice enter the India and Middle East markets with digital, mobile and linear operations.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-to-expand-in-dozens-of-new-international-markets-1466593200|title=Vice Media to Expand in Dozens of New International Markets|last=Alpert|first=Lukas I.|date=22 June 2016|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=27 March 2017|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=2 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602061849/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-to-expand-in-dozens-of-new-international-markets-1466593200|url-status=live}} New Viceland channels have already launched in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/22/vice-to-launch-in-more-than-50-new-countries|title=Vice to launch in more than 50 new countries|last=Sweney|first=Mark|date=22 June 2016|work=The Guardian |access-date=27 March 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=9 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309071811/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/22/vice-to-launch-in-more-than-50-new-countries|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/vice-media-launches-in-more-than-50-new-countries-1201777144/|title=Vice Media's Viceland To Launch In More Than 50 New Countries|last=Jaafar|first=Ali|date=22 June 2016|work=Deadline|access-date=27 March 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=2 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902052935/https://deadline.com/2016/06/vice-media-launches-in-more-than-50-new-countries-1201777144/|url-status=live}}

In late 2016, Vice announced a news and content expansion into the Indonesian market, with the goal of reaching the country's roughly 100 million young adults aged between 18 and 34 years. As of 7 November 2016, Vice had struck digital and cable programming deals with Google and Indonesian television network Jawa Pos TV to broadcast its original lifestyle, culture and news content.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/302008e2-a4f1-11e6-8b69-02899e8bd9d1|title=Subscription needed|website=Financial Times|date=8 November 2016|language=en-GB|access-date=5 April 2017|url-access=subscription|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110304/https://www.ft.com/content/302008e2-a4f1-11e6-8b69-02899e8bd9d1|url-status=live}}

On 1 March 2017 at Mobile World Congress, Vice announced new content deals with mobile operators in multiple regions, including an extensive Asia Pacific expansion and renewed partnership with Verizon's Go90 branch. The new deals will bring Vice's content into more than 80 global territories by the end of 2017.

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On 22 March 2017, Vice Media finalized a deal with French digital media studio Blackpills for the creation of a line-up of original short-form programming, set to premiere on Vice's digital video hub, video.vice.com. Blackpills would enlist international filmmakers including Luc Besson, Bryan Singer, and Zoe Cassavetes in the creative effort. Vice London subsidiary Pulse Films contributed original content to air on video.vice.com, and Viceland in both the US and Canada aired Blackpills' first series, French/Canadian co-production You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days starring Donald Trump impersonator John Di Domenico and comedian Ron Sparks.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/vice-scripted-blackpills-luc-besson-bryan-singer-zoe-cassavetes-1202013806/|title=Vice Dives Into Digital Scripted Content With Productions From Luc Besson, Bryan Singer, Zoe Cassavetes (EXCLUSIVE)|date=22 March 2017|work=Variety|access-date=27 March 2017|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328020437/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/vice-scripted-blackpills-luc-besson-bryan-singer-zoe-cassavetes-1202013806/amp/|url-status=live}}

Later in March 2017, while in India, Shane Smith discussed his partnership with the Times Group. The company launched Vice India as well as their agency business, Virtue.{{Cite web |url=http://www.televisionpost.com/television/viceland-to-have-india-launch-in-aug-says-founder-shane-smith/ |title=Viceland to have India launch in Aug, says founder Shane Smith |website=Televisionpost.com |access-date=3 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329062039/http://www.televisionpost.com/television/viceland-to-have-india-launch-in-aug-says-founder-shane-smith/ |archive-date=29 March 2017 }} Smith also revealed that the company had "held India back as a launch partner because it's so important to get it right. We didn't just want to come in, set up a studio and go. We wanted to have a plan, make sure we did it correctly."{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/et-gbs-2017-we-will-do-vice-type-stories-in-india-says-shane-smith-ceo-vice-media/articleshow/57863534.cms|title=ET GBS 2017: We will do Vice-type stories in India, says Shane Smith, CEO, Vice Media|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=28 March 2017|last1=Gooptu|first1=Biswarup|last2=Chanchani|first2=Madhav|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328200645/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/et-gbs-2017-we-will-do-vice-type-stories-in-india-says-shane-smith-ceo-vice-media/articleshow/57863534.cms|url-status=live}} In June 2017, Vice announced a partnership with Brazilian media giant Grupo Globo that will see Vice grow its existing presence in the region through increased local production capabilities and increased mobile programming.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-signs-deal-with-brazils-grupo-globo-1498132800|title=Vice Media Signs Deal With Brazil's Grupo Globo|last=Alpert|first=Lukas I.|date=22 June 2017|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=3 July 2017|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017145720/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-signs-deal-with-brazils-grupo-globo-1498132800|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.c21media.net/globo-boosts-vice-presence-in-brazil/|title=Globo boosts Vice presence in Brazil|website=C21media|access-date=3 July 2017|archive-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624142006/http://www.c21media.net/globo-boosts-vice-presence-in-brazil/|url-status=live}}

In November 2017, Vice announced the launch of a new Asia Pacific office with a dedicated CEO to oversee programming and business operations in India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and elsewhere in the region.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2017/11/07/vice-s-blunt-smokers-expand-where-marijuana-can-get-you-killed|title=Vice Plots Expansion Across Asia for TV Shows, Web Videos|work=Bloomberg Quint|access-date=15 December 2017|language=en|archive-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215221647/https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2017/11/07/vice-s-blunt-smokers-expand-where-marijuana-can-get-you-killed|url-status=live}} The headquarters, in Singapore, will include "studio space that will be used for original documentary, drama, and film projects as well as by Vice's branding agency, Virtue."{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/global/vice-opens-singapore-asia-hq-1202608686/|title=Vice Opens Up Asia HQ, Plots Regional Expansion|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|date=7 November 2017|work=Variety|access-date=15 December 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216034541/http://variety.com/2017/digital/global/vice-opens-singapore-asia-hq-1202608686/|url-status=live}}

In March 2021, the Pedestrian Group announced a multi-year deal to become the Australian digital publishing home of the brand.{{Cite web|last=Samios|first=Zoe|date=14 March 2021|title=Pedestrian Group signs deals to publish US websites Vice and Refinery29|url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/pedestrian-group-signs-deals-to-publish-us-websites-vice-and-refinery29-20210312-p57a44.html|access-date=14 April 2021|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414051241/https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/pedestrian-group-signs-deals-to-publish-us-websites-vice-and-refinery29-20210312-p57a44.html|url-status=live}} In January 2022, a new team of five, headed by Brad Esposito, was announced to head up Vice Australia and New Zealand.{{cite web | last=Shepherd | first=Emma | title=Pedestrian Group appoints new team behind Vice AUNZ | website=Mumbrella | date=18 January 2022 | url=https://mumbrella.com.au/pedestrian-group-appoints-new-team-behind-vice-aunz-720714 | access-date=17 March 2022 | archive-date=27 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127023038/https://mumbrella.com.au/pedestrian-group-appoints-new-team-behind-vice-aunz-720714 | url-status=live }} In July 2024, it was reported that Vice Australia would shut down amid a restructuring at Pedestrian.{{Cite web |last=Jaspan |first=Calum |date=2024-07-08 |title=Pedestrian boss to depart as group slashes staff and titles |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/pedestrian-boss-to-depart-as-group-slashes-staff-and-titles-20240701-p5jq25.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}

In April 2025, Vice acquired Cuba Pictures, a drama producer based in the United Kingdom, from Curtis Brown.{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Stewart |date=2025-04-28 |title=Vice Media Acquires ‘McMafia’ Producer Cuba Pictures From UTA’s Curtis Brown |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/vice-media-buys-cuba-pictures-from-uta-owned-curtis-brown-1236374780/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}

Vice Records or Vice Music, launched in 2002, is Vice's in-house record label. It has released albums and singles by the following artists through various major label distributors:{{Cite news |last=Ryzik |first=Melena |date=31 July 2008 |title=On the Bus, and Off It: The Initiation of a Young Rock Impresario |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/arts/music/31break.html |access-date=6 October 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007120032/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/arts/music/31break.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Playing Heavy Metal In Baghdad: Acrassicauda |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125471921 |access-date=6 October 2017 |archive-date=7 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007021603/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125471921 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Vice Launches Three-Year Global Partnership With Warner Bros. Records |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vice-warner-bros-records-partnership-265031 |access-date=6 October 2017 |archive-date=18 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818173428/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vice-warner-bros-records-partnership-265031 |url-status=live }}

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• 120 Days
• Acrassicauda
• Action Bronson
• Almighty Defenders
• Black Lips
• Bloc Party
• Boredoms
• Charlotte Gainsbourg
• Chromeo
• Death From Above 1979
• Deniro Farrar
• Fucked Up
• Growing
• Head Wound City
• Justice
• King Khan and the Shrines
• Lullabye Arkestra
• Off!
• Rich Boy
• The Raveonettes
• The Stills
• The Streets
• Team Spirit
• Vybz Kartel

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In 2004 Vice acquired a pub and music venue in Shoreditch, East London named The Old Blue Last,{{cite web |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/'maybe-we've-grown-up'-ten-years-how-vice-magazine-got-serious |title='Maybe we've grown up': Ten years on, how Vice magazine got serious |date=28 February 2013 |website=Press Gazette |publisher=Progressive Media International |first=Andrew |last=Pugh |access-date=7 November 2014 }} in which a live music program entitled Live at the Old Blue Last is filmed. After Vice bought the Old Blue Last in 2004,{{cite news|url=http://paidcontent.org/2011/04/05/419-vice-media-takes-investment-from-wpp-others/|title=Vice Media Takes Investment From WPP, Others|last=Andrews|first=Robert|date=5 April 2011|publisher=PaidContent|access-date=12 August 2013|archive-date=15 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015003034/http://paidcontent.org/2011/04/05/419-vice-media-takes-investment-from-wpp-others/ }} it underwent a series of improvements, with most taking place in 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.theoldbluelast.com/about/|title=About|publisher=The Old Blue Last|access-date=12 August 2013|archive-date=6 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806141404/http://www.theoldbluelast.com/about/ }} In 2012, Vice began selling beer under the Old Blue Last label.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Vice acquired British fashion magazine i-D in December 2012,{{cite news |title=Consumer Vice aims high following acquisition of UK style magazine i-D |url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/vice-aims-high-following-acquisition-uk-style-magazine-i-d |access-date=26 April 2013 |newspaper=PressGazette |date=19 December 2012 |author=William Turvill |archive-date=16 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516013526/https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/vice-aims-high-following-acquisition-uk-style-magazine-i-d |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/dec/18/vice-media-buys-i-d|title=Vice Media buys style publication i-D|last=Sweney|first=Mark|date=18 December 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=8 December 2013|archive-date=10 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210164828/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/dec/18/vice-media-buys-i-d|url-status=live}} with Vice president Andrew Creighton calling it "one of the only fashion publications in the world we actually respect."{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/vice-acquires-i-d-magazine/|title=We Just Acquired 'I-D' Magazine|date=December 2012|publisher=Vice|author=Vice Staff|access-date=18 December 2013|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022804/http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/vice-acquires-i-d-magazine|url-status=live}} Fashion model Karlie Kloss acquired i-D magazine from Vice in November 2023.

In 2015, Vice announced it invested an "undisclosed sum" in VRSE.farm, a virtual reality company founded by acclaimed director Chris Milk. The announcement came alongside a debut VR experience at the Sundance Festival, a "virtual-reality journalism broadcast" made in partnership with Spike Jonze and Vice News.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/business/media/vice-uses-virtual-reality-to-immerse-viewers-in-news.html|title=Vice Uses Virtual Reality to Immerse Viewers in News|last=Steel|first=Emily|date=23 January 2015|work=The New York Times|access-date=23 February 2017|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209161424/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/business/media/vice-uses-virtual-reality-to-immerse-viewers-in-news.html|url-status=live}}

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Pulse Films was founded in 2005 by Thomas Benski and Marisa Clifford.{{cite web | title=About | website=Pulse Films | url=https://www.pulsefilms.com/about | access-date=18 March 2022 | archive-date=25 January 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125151159/https://www.pulsefilms.com/about | url-status=live }} It specializes in producing feature films, music documentaries and drama-documentaries.

In March 2016, Vice acquired a controlling stake in UK television and film production company Pulse Films, to bolster its original programming efforts.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/global/vice-media-pulse-films-1201740756/|title=Vice Media Acquires Majority Stake in Pulse Films|last=Barraclough|first=Leo|date=29 March 2016|work=Variety|access-date=27 March 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328021918/http://variety.com/2016/digital/global/vice-media-pulse-films-1201740756/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vice-buys-majority-pulse-films-878816|title=Vice Media Acquires Majority Stake in U.K.'s Pulse Films|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=27 March 2017|language=en|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328022001/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vice-buys-majority-pulse-films-878816|url-status=live}} A year later Pulse Films produced original content for exclusive release on video.vice.com, Vice's digital video hub, including the series Pillowtalk,Twiz and Tuck Bucket List.{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2017-03-22 |title=Vice Dives Into Digital Scripted Content With Productions From Luc Besson, Bryan Singer, Zoe Cassavetes (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/vice-scripted-blackpills-luc-besson-bryan-singer-zoe-cassavetes-1202013806/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} The division had offices in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Berlin and Milan as of 2022. Vice acquired commercial and music video production studio London Alley Entertainment in 2025 and merged it with Pulse Films to form Vice Commercials and Branded Entertainment.{{Cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=2025-03-19 |title=Vice Media Acquires Commercial and Music Video Production Studio London Alley Entertainment to Merge With Pulse (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/vice-media-acquires-london-alley-entertainment-pulse-1236341874/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Vice acquired UK magazine Garage in July 2017 to expand its foothold in the youth market, and announced plans to launch a digital channel focused on art, fashion and literature.{{Cite news|url=http://wwd.com/business-news/media/vice-media-buys-garage-magazine-stake-10481005/|title=Vice Media Buys Majority Stake in Garage Magazine|last=Steigrad|first=Alexandra|date=5 July 2016|work=WWD|access-date=27 March 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328020623/http://wwd.com/business-news/media/vice-media-buys-garage-magazine-stake-10481005/|url-status=live}}

In May 2018, Vice announced the acquisition of experiential events company Villain at its NewFronts presentation, but did not reveal what they paid for it. Villain is based in a 15,000 ft warehouse near Vice's headquarters in Williamsburg, NYC. The company works with a host of major brands, including PepsiCo, Toyota and Red Bull.{{Cite news|url=http://capitala.co/news/15824/vice-acquires-experiential-events-company-villain/|title=Vice acquires experiential events company Villain|work=Capital A|access-date=10 May 2018|language=en|archive-date=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511012757/http://capitala.co/news/15824/vice-acquires-experiential-events-company-villain/|url-status=live}}

On 7 August 2015, the roughly 70-person writing staff of Vice Media US voted to unionize, joining the Writers Guild of America, East. Vice management quickly recognized the union. The successful union drive followed similar efforts at Salon, Gawker and The Guardian.{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2015/08/07/vice-media-union/|title=Vice Media editorial staff vote to join the Writers Guild|website=Fortune|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=29 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929232152/http://fortune.com/2015/08/07/vice-media-union/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vice-media-unionizes_us_55c4fb62e4b0f1cbf1e4f4e9|title=Vice Media Votes To Unionize As Trend In Digital Media Continues|last=Calderone|first=Michael|date=7 August 2015|work=Huffington Post|access-date=5 April 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406110225/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vice-media-unionizes_us_55c4fb62e4b0f1cbf1e4f4e9|url-status=live}}

Then, in September 2017, employees and freelancers who "work on video content for Vice.com, cable channel Viceland, and Vice programming on HBO" unionized through Writers Guild of America, East and the Motion Pictures Editors Guild.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-medias-video-employees-unionize-1506022931|title=Vice Media's Video Employees Unionize|last=Alpert|first=Lukas I.|date=21 September 2017|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=29 September 2017|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=28 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928201422/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-medias-video-employees-unionize-1506022931|url-status=live}} At the time, a leader from one of the unions said: "We have built a constructive relationship with Vice management and applaud the company for continuing to respect the right of its employees to engage in collective bargaining."{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/vice-media-unionization-writers-guild-editors-guild-1202565117/|title=Vice Media Video Employees Unionize With Writers Guild East and Editors Guild|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=21 September 2017|work=Variety|access-date=29 September 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=29 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929233513/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/vice-media-unionization-writers-guild-editors-guild-1202565117/|url-status=live}}

On 2 May 2017, Vice Media ratified a three-year collective bargaining agreement with 170 employees of the company's Canadian division who had joined the Canadian Media Guild union in 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/vice-union-collective-agreement-ratified-1.4093498|title=Vice Canada workers ratify collective agreement as digital journalists turn to unions|work=CBC News|access-date=12 June 2017|language=en|archive-date=5 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505123536/http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/vice-union-collective-agreement-ratified-1.4093498|url-status=live}}

In February 2016, staff members at Vice UK called for unionization with an officially recognised trade union by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). Staff members said this was following the steps of Vice US (which unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East{{cite news|last1=Warren|first1=James|title=VICE workers decide they need a union|url=http://www.poynter.org/2015/vice-workers-decide-they-need-a-union/364395/|access-date=17 May 2016|work=Poynter|date=10 August 2015|language=en-US|archive-date=4 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504144646/http://www.poynter.org/2015/vice-workers-decide-they-need-a-union/364395/|url-status=live}}), in order to allow the staff to "share in the success of the company", to strengthen job security by Vice providing better contracts, to address "pay issues ... so everyone gets a fair deal, including freelancers" and enhance career progression opportunities.{{cite news|last1=Sweney|first1=Mark|title=Vice UK staff move to unionise to 'share in the success' of media company|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/08/vice-uk-staff-unionise-share-success-media-company|access-date=17 May 2016|work=The Guardian |date=8 February 2016|archive-date=24 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424013247/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/08/vice-uk-staff-unionise-share-success-media-company|url-status=live}}

This proposition was rejected by Vice UK; the company refused to recognise the NUJ, but instead said that they were free to set up an internal staff council. Vice chief executive, Matt Elek, claimed the NUJ had displayed "a concerning lack of transparency from them about who they are purporting to represent here [and had] not been able to provide us with any numbers to demonstrate the degree of support they have in this office", adding that: "The NUJ are used to working with old print media businesses and structures – they are not used to innovative, digital workplaces like this where the culture has always been to encourage flexibility and allow people work across different departments."{{cite news|last1=Jackson|first1=Jasper|last2=Martinson|first2=Jane|title=Vice UK rejects call for union recognition|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/27/vice-uk-union-recognition-nuj|access-date=17 May 2016|work=The Guardian |date=27 April 2016|archive-date=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531112502/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/27/vice-uk-union-recognition-nuj|url-status=live}}

In response, Michelle Stanistreet (General Secretary of the NUJ) said: "The accusation that the NUJ has not been transparent in its discussions with Vice management is simply untrue" and characterized opposition as "union busting."{{cite news|last1=Stanistreet|first1=Michelle|title=Trade union recognition at Vice UK|url=https://www.nuj.org.uk/news/vice-recognition-update/|access-date=19 May 2016|work=National Union of Journalists|date=27 April 2016|archive-date=10 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610132134/https://www.nuj.org.uk/news/vice-recognition-update/|url-status=live}}

The NUJ submitted a new request for recognition in March 2019. Following talks at Acas, the company agreed to recognise the NUJ for purposes of collective bargaining on 25 July 2019.{{cite news|title=NUJ achieves recognition at VICE UK|url=https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-achieves-recognition-at-vice-uk.html|access-date=6 April 2022|work=NUJ|date=25 April 2019|archive-date=17 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117011352/https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-achieves-recognition-at-vice-uk.html|url-status=live}}

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In July 2014, Vice Media announced it would be moving its headquarters to a new building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where their New York office had been since 1999. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, the move would allow them to double their current office size and hire about 500 new employees.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-moving-to-new-williamsburg-headquarters-1404315035|title=Vice Media Moving to New Williamsburg Headquarters|first=Laura|last=Kusisto|date=3 July 2014|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=12 March 2017|archive-date=25 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225001739/https://www.wsj.com/articles/vice-media-moving-to-new-williamsburg-headquarters-1404315035|url-status=live}}

Following this announcement, the two music venues occupying the building, Glasslands Gallery and Death By Audio, soon announced the news they would be closing. Following the announcement from Glasslands management in October 2014 that the arts venue would close at the end of 2014, thereby making it the third Williamsburg music space to close through Vice Media's expansion—alongside 285 Kent and Death By Audio—Big Shot Magazine claimed that the Brooklyn music community had received a "proverbial kick in the groin."{{cite web|author1=Darren Ressler|title=Gentrification Blues: Williamsburg's Glasslands is Closing|url=http://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/news/31956/|website=Big Shot Magazine|access-date=8 November 2014|date=23 October 2014|archive-date=8 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108010141/http://newsflash.bigshotmag.com/news/31956/ }}

After a series of articles covering the venues' eviction, BrooklynVegan reported on the deals that led to Vice Media moving into the new office, including terms buying out tenants and covering past overdue rent, that contradicted some press around the renovation of the building and Vice Media's dealings with the current tenants. Regardless, as the article puts it, "The concept of 'Vice vs. DIY' in Williamsburg is officially a thing."{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/12/death_by_audio_11.html |title=Death By Audio booker talks Vice; Vice & the landlord respond |work=BrooklynVegan.com |date=10 December 2014 |access-date=11 September 2015 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025824/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/12/death_by_audio_11.html |url-status=live }}

After expanding into the Glasslands Gallery and Death by Audio space in 2014, Vice further expanded its Brooklyn footprint by leasing a 74,000 square foot property at 55 Washington Street. The new property houses agency acquisitions Carrot Creative along with other Vice corporate staff.{{Cite web |url=http://ny.curbed.com/2016/10/24/13383654/vice-media-dumbo-expansion |title=Vice Media expands its hold on Brooklyn with new Dumbo office |date=24 October 2016 |website=Curbed NY |access-date=5 April 2017 |archive-date=6 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406022446/http://ny.curbed.com/2016/10/24/13383654/vice-media-dumbo-expansion |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://commercialobserver.com/2016/10/vice-and-its-subsidiary-taking-over-two-trees-55-washington-street/ |title=Vice and Its Subsidiary Taking Over Two Tree's 55 Washington Street |date=21 October 2016 |work=Commercial Observer |access-date=5 April 2017 |archive-date=6 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406022248/https://commercialobserver.com/2016/10/vice-and-its-subsidiary-taking-over-two-trees-55-washington-street/ |url-status=live }}

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