Vice (magazine)
Vice (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. It was founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, and its founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint. As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones.
The Syria Issue (November 2012) | |
| Editor-in-chief | Ellis Jones |
|---|---|
| Categories | Lifestyle |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 900,000 (worldwide) 80,000 (UK) |
| Publisher | Vice Media |
| Founder | |
| Founded | Montreal, Canada |
| First issue | October 1994 (as Voice of Montreal) |
| Based in | New York City, United States |
| Website | vice |
| ISSN | 1077-6788 |
| OCLC | 30856250 |
On May 15, 2023, Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets.