Vice News
| Vice News | |
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| Launched | 2013 |
| Owned by | Vice Media |
| Picture format | 1080p HD (depends on connection) |
| Slogan | created by and for a connected generation |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Sister channel(s) |
Television Viceland Viceland Canada Online Vice Films Vice Magazine |
| Website | news |
| Streaming media | |
| YouTube | Vice News |
| Vice and Vice News apps | Android and iOS |
Vice News (stylised as VICE News) is Vice Media, Inc.'s current affairs channel, producing daily documentary essays and video through its website and YouTube channel. It promotes itself on its coverage of "under-reported stories". Vice News was created in December 2013 and is based in New York City, though it has bureaus worldwide.
In December 2013, Vice Media expanded its international news division into an independent division dedicated to news exclusively and created Vice News. Vice Media put $50 million into its news division, setting up 34 bureaus worldwide and drawing praise for its in-depth coverage of international news. Vice News has primarily targeted a younger audience comprised predominantly of millennials, the same audience to which its parent company appeals.
On May 24, 2016, a change in leadership at Vice News resulted in the laying off of some 20 editorial and production staff members.
Before Vice News was founded, Vice published news documentaries and news reports from around the world through its YouTube channel alongside other programs. Vice had reported on events such as crime in Venezuela, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, protests in Turkey, the North Korean regime, and the Syrian Civil War through their own YouTube channel and website. After the creation of Vice News as a separate division, its reporting greatly increased with worldwide coverage starting immediately with videos published on YouTube and articles on its website daily.
On 17 September 2014, Vice News launched a mobile phone app for iOS. In November 2014, Vice News launched its French-language version.
In October 2015 Vice hired Josh Tyrangiel to run a daily Vice News show for HBO. Tyrangiel had recently left Bloomberg, where he was reported to be “a divisive figure who was both admired and despised during his six years there.”
The following May, it was announced that Tyrangiel had also been given control of the weekly Vice on HBO show as well as Vice News. As the announcement was made, Tyrangiel promptly laid off much of the news staff. In an interview given the previous week, Vice Media founder Shane Smith called Tyrangiel “a murderer,” foretelling a “bloodbath” in digital media.
In June, Tyrangiel touted various new hires he had brought aboard as part of his team.
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