Vice is a New York City based Canadian magazine and media conglomerate focused on international arts & culture.
Vice is available in 28 countries. Outside of the United States, foreign editions are published in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, South Africa, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It is available free of charge to the public and supports itself primarily through advertising. Jesse Pearson was Vice’s editor-in-chief for eight years until resigning in December, 2010. The current editor-in-chief is Rocco Castoro, and the global editor is Andy Capper.
Founded by Suroosh Alvi, Shane Smith, and Gavin McInnes, it was launched as the Voice of Montreal in 1994 with government funding to provide work and a community service. When the editors wanted to break free of their commitments with the original publisher, Alix Laurent,…