Vice Media
American-Canadian digital media and broadcasting company
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September 2024 | The print magazine returned to publication after previous disruptions. |
September 2024 | Vice Media relaunched its print magazine with a goal of reaching 20,000 subscribers within a year. |
February 2024 | Vice Media announced plans to shutter the vice.com website and cut hundreds of jobs. |
February 22 2024 | Vice Media CEO Bruce Dixon announced 'several hundred' layoffs and that Vice.com would cease publishing content. Some journalists, like those from Motherboard, spun off to create new ventures such as 404 Media. |
July 2023 | Vice was removed from the Showtime streaming app, with Vice News shopping the series to other outlets. |
May 28 2023 | An episode about Ron DeSantis was pulled from scheduled airing by Showtime. |
May 25 2023 | Final episode of Vice News Tonight airs, marking the end of the news program. |
May 15 2023 | Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, initiating a potential sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management, and Monroe Capital. |
April 2023 | Vice announces the cancellation of Vice News Tonight. |
2022 | Vice News won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award for 'The Shockwave'. |
February 7 2022 | Series was renewed for its ninth and tenth seasons. |
2021 | Vice News won the Rory Peck Award for 'Uyghurs Who Fled China Now Face Repression in Pakistan'. |
2021 | Vice News won the Online Journalism Award for 'The Story of...' |
2021 | Vice News won two Edward R. Murrow Awards for 'Say Her Name: Investigating the Death of Breonna Taylor' and 'Life Under Bombs: On the Frontlines of Fighting in Azerbaijan'. |
2021 | Vice News won the Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for 'Rohingya Brides Thought They Were Fleeing Violence. Then They Met Their Grooms.' |
March 7 2021 | Eighth season of Vice premiered on Showtime. |
2020 | Vice News won a Peabody Award for the documentary 'Losing Ground'. |
2020 | Emily Green from Vice News jointly won the first Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting with This American Life and Molly O'Toole of the Los Angeles Times for the investigative podcast episode 'The Out Crowd' about the Remain in Mexico policy. |
July 30 2020 | Series was renewed for an eighth season, which would premiere on March 7, 2021. |
March 29 2020 | Vice resumed on Showtime after being picked up by the network. |
March 4 2020 | Vice News Tonight premieres on Vice TV, expanding to a full hour format and airing Thursday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT |
2019 | Vice magazine publication put on hiatus. |
December 2 2019 | Viceland changed its name to Vice TV. |
October 2019 | Vice Media announces the acquisition of Refinery29 in a deal worth a reported $400 million. |
August 2019 | Vice Media announced the channel would merge with Vice News, shifting from entertainment and lifestyle programming to a news-based lineup. |
February 1 2019 | HBO announced the cancellation of Vice, making the sixth season its last on the network. |
2018 | Magazine switched to a quarterly publication schedule, with issues exploring a single theme. |
April 6 2018 | The sixth season aired on HBO. |
April 6 2018 | Sixth season of Vice aired on HBO. |
March 2018 | Vice Media co-founder Shane Smith announced he would no longer continue as CEO and would take on the role of Executive Chairman, with Nancy Dubuc succeeding him as CEO. |
December 23 2017 | The New York Times reported four settlements involving allegations of sexual harassment or defamation against Vice employees. |
August 2017 | Vice News Tonight receives widespread attention for its 'Charlottesville: Race and Terror' coverage, which goes viral after HBO makes the full episode freely available on YouTube. The segment is praised by CNN's Brian Stelter as the show's 'breakout moment' and earns a Peabody Award for News coverage |
March 23 2017 | Vice Media finalizes a deal with French digital media studio Blackpills for creating original short-form programming. |
December 2016 | Vice News entered into a partnership with The Guardian newspaper, including collaborative content production and distribution. |
October 10 2016 | Vice News Tonight debuted on HBO, marking a significant expansion of Vice Media's news coverage. |
May 2016 | Josh Tyrangiel was promoted to oversee all of Vice News and subsequently laid off approximately 20 editorial and production staff members. |
2015 | Vice News won two Peabody Awards for documentary programs 'The Islamic State' and 'Last Chance High'. |
October 2015 | Vice hired Josh Tyrangiel to run a daily Vice News show for HBO, with Ryan McCarthy appointed as editor-in-chief. |
March 25 2015 | HBO announced Vice's renewal through Season 7, demonstrating continued commitment to the series. |
March 6 2015 | Third season of Vice began airing, consisting of 14 episodes. |
February 2015 | Ellis Jones named editor-in-chief of Vice magazine, and Alex Miller appointed as global head of content. |
2014 | The show's second season aired and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series or Special. |
November 2014 | Vice News launched its French-language version. |
August 2014 | A&E Networks makes a US$250-million investment in Vice Media for a 10% ownership stake. |
May 7 2014 | HBO renewed the series for two more seasons, expanding the show's future on the network. |
December 2013 | Vice News was created as Vice Media's alternative current affairs channel, launching documentary essays and video content through its website and YouTube channel. |
August 2013 | Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox invests US$70 million in Vice Media, resulting in a 5% stake. |
June 2013 | The show gained mainstream media attention for documenting a basketball game with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. |
April 5 2013 | Vice television series premiered on HBO, marking the first televised program for VICE featuring Vice staff as correspondents. |
2012 | Vice Media was created as the parent company for Vice magazine and other properties, including Vice News on HBO and the Vice.com website. |
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