Vice News Returns as Pared-Down Brand Partnership Vehicle
Shane Smith is relaunching Vice News as a social-platform-first outlet for his podcast and news reports, starting with an Adobe partnership announced today. The new iteration will feature a pared-down website, hosted video segments, and brand deals, but no new staff has been hired. Smith's podcast 'Shane Smith Has Questions' launched in 2024 with Club Random Studios. A series 'Vice Inside' brings back correspondents from the 2014 launch. Vice filed for bankruptcy in 2023 after peaking with 34 bureaus worldwide. The relaunch focuses on transparent, fact-based journalism, with content produced on a story-by-story basis.
Key facts
- Vice News is being relaunched by founder Shane Smith.
- The relaunch starts with a brand partnership with Adobe.
- The new Vice News will be social-platform-first, featuring Smith's podcast and news reports.
- Vice filed for bankruptcy in 2023.
- At its peak, Vice had 34 bureaus worldwide and several foreign-language editions.
- Smith's podcast 'Shane Smith Has Questions' launched in 2024, produced with Club Random Studios.
- A new series 'Vice Inside' revisits stories from the 2014 launch.
- No new staff has been hired for the relaunch; content will be produced as stories emerge.
Entities
Artists
- Shane Smith
- Andrew Callaghan
- Dennis Rodman
- Nicolás Maduro
Institutions
- Vice Media
- Vice News
- Adobe
- Adobe Acrobat
- Club Random Studios
- The Hollywood Reporter
- Channel 5
- All Gas No Brakes
- HBO
- BuzzFeed News
- Mic
Locations
- Montreal
- Canada
- North Korea
- Greenland
- Venezuela
- Morocco
- Africa