Vice News (stylized as VICE News) is Vice Media's alternative 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.
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 225millionasacreditbidfornearlyallofitsassets.BeforeViceNewswasfounded,VicepublishednewsdocumentariesandnewsreportsfromaroundtheworldthroughitsYouTubechannelalongsideotherprograms.VicehadreportedoneventssuchascrimeinVenezuela,theIsraeli–Palestinianconflict,protestsinTurkey,theNorthKoreanandIranianregimes,andtheSyrianCivilWarthroughtheirownYouTubechannelandwebsite.AfterthecreationofViceNewsasaseparatedivision,itsreportinggreatlyincreasedwithworldwidecoveragestartingimmediatelywithvideospublishedonYouTubeandarticlesonitswebsitedaily.InDecember2013,ViceMediaexpandeditsinternationalnewsdivisionintoanindependentdivisiondedicatedexclusivelytonewsandcreatedViceNews.ViceMediaput50 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.
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 Businessweek, where he was reported to be "a divisive figure who was both admired and despised during his six years there." Tyrangiel named Ryan McCarthy, formerly an assistant editor of The New York Times, as editor-in-chief of Vice News.
