Seeing what Vice comes up with is never confusing. It's been producing this brand of dark, off-beat journalism for years now, both through its flagship U.S. magazine, its 25 or so international editions, and the online video arm it launched in 2007.
"I feel like when we win, everybody wins," said Time managing editor Rick Stengel in a ballroom at the New York Marriott Marquis Thursday night, accepting a National Magazine Award for magazine of the year, the evening's top honor. Of course, everybody did not win.
With a new in-house consulting firm in the works, Wired U.K. is the latest publication to knock holes in the wall that traditionally stands between editorial and business departments.
Vice is better known for its (extensive) coverage of sex and cocaine than it is for its often excellent serious journalism, but lately, the original hipster rag is branching out to compete with major media empires on a global scale.
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