Vice Media, Inc. is an American youth media company and digital content creation studio operating in 36 countries. It was started in 1994 by Shane Smith, Gavin McInnes and Suroosh Alvi as a punk magazine titled Voice of Montreal. Vice Media has recently expanded from its Vice magazine, building out a multimedia network including the website Vice.com as well as a network of nine other digital channels including Vice News, a TV and feature film production studio, record label, and a book-publishing division.