Vice Talks Porn But Delivers News at Upfront

“We’re about to do the weirdest upfront ever,” Vice Media CEO and co-founder Shane Smith told a loud audience of hundreds, just after taking a stage at the Williamsburg Savings Bank in downtown Brooklyn. “We’ve never done an upfront before and, I’ve never been to an upfront, so this is how I imagined it.” The event was meant to showcase the launch of Vice's new video-heavy website vice.com. What...