Vice magazine
<p>Smith, along with co-founders <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suroosh_Alvi" title="Suroosh Alvi">Suroosh Alvi</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_McInnes" title="Gavin McInnes">Gavin McInnes</a> (who left VICE in 2008),<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Smith%28journalist%29#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> acquired the youth magazine <i>Voice of Montreal</i> in 1994<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Smith%28journalist%29#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> and changed its name to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice%28magazine%29" title="Vice (magazine)"><i>Vice</i></a>. T<b>he magazine was originally funded by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Canada" title="Government of Canada">Government of Canada</a> as part of a welfare program</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Smith%28journalist%29#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> After being acquired in 1999 and moving to New York City, Smith and his co-founders bought <i>VICE</i> back, and moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Smith%28journalist%29#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> Initially publishing print articles based on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_culture" title="Alternative culture">offbeat alternative culture</a>, <i>VICE</i> moved to creating news content and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_criticism" title="Social criticism">social criticism</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia" title="Multimedia">multiple media platforms</a> in 2006. Smith remains an owner of the company, and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> has described Smith as "a cross between a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock" title="Punk rock">punk rocker</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_500" title="Fortune 500"><i>Fortune 500</i> Executive</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_2-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Smith%28journalist%29#cite_note-nyt-2">[2]</a></sup></p>