Guerrilla video site meets MTV
 

*Source: News.com (http://www.news.com/Guerrilla-video-...tag=nefd.top)*
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Vice magazine has built a small media empire out of a raw, ironic sensibility, risque photographs and a willingness to deal in taboo subjects.

On VBS.tv (http://www.vbs.tv/), the video Web site the company runs, viewers can find short videos about independent music, extreme sports and, of course, some nudity. But there are also a surprising number of ambitious news reports, like an interview with Hezbollah's self-proclaimed "mayor of Beirut," investigations of environmental abuse, and a story about a Colombian date-rape drug.

What's even more surprising is the company that finances most of these projects: Viacom.

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