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Capital · acquirer

Fortress Investment Group

Credit investor, owner of Vice · New York

Founded
1998
Entered
2005
Placed at
2005: founded 1998, before the timeline start; shown from 2005
Status 2026
Active
Metro
New York
Embeddedness
1 connections
Confidence
verified · strongest source trade or financial press

Method

Fortress Investment Group, a New York credit investor, leads the lender group with Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital that buys Vice Media out of bankruptcy for 350 million dollars in June 2023 and owns it through the 2024 layoffs and the 2025 relaunch of Vice News.

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  • acquiredVice MediaA Fortress led lender group buys Vice's assets out of Chapter 11 for 350 million dollars in June 2023.2023
Sources (trade or financial press): variety.com