# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shane-smith
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:22:57.644Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shane-smith"
name: "Shane Smith"
slug: "shane-smith"
description: "Shane Smith is a Canadian journalist and media executive. He is executive chairman of the international media company Vice Media, operating an international network of digital channels, a television production studio, a record label, an in-house creative services agency, a book-publishing house, and a feature film division."
tagline: "Canadian journalist and media executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shane_Smith_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1969-09-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.483782666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/shanesmith30"
    handle:    "shanesmith30"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/shanesmithvice/"
    handle:    "shanesmithvice"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/viceshane"
    handle:    "viceshane"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2448288/"
    handle:    "nm2448288"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Smith_(journalist)"
    title: "Shane Smith (journalist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A)"
    title: "شاين سميث (صحفي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89)"
    title: "شاين سميث (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Smith_(journaliste)"
    title: "Shane Smith (journaliste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Smith"
    title: "Shane Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7488279"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1258541"
    title: "Shane Smith"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump