As a periodical that reported on the lives and activities of many of the island's entertainment, sports, and political personalities, the magazine was no stranger to controversy.

Participants had to fill a coupon published inside the magazine, list on it their favorite TV shows, and mail it in for a chance to win prizes.

The magazine ran many other contests, including a raffle to win one of the historic-period gowns worn by actress Von Marie Mendez in "Telemundo's" acclaimed Puerto Rican telenovela "Tanairi".

Noted Vea journalists included Belén Martínez Cabello, Roberto Ramos-Perea (the magazine's theater critic) and Helda Ribera-Chevremont, among others.

Other competitor "small-format" Puerto Rican entertainment gossip magazines included Teve Guía (Puerto Rico's version of TV Guide), Artistas (1977-1994, founded by Jose Antonio Mellado and Miguel A.Lopez Ortiz), and Estrellitas (Founded in 1975 by Hugo del Cañal and José Antonio Mellado), a small-format version of Estrellas, another Puerto Rican entertainment gossip magazine focused on film, television, music and theater.