When The Buggles’ music video “Video Killed the Radio Star” aired on August 1, 1981, it marked a historic moment for both television and music. The day marked the launch of the Music Television ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All the reports about the death of music videos have been wildly exaggerated. But that’s only fair, since wild exaggerations are ...
On New Year’s Day 2026, a rumor spread across the internet that the historic MTV cable network had finally gone dark. It wasn’t exactly true, but like an old urban legend it seemed like it could, or ...
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Is this the end of MTV?

If you’ve scrolled through social media lately, you might have caught wind of some dramatic headlines claiming that MTV is “shutting down.” ...
Tom Freston, former Viacom CEO, MTV co-founder and ‘Unplugged’ author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the rise and fall of MTV, state of the media landscape, who the top media executives are in his ...
A look at how YouTube took over from MTV as the hub for music videos and pop culture changing the way audiences discover and consume music. Pulte purge: Hundreds replaced amid ethics inquiry I got ...
Tom Freston, former Viacom CEO, MTV co-founder and ‘Unplugged’ author, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the rise and fall of MTV, state of the media landscape, who the top media executives are in his ...