MTV’s music channels are gone forever. Or are they?
At 6 am UK time on December 31, 2025, the last of all of MTV‘s music video channels signed off. What began with “Video Killed the Radio Star” at 12:01
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It’s over: MTV is shutting down all its music channels
For us in North America, we’ve long become accustomed to not seeing music videos on MTV. The channel has become a repository for endless reruns of Ridiculousness and whatever lifestyle
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Jon Stewart has this musical number in reaction to Stephen Colbert’s cancellation
Paramount, parent company of CBS, announced that Stephen Colbert and The Late Show will end in May 2026 because of “financial issues.” No one believes that, of course. Paramount caved
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This Coldplay song might cheer up Stephen Colbert’s people
So The Late Show will end next May under very, very stinky circumstances. Stephen Colbert and his staff have been told that the show has been cancelled “due to financial
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Why would MTV shut down its news website and delete all the content? This is a journalistic disaster.
MTV hasn’t been about music for years, opting instead to become a hellhole of cheap reality programming. But before it all went downhill, it was the source of so much
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Do you suffer from video streaming paralysis? You’re not alone.
It happened to me again last night. My wife and the dog went up to bed early, leaving the TV in my custody. But after cycling through Netflix, Amazon Prime,
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MTV News is done, canceled by Paramount
I wanted to be Kurt Loder. Or Tabitha Soren. Or any of the other people who delivered MTV News. A gig that involved reporting on breaking news stories in the
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Paramount, MTV, YouTube, and CBS will broadcast the first Taylor Hawkins tribute concert from London
We’re coming up fast on the two Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts planned by the Foo Fighters next month. The first, September 3 at Wembley Stadium in London, is turning into
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Studios vs Musicians Union Gets Ugly
Two major studios are making some interesting claims regarding payment to musicians for the movie “Ben Hur”. MGM and Paramount Pictures are moving to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a
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Random Music News for Thursday, February 18, 2016
On this day in 1979, it was so cold that it snowed in southern Sudan. That’s the Sahara Desert. Never happened before, never happened since. And now, some music news. The
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