On August 1, 1981, MTV (a.k.a. Music Television) was launched as a cable channel that aired music programming. Although music was initially the network's core featuring video shows and award ...
The unofficial website MTV Rewind has recreated the channel’s classic era, pulling in thousands of clips. Its developer says it’s an antidote to the algorithms. By David Browne Like many who’d grown ...
At the very end of 2025, a quiet but seismic shift marked the true end of an era: MTV officially shut down its remaining 24-hour music video channels worldwide. For many fans, that closure felt ...
"I Want My MTV" was once the MTV slogan. Now it's a rallying cry for a coder who decided they weren't ready to say goodbye to an era of music video supremacy and built their own MTV Rewind app. While ...
Every generation has that one place where everything cool happens. Whether it was “American Bandstand,” “Solid Gold,” “Soul Train” or G4, it’s the place where young people would find out what they’re ...
Everyone has a story about where they were when they first saw Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”—arguably the best music video of all time (of all time)—or how they would run home from school to catch a ...
There is a lot of confusion over whether MTV is shutting down for good on December 31, and the answer is… sort of… but not really. The flagship channel will still ...
MTV channels dedicated to 24/7 music videos began going permanently dark on Wednesday with a nod to the video that started it all: airing the Buggles’ iconic “Video Killed the Radio Star.” Earlier ...
The popular reality competition series returns in January 2026 with an all-new cast of 14 drag artists ready to compete for $200,000 and the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar. Judging contestants ...
This fall, MTV announced that MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live would shutter at the year's end The closures impact viewers in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Poland, ...
Medline Inc. (Nasdaq: MDLN), the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care, visits the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square to commemorate its ...