MTV News is shutting down after 36 years — take a look at its iconic history
In an email to staff obtained by NPR, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios president and CEO Chris McCarthy cited"pressure from broader economic headwinds" as the cause for the reduction in staff.
MTV News began in the 1980s and quickly gained popularity with young Gen X and millennial viewers for its coverage of the music industry. Here's a look at its history, from its meteoric rise to its final days.MTV News began gaining popularity among American youth in the late 1980s, led by Rolling Stone editor-turned-TV host Kurt Loder, who served as the first correspondent of the network's "The Week in Rock" program.
Actress Alfre Woodard and former basketball player Earvin "Magic" Johnson in 1996 aboard MTV's "Choose or Lose" bus during the 1996 presidential election.In 1994, Loder famously interrupted MTV programming to be one of the first to break the news of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain's death.Throughout its history, MTV News hosted pre-show interviews on the red carpet of the network's Video Music Awards.
Kurt Loder , photographer David LaChapelle, actress Pamela Anderson, and rapper Snoop Dogg speak at a pre-show interview with MTV News at the 2003 VMA's.In 2016, as more viewers began looking online for news, MTV News looked to publications like Buzzfeed and Vice for examples of how to restructure its newsroom.But, by 2017 its editorial team experienced cutbacks as the outlet pivoted to focus on short-form and video content.
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