The CEO on the time he had to chaperone his boss Sumner Redstone to a sex club and why he immediately greenlit “South Park.” ...
An advertising slogan can make or break a company, and MTV found a great one at just the right moment. As it turns out, ...
A fun and heady documentary fills in the backstory of how MTV changed the world by turning music video into the new pulse of youth culture. The first thing you want from a history of MTV is to get ...
An alternative title for I Want My MTV: The Uncensored History of the Music Video Revolution could be Drugs and Money. As we learn in Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum’s splendid oral history, music ...
Did you know that in addition to streaming, (see last week’s column), YouTube is also considered a primary music platform for lots and lots of people? Chances are high you did, because over two ...
Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers of The Police all yelled into the camera: "I want my MTV!" Then came Pat Benatar, doing the same thing, followed by Pete Townshend of The Who, all demanding ...
Apparently, apart from spoiling kids' morals, rock and roll (videos) also ruined their financial discipline. Well, no, maybe not. But, due to poor spending and savings habits, the finances of the MTV ...
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MTV Legend, 80, Is Unrecognizable Reuniting With Fellow On-Air Icons originally appeared on Parade. If you grew up watching MTV in the '80s and '90s, there was one name you knew you could trust: Kurt ...
For the purposes of this post, I feel I must divulge that I have watched a whole hell of a lot of MTV in my lifetime. Notice my careful wording — watched. I honestly cannot watch MTV nowadays — I’m ...