In the videos, you can see commercials from defunct Fayetteville-area businesses, such as Kagney's Dining & Dancing, Carolina ...
The gatekeeping model that made MTV essential simply doesn’t exist anymore. A teenager with a laptop can create a song, shoot ...
Tequila girls. Coke-dealing staffers. Office fires. In its heyday, the network was the most powerful — and “exotic” — place ...
Known for their “cool detachment,” the Cars found a musical sweet spot with spiky power pop buffed into a commercial sheen.
Enter George Lois and Dale Pon, a wild-eyed, smiling but scary-looking dude whose specialty was “media promotion,” which involved banging people over the head repeatedly with a simple idea, such as: ...
What has happened in jukeboxes of days gone by. Well, for one thing, video, jukeboxes are fast replacing the old machines we used to love and there is good reason. Dollar for dollar or rather quarter ...
For millions of viewers, these music channels were more than just a source of entertainment. They were cultural touchstones that defined eras, introduced iconic artists, and set trends in fashion and ...
MTV will stop airing its 24-hour pop video channels in the UK after 40 years, marking the end of an era for music television. According to the BBC, MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live ...
A sign of changing times... And a business decision that represents a cultural moment, signalling the death of communal music discovery and prompting a reflection on how we consume music in the ...
It’s the end of an era for those who spent treasured parts of their childhoods waiting to discover the latest music video, eager to watch the countdown charts and lapping up all the pop culture and ...
MTV is reportedly shutting down five of its music channels in the United Kingdom. The television channel will stop broadcasting on its MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live channels, ...
MTV UK will stop showing rolling music videos when it shutters its five channels at the end of the year, according to reports. The channel launched in 1981 in the US and the first video to be aired ...