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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV

Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | RIP MTV News

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For now anyway, we have heard the last of the place where you used to hear it first. While we were recording this podcast, as part of a round of layoffs at Paramount, MTV News was officially euthanized. So we’re taking a moment to talk to some of the people who built the one news brand that took young viewers seriously, and some of the voices those young viewers came to trust.

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