MTV News (RIP 1987 - 2023)

[dirtyoldman]

Kerrangg is still a thing?

[cjh]

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/comedy-central-website-daily-show-clips-wiped-out-1235933345/

Paramount Cuts Nearly All Content On Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT and MTV Websites

The sites, formerly home to a trove of clips and other related materials, now redirect users to Paramount+.


Following the unexpected shuttering of the MTV News website earlier this week, Paramount has now largely cleaned house on the sites for several more of its cable channels, in a potential cost-cutting move.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the sites for Comedy Central, CMT, Yellowstone airer Paramount Network and TV Land were instead directing users to the media conglomerate’s streaming platform Paramount+. On Monday, MTVnews.com was taken down, purging some 20 years of stories from the web.

A pop-up window on the Comedy Central site reads, “While episodes of most Comedy Central series are no longer available on this website, you can watch Comedy Central through your TV provider. You can also sign up for Paramount+ to watch many seasons of Comedy Central shows.” Similar language shows up on the CMT, Paramount Network and TV Land sites, as well as that of MTV (which was separate from MTVnews.com).

Paramount said in a statement, “As part of broader website changes across Paramount, we have introduced more streamlined versions of our sites, driving fans to Paramount+ to watch their favorite shows.”

As noted by LateNighter, the cleaning out of the Comedy Central site in particular wipes out a huge trove of archival material from The Daily Show and other late-night series, along with clips from South Park, Key & Peele and Workaholics, among many others. Some of that material is available on YouTube, but it’s not as easily searchable or accessible as it was on the network page. (The oldest video on the Daily Show YouTube channel, for instance, is from 2016, while the show’s history stretches back 20 years before then.)

On Paramount+, only the two most recent seasons of The Daily Show are available. The platform has several South Park specials and the 1999 feature film Bigger, Longer and Uncut, but the show’s primary streaming home is on Max. Paramount+ does have the full runs of Key & Peele and Workaholics.

As of publication time, sites for Paramount’s BET, Nickelodeon and VH1 were still active, while MTV.com offered some episodes and clips.

The website changes come on the heels of Paramount’s co-CEOs — George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins — telling employees at a town hall meeting Tuesday that they were embarking on a cost-cutting mission as profits have dropped for the company. Paramount is looking for $500 million in reduced costs, which will mean layoffs for some employees. Cheeks also said at the town hall that “We’re looking at selling certain Paramount-owned assets — in fact, we’ve already hired bankers to assist us in this process — and we’ll use the proceeds to help pay down debt and strengthen our balance sheet.”

[WoodStoner1]

Jun 25, 2024 11:39:30 GMT -5 dirtyoldman said:

Kerrangg is still a thing?

The one known as Kerrangg is a one known as a thing.

[zrowsdower]

Oh no! Well, at least we still have Headbangers Ball.

[Renslayer]

These guys are going to erase the internet and so much history all in the name of saving a few bucks

[Gunhaver]

Wow. That escalated in a hurry. Wonder how much money is actually saved. 

[Dr. T is an alien]

This thread reminded me that Tabitha Soren exists. Going by her most recent pics, she has aged like fine wine.

[thechase]

Sunday was sign-off day for those UK music channels, Kerrang! included

They all had appropriate final song choices too








Kerrang! went out being what they were all about...20-year old nu-metal

[Hit Girl]

Jun 25, 2024 11:39:30 GMT -5 dirtyoldman said:

Kerrangg is still a thing?

Kerrwrong.

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

I don't even know what else MTV could do these days. You can see any music video online whenever you want, and music news is pretty much instantaneous.

So, 365 days of 'Ridiculousness' seems to be paying the bills.

[cosmo]

If and when MTV itself shuts down completely, I wanna see the very last thing they air to be the Buggles reuniting and update the song to "Internet Killed the MTV Star."

But I know that won't happen. It's gonna go out with a whimper after an episode of Ridiculousness.

[rainandlava]

I did remember catching some of MTV News when I was a toddler.

But man, reading this thread feels depressing, especially the idiot execs deciding to get rid of the archives.