On New Year’s Day 2026, a rumor spread across the internet that the historic MTV cable network had finally gone dark. It wasn’t exactly true, but like an old urban legend it seemed like it could, or ...

MTV has long been a home for original series speaking to young audiences. After starting as an exclusively music-focused network, MTV eventually branched into reality shows and scripted series. Teen ...

Call it the day the music died. On December 31, 2025, MTV’s last music-only stations shut down forever . The last video played on MTV Music in the U.K. was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles ...

Padded crib bumpers are illegal in the United States, according to the federal Safe Sleep for Babies Act. Crib bumpers can obstruct an infant’s breathing, posing a risk of injury or death due to ...

The unofficial website MTV Rewind has recreated the channel’s classic era, pulling in thousands of clips. Its developer says it’s an antidote to the algorithms. By David Browne Like many who’d grown ...

Morgan Stanley increased bonuses for its bankers in Asia and Europe after the Wall Street giant wrapped up a bumper year driven by trading and dealmaking. Payouts in Asia went up by about 20% after ...

It’s been an eventful week for MTV-related news, which, when you consider the channel’s declining relevance over the years, is news in itself. First came the widespread rumors that MTV had shuttered ...

At the very end of 2025, a quiet but seismic shift marked the true end of an era: MTV officially shut down its remaining 24-hour music video channels worldwide. For many fans, that closure felt ...

MTV shut down its remaining 24/7 music channels in several countries, including the UK and Australia, at the end of 2025. The main MTV network shifted its focus to reality shows long ago and it ...

Reports of MTV’s death may have been premature, but it’s still a far cry from the Music Television of yore. Some of our elder readers probably remember their elders telling them that MTV used to show ...

"I Want My MTV" was once the MTV slogan. Now it's a rallying cry for a coder who decided they weren't ready to say goodbye to an era of music video supremacy and built their own MTV Rewind app. While ...