Back when MTV played videos on a regular basis, there were VJs (video jockeys), similar to radio disc jockeys, who introduced the music, hosted said segments and other programming on the network, and ...

One of the most notorious spies in U.S. history, Aldrich Ames, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. As a CIA officer, Ames sold highly classified secrets to the Soviet Union starting in the mid 1980s.

A reminder that Halsey last took home a Moon Person for Best K-Pop for their collab with BTS in 2019 *and* the Badlands hitmaker was also nominated for Artist of the Year. This not only marks Halsey’s ...

Jenny McCarthy got emotional over the end of MTV’s all-music era, 30 years after the beloved cable channel launched her career. In a January 2026 video posted by TMZ, the former MTV host admitted she ...

Jazmin Kylene is a Miami-bred writer and editor with a decade-long career that spans all editorial genres, though she has a particular passion for music journalism. Upon graduating Florida Atlantic ...

Since its launch in 1981, MTV fundamentally changed the music industry. The music video, until then a rare and expensive promotional tool, became a necessity. The visual identity of performers gained ...

You’ve probably seen a variation of this news on social media over the past few days: MTV officially shut down on New Year’s Eve, ending their final broadcast the same way the network started: With ...

If you grew up waiting all day for your favorite tracks to pop up on MTV between school and dinner, you might’ve felt a little lump in your throat yesterday. That’s because MTV’s dedicated music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Martha Quinn was taken aback when she heard what the final video on MTV’s music channels was—because it was the same video that ...