Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The classic MTV logo—a symbol of music television’s golden age—faces a bittersweet farewell as five U.K. music channels prepare to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I'm sure that you've heard the heartbreaking news that MTV has decided to stop broadcasting its music channels—MTV Music, MTV 80s, ...

Long before MTV brought music videos into the mainstream, artists were already experimenting with visual ways to accompany ...

After more than four decades of shaping music and youth culture, MTV is preparing to bid farewell to five of its iconic music channels. On 12 October 2025, Paramount Global announced that MTV Music, ...

For years, turning on MTV meant surrendering to whatever came next. A brand-new type of music, a new artist, or something cool from a favorite band. That experience has largely disappeared, and ...

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 launched the music television channel in 1981. On Dec. 31, 2025, MTV ...

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Ultimately, video killed the pioneer of music video channels. MTV’s music channels went dark on Wednesday, closing with the clip that introduced the world to the 24-hour station on Aug. 1, 1981 -- ...

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 ...