Are music videos DEAD?!?! Columnist Lydia Wei makes the case for hosting music video parties with all your best friends.

The move came after the once-influential network shuttered its remaining 24/7 music channels across a number of European and overseas territories in December.

The unofficial website MTV Rewind has recreated the channel’s classic era, pulling in thousands of clips. Its developer says ...

It used to be a joke among people of a certain age that “I remember when MTV still played music.” This is because, after years of being branded Music Television and showing videos based on the latest ...

We can’t talk about ’80s MTV without mentioning Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller.” It’s perhaps an obvious choice, but it wouldn’t feel right to leave it out. “Thriller” epitomized the music video ...

At precisely 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2025, MTV Music broadcast "Video Killed the Radio Star" for the final time—the ...

Earlier this week word spread that an industrious coder who goes by the name of Flexasuraus Rex had created a web app that streams a nonstop flow of classic MTV programming. This news is actually true ...

In 1981, The Buggles declared that video killed the radio star. For several decades, MTV became a cultural phenomenon and with it, the music video. (SOUNDBITE OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, "THRILLER") ...

MTV is attempting to pull out all of the stops leading up to the 2025 Video Music Awards. In a move to celebrate the network’s legacy, reps on Friday announced that current and classic music videos ...

"Ladies and gentlemen, rock 'n' roll." Those were the words spoken by Warner Cable executive John Lack on Aug. 1, 1981, at 12:01 am when MTV — Music Television — went on air for the very first time.

Everyone has a story about where they were when they first saw Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”—arguably the best music video of all time (of all time)—or how they would run home from school to catch a ...

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 -- ...