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MTV to Shut Down All Music Channels as Paramount Restructures Its Global Network
According to a published report by Newsweek, after over four decades on the air, MTV is closing the book on music and television history. MTV‘s parent company, Paramount Global, has confirmed plans to shut down all remaining MTV music channel in the UK by December 31, 2025, marking the end of an era for millions of fans who grew up watching music videos and related music shows such as Headbanger’s Ball, The Osbournes, Beavis And Butthead, MTV NEWS, Total Request Live (TRL), Aeon Flux,Yo! MTV Raps, Behind The Music, Reuniting The Band, 120 Minutes, and more on cable, satellite, broadcast, or streaming. The article speculates the same fate will also reach other countries, such as the US. The shutdown will affect several MTV-branded spin-offs across Europe, including MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV, and MTV Live, This comes less than a year after Paramount shut down many of their websites (MTVnews.com) and archives, wiping them from the internet. Continue reading
MTV Icon Matt Pinfield has Emerged from His Coma, in Recovery in a Rehab Facility
Thanks to a report from Lambgoat, legendary MTV VJ and music media personality Matt Pinfield, best known for hosting shows like 120 Minutes has been finally released from the ICU, and entered a rehab facility. This comes just a few months after suffering a massive stroke. In an exclusive, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Pinfield has been discharged from the ICU and is now in a rehab facility located in Los Angeles. The rest of his care, after he leaves rehab at the end of March, will continue to recover with outpatient facility care. Pinfield plans to “get back to his radio shows and doing what he loves, entertaining people playing music” despite being aware that his doctors did not initially expect him to recover, talk or walk ever again, and many friends came to pay their respects to him thinking he was going to die. Pinfield, who has had a career that includes hosting Total Request Live (TRL), syndicated Radio, SiriusXM, his own TV show, podcasting, Twitch streaming and serving as VP of A&R at Columbia Records, among other things. His daughters, Jessica and Maya, filed for a temporary conservatorship, expressing concerns over their father’s ability to manage his health and finances. This is not the first tragedy Pinfield has experienced, as he nearly died crossing the street in a hit-and-run accident in December of 2018. Read some comments from Matt! Continue reading