Exploring the origins of rock and roll music video, from the Soundies of the 1940s to the weird and wonderful film work of ...

American music, at its core, is inseparable from a history defined by reinvention, resilience, and Black artists.

MTV canceled Ridiculousness. How Rob Dyrdek's viral video empire consumed a network and killed its cultural relevance.

After nearly 15 years on MTV, the comedy-clip show ‘Ridiculousness’ is to be cancelled, it was revealed this week.

The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were ...

By Teresa Spencer MTV — once the raging heartbeat of youth culture, rebellion, and eyeliner — is officially pulling the plug. The network that made Madonna a religion and turned flannel into a ...

New book Short Form brings together key voices in screen culture to investigate how we see the practice of filmmaking. Here's ...

When The Buggles’ music video “Video Killed the Radio Star” aired on August 1, 1981, it marked a historic moment for both ...

My dad still remembers being 13 in 1981, sitting in front of the TV and waiting for his favorite bands to come on. There was ...

Tequila girls. Coke-dealing staffers. Office fires. In its heyday, the network was the most powerful — and “exotic” — place ...

Fans were devastated to learn that several MTV music channels would be shut down, but why has the station's owner decided to ...