MTV News

CTL-E-4284 · Organization · other · 1987–2023

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

MTV's news division; website launched 1996 and became a haven for online music journalism (thousands of articles, artist interviews, the 'Monday Mixtape' hip-hop column). Shut down by Paramount Global in May 2023; its web archive was deleted June 24, 2024.

Notes

RELP98 identity check: no standalone MTV News entity in graph (only the 0822 wipe event); unique.

Sources

nysmusic.com - 'MTV News: A Staple of Music Journalism, Now Gone from the Web' (2024-06-29)
Esquire Philippines - 'MTV News Has Officially Been Shut Down' (2024-06-25)

Record CTL-E-4284 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 2 sources · CTL research: RELP-001, PRESERVE-001.
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