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Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | The Robots Have Taken Over

In our finale, we try to get an answer for our central question: what happened to MTV? But also, for the deeper questions that have been bubbling up over the last eight episodes, what happened to everything? Why does the loss of MTV hit so hard? Is this optimized, algorithmicized ...  Show more

Who Killed the Video Star: The Story of MTV | RIP MTV News

For now anyway, we have heard the last of the place where you used to hear it first. While we were recording this podcast, as part of a round of layoffs at Paramount, MTV News was officially euthanized. So we’re taking a moment to talk to some of the people who built the one news ...  Show more

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