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MTV News to shut down as Paramount Media Networks slashes US workforce
CNN ^ | 5/10/23 | Liam Relly

Posted on 05/10/2023 3:13:45 PM PDT by DallasBiff

New York CNN —

A major Paramount division announced Tuesday it will shutter MTV News and slash its US workforce by 25%, bringing to an end the iconic music video network’s news division that once covered a range of issues from pop culture to politics and became a household name for Generation X and Millennial adolescents.

Chris McCarthy, who heads Paramount Media Networks, MTV and Showtime, said in a memo to staff Tuesday that despite the media giant’s “success” in streaming, the company continues to “feel pressure from broader economic headwinds like many of our peers.”

“As a result, we have made the very hard but necessary decision to reduce our domestic team by approximately 25%,” he continued. “Through the elimination of some units and by streamlining others, we will be able to reduce costs and create a more effective approach to our business as we move forward.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: media; mtv; music
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To: DallasBiff

sooner or later the market for hard-leftist media lies and propaganda was going to over-saturate ...


21 posted on 05/10/2023 4:31:25 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: DallasBiff

I remember when MTV had a magazine available by mail subscription. To receive it was gold. Fun times. I am glad to have celebrated my early adult years in the 1980s.


22 posted on 05/10/2023 4:47:08 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Ivan Provorov: hero.)
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To: DallasBiff
Martha Quinn was the hottest - the classic girl next door...


23 posted on 05/10/2023 4:53:38 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: newfreep

Ah yes, Martha Quinn. Good memories of her.

For some reason I’m thinking Kennedy came out as a conservative a few years ago.


24 posted on 05/10/2023 5:00:30 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: DallasBiff
MTV is 24 hours of the show ‘Ridiculousness’ now.
25 posted on 05/10/2023 5:53:11 PM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: DallasBiff

MTV was good when their main focus was music television. Like 40 years ago.


26 posted on 05/10/2023 6:24:02 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: rey

“Who can stand that voice? Have you heard her lately? She sounds like Marge Simpsons sisters”

On a good day.


27 posted on 05/10/2023 6:47:46 PM PDT by DAC21
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