MTV News

News division of MTV

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July 2024 Internet Archive launched a searchable index of 460,575 web pages from MTV News dating back to 1997 on the Wayback Machine.
June 24 2024 The MTV News website was officially shut down, marking the end of the news division.
May 2023 MTV News division was shut down.
November 2018 MTV News began producing daily updates on Twitter called 'MTV News: You Need to Know', later renamed to 'MTV News Need to Know'.
June 2017 MTV News underwent significant downsizing due to organizational cutbacks.
2016 MTV News International was significantly reduced, with news reports primarily confined to social media and localized websites in the UK, Benelux, Australia, and New Zealand.
2016 MTV refreshed the MTV News brand to compete with digital media competitors like BuzzFeed and Vice.
June 2016 Viacom International Media Networks confirmed plans to relaunch the MTV Brand and its content.
November 2015 MTV introduced a new direction for its news department, hiring Dan Fierman as editorial director and announcing plans to produce long-form journalism and diversify its staff.

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