Reports of MTV’s death may have been premature, but it’s still a far cry from the Music Television of yore. Some of our elder ...

We can’t talk about ’80s MTV without mentioning Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller.” It’s perhaps an obvious choice, but it wouldn’t feel right to leave it out. “Thriller” epitomized the music video ...

As of today, MTV will no longer air music videos—and of all the lists and round-ups published this past month, few, if any, ...

The 1980s didn’t just change music — they changed how we experienced it. Before MTV launched in 1981, music videos were afterthoughts, low-budget promotional clips that occasionally appeared on ...