MTV News website has been wiped clean, erasing decades of archives and cultural history. The deletion of over 20 years of articles has sparked outrage among writers and editors, with many lamenting the loss of a valuable record of entertainment history.
Decades of MTV News Content Wiped From the Internet https://t.co/DHpuf6fpya
"Whoever legally owns the archive does not legally own the history, even if they own the creative work of thousands of writers, editors, producers and more. This archive — of MTV News, where you heard it first — needs to be available to public." https://t.co/uWGdtx2Xmf
The Disappearance of MTV News’ Online Archive Is a Tragedy: Guest Post by the Website’s Founding Editor (Michael Alex - @Variety) https://t.co/KlgEarRXYJ
Why did MTV News not do this with their archive? They were sitting on a gold mine but decided to delete it all instead of getting some value out of it? I know it's a mess over there right now, but it still does not compute. https://t.co/sB334Ej754
"I’m...mindful of the hundreds of journalists who made MTV News what it was and are cut off from a major portion of their career — countless articles they spent countless hours reporting and writing," writes the website's founding editor. https://t.co/uWGdtx3vbN
"The archives of MTV News and countless other news and entertainment organizations have a similar value: They’re a living record of entertainment history as it happened," writes the website's founding editor Michael Alex. https://t.co/uWGdtx3vbN
"I’m...mindful of the hundreds of journalists who made MTV News what it was and are cut off from a major portion of their career — countless articles they spent countless hours reporting and writing," writes MTV News' founding editor. https://t.co/uWGdtx3vbN
"The archives of MTV News and countless other news and entertainment organizations have a similar value: They’re a living record of entertainment history as it happened," writes the website's founder Michael Alex. https://t.co/uWGdtx3vbN
The Disappearance of MTV News’ Online Archive Is a Tragedy: Guest Post by the Website’s Founding Editor https://t.co/uWGdtx2Xmf
MTV deletes news archives from internet, erasing over two decades of articles
MTV News archives were pulled from the internet Monday, removing all articles from the site's founding in 1996 until its closure in 2023. https://t.co/CNdEdNqo7w
MTV News site is gone with more than 20 years of archives erased Decades of cultural history destroyed due to a centralized point of failure One of many reasons why the future of media is onchain
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