MTV News Is Shutting Down After 36 Years, And Millennials And Gen X'ers ​​Are In Their Feels About It

As you might have already heard, yesterday Paramount Networks — the parent company of MTV — announced that they were shutting down MTV News as a part of larger company-wide layoffs. Sopa Images / SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images MTV News, which first launched on the network in 1987, is a huge iconic piece of MTV history for both Gen X’ers ​​and millennials. And for anyone who grew up watching MTV in the ’90s, they probably remember it being anchored by the ever-dry-witted Kurt Loder — who sometimes seemed to have a disdain for the things he was reporting on (but that was part of his his charm). MTV, Karjean Levine / Getty Images By the ’00s, MTV News became a mainstay on TRL, with correspondents coming on the show daily to talk about important topics and events. It also transitioned online with a more expanded presence on MTV’s website. Scott Gries / Getty Images, Theo Wargo / WireImage Even though we live in an era where Twitter accounts like Pop Crave exist, giving us instant news, there is still something sad and very truly “the end of an era” about the shutting down of MTV News. With that in mind, I rounded up some tweets from Gen X’ers ​​and millennials reacting to MTV News shutting down and the cultural impact it leaves behind: 2. Kurt Loder popping on the screen either meant we were going to hear the dumbest/funniest thing happening in music that day or about to be informed about a death that scars an entire generation, and he’d do both tasks with the same authority, the man is simply our Cronkite https://t.co/MpxaKlYR9a — John Frankensteiner (@JFrankensteiner) May 10, 2023 4. Young people today will never appreciate what MTV News meant in its coverage of three huge Gen X cultural touchstones: -The death of Kurt Cobain -The death of Tupac -The death of Notorious BIG Kurt Loder legit grief counseled us through all of that shit. — Corey Richardson: @TheCoreyRichardson on Spoutible (@vexedinthecity) May 9, 2023 5. i feel like part of my childhood died. i know that sounds dramatic, but i know you get it. o — rachel xo (@quirkyandklutzy) May 9, 2023 MTV 6. MTV News shutting down is the final nail in the coffin for the MTV I once knew and loved. — KT (@sloyoroll01973) May 10, 2023 MTV 7. Vice News & MTV News were my pinnacle from high school to undergrad. I knew the type of journalism I wanted to do was possible because of them. Seeing them shutter feels like that lane slowly closing forever. — Daric L. Cottingham, MA (@DaricCott) May 9, 2023 8. MTV News was an iconic and essential outlet for an entire generation. It was an incredible experience and a dream come true working there for many years, with fantastic people who truly changed my life. Extremely saddened by the news it’s shutting down. — Alex Zalben (@azalben) May 9, 2023 9. Kurt Loder and MTV News had us in a chokehold back in the day, esp when a musician died. It’s officially the end of an era (but it’s been over for a while, tbh). But these Paramount cuts are brutal. The media is in a tough space right now. https://t.co/y76EoosLiF — Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) May 9, 2023 10. MTV News got an entire generation of Gen Xers and older millennials to start paying attention to global events, politics, the world. Kurt Loder & the MTV News crew expanded a part of my brain that living in small-town rural America never could. https://t.co/ZehpNmx6jD — Alisha Grauso (@AlishaGrauso) May 9, 2023 11. MTV News is shutting down. Damn, MTV is getting rid of all the best things that people loved about this network. pic.twitter.com/PZhPhKyOaR — I have so many questions? (@english_shamar) May 9, 2023 MTV 12. Look I appreciate that my generation is coming together to be sad about MTV News shutting down, but I’m not seeing enough Tabitha Soren love on my feed… pic.twitter.com /ih1LCLSv3A — Nicole Campos (@camposova) May 9, 2023 MTV 13. 14. In honor of MTV News (RIP), do y’all remember when Kurt Loder kept shading Jewel over her misuse of the word “casualty” in her book of poetry? pic.twitter.com/duGjmxkcb4 — 🦹🏽‍♀️ (@vinabean) May 9, 2023 MTV 16. Thanks to everyone for all the kind words today… — Kurt Loder (@kurt_loder) May 10, 2023 Okay, Gen X ‘ers and millennials, do you have any memories of MTV News? I know mine will always be Courtney Love throwing her MAC compact at Madonna during a live because that is still an iconic piece of television interview.
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