MTV's Final Video: The Digital Economy Kills the Cable Star
This episode explores the shutdown of MTV's international music channels, the influence of AI on digital media, and the corporate restructuring following the Paramount-Skydance merger.
- 📺 The End of a Broadcast Era: MTV shuts down 24-hour music feeds across the UK, Europe, Australia, and Brazil.
- 🎶 Poetic Irony: Analyzing the choice of 'Video Killed the Radio Star' as the final clip.
- 🤖 The Digital Disruption: Noah Feldman examines how YouTube, Instagram, and AI video content undermined traditional music television.
- ⚖️ Corporate Realignment: Sophia Bennett breaks down the $8.4 billion Paramount-Skydance merger and its legal and institutional impacts.
- 💼 Labor in Flux: A look at the workforce reductions and the cancellation of long-running programs like 'Ridiculousness' and 'Catfish'.
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