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‘Who Killed the Video Star? The Story of MTV’ Podcast Launches At Audacy
The story of MTV is set to be rolled out in a new podcast series hosted by former VJ Dave Holmes. Audacy Podcasts is launching Who Killed the Video Star? The Story of MTV, an eight-part series that launches today, March 27. “MTV is still on the air in 2024, and it’s still profitable, but […]
Holmes, who previously hosted Waiting for Impact, the wild story of boy band Sudden Impact, is hosting with guests including former VJs such as Julie Brown, Damien Fahey, and Kevin Seal, former MTV News correspondents Gideon Yago, Chris Connelly, and Suchin Pak, former Viacom Music and Entertainment Group president Doug Herzog, Brian Graden, former president of Entertainment, MTV Networks Music Channels, and Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp as well as Rob Dyrdek and producer Shane Nickerson, whose Ridiculousness now takes up a large part of the MTV schedule. “As I gathered the story, in real time, a few other bulletproof media brands– Vice, Pitchfork, Sports Illustrated, MTV News itself– went out of business. “Dave’s insider perspective makes him the perfect person to dissect the trajectory of the cultural phenomenon that is MTV,” added Jenna Weiss-Berman, EVP, Podcasts, Audacy.
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