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    Jordan SargentJordan Sargent
    7/28/16 2:43pm

    i didn’t want to bog this post down with numbers but this LA Times article says that VH1 Classic made $72 million in revenue, with about half of that being profit. i find it hard to believe that MTV couldn’t license its old shows to streaming services for like double that per year.

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      ╰(　´◔　ω　◔ `)╯< Woke and BokeJordan Sargent
      7/28/16 2:47pm

      Olvídese de tratar de dirigirse a todos los Millenials . Lo que necesitan es una nueva marca garantizada para atraer a los Millenials Hispanos: MTV: Mi Tia’s Vagina.

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      yousayclamato, joeJordan Sargent
      7/28/16 2:49pm

      My god just showing A Flock of Seagulls on repeat forever and ever and ever and ever would occupy my amphetamine-fueled late-night orgies of melancholia for the next billion years.

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    Bolivia Newton JohnJordan Sargent
    7/28/16 2:53pm

    Or they could just start playing videos again.

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      Sparky PolastryBolivia Newton John
      7/28/16 2:56pm

      I’ve thought that for years as apparently, music videos are still being made and that used to be a YUGE deal....now, not so much, I guess.

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      puncha yo bunsBolivia Newton John
      7/28/16 2:59pm

      How would that help? We have YouTube and Vevo for that now, on demand. No one is going to watch MTV for music videos.

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    Quasar FunkJordan Sargent
    7/28/16 3:02pm

    Millennials? Beavis and Butthead and Daria are not for millennials.

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      Yuji IdeQuasar Funk
      7/28/16 3:03pm

      Thank you. “Millenials” were 3 years old when B&B were a thing.

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      Bouncing BettyQuasar Funk
      7/28/16 3:07pm

      Yea, I’m not sure what generation the shows were targeting. I’m a millenial (born 1990), and I just watched the entire Daria series on Hulu for the first time. I fuckin loved it, but I def didn’t watch it as a kid or a teen.

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    DroopDrawersAbbeyJordan Sargent
    7/28/16 2:49pm

    Just show fucking music videos, MTV. It’s not hard. Band still MAKE music videos. Show them. Not hard.

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      Vegas En FuegoDroopDrawersAbbey
      7/28/16 3:00pm

      Except bands can post their vids direct on YT, Vevo, Vimeo or sell them for $1.99 on iTunes or Amazon and get that ad/sales $$$ direct.

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      DroopDrawersAbbeyVegas En Fuego
      7/28/16 3:09pm

      There are a TON of bands who make videos that aren’t on iTunes or Amazon, and I’m sure if they had the option to screen their shit on MTV, they would. MTV could show old vidoes, fuckin’ make some sort of deal where they can show new videos. I don’t know. They should be showing MUSIC VIDEOS, that’s what I’m saying. Not goddamn MTV Cribs from a million years ago.

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    det-devil-ailsJordan Sargent
    7/28/16 2:47pm

    “It used to be about the ‘M’, man. You’ve changed.”

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      BobbySeriousdet-devil-ails
      7/28/16 2:55pm

      LOL, I read this article and was like, great, so you’re bringing back everything that destroyed MTV. Sweet.

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      det-devil-ailsBobbySerious
      7/28/16 2:59pm

      Millennials treat music as nothing more than background noise - a “soundtrack to their selfies.”

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    MWarnerMJordan Sargent
    7/28/16 3:00pm

    YouTube made MTV completely obsolete. Any band can (and most do) have a YouTube channel with all of their music videos on it on-demand 24/7. They can host ads before them if they wish (getting a direct cut of the revenue no less), and fans can make their own video playlists or watch those created by others for free. YouTube’s algorithm will even autoplay more videos in the same genre for you if you like. Literally no one needs MTV anymore - not the artists, not the fans, not the labels. Nobody. It served a purpose in the 80s and 90s but that era is over and it’s time for it to die now. RIP.

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      MeSoStuanchyMWarnerM
      7/28/16 3:03pm

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      NoOnesPostMWarnerM
      7/28/16 3:09pm

      MTV moved past music videos before Youtube even started.

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    Ned FreyJordan Sargent
    7/28/16 2:59pm

    Hey, here’s an idea: Why not have a premium-cable channel devoted to music?

    I mean, not just music videos, but filmed, concerts, documentaries about musical acts, music reviews, music news ... that sort of thing? I mean, it’s a crazy idea, right? Am I just being crazy here?

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      OffbalanceNed Frey
      7/28/16 3:01pm

      That was Palladia (now MTV Live) for a hot second. It still kind of is, to a degree.

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      ScalfinNed Frey
      7/28/16 3:04pm

      There are actually a bunch of those, always in the 400's for some reason. One for every genre imaginable.

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    LetsgobowlingJordan Sargent
    7/28/16 2:56pm

    Clinton’s the nominee and everyone is talking about MTV and Pokemon. What a time to be alive (again).

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      99Telep☺dpr☹blemsLetsgobowling
      7/28/16 4:38pm

      I think Temple of the Dog will be touring this year as well.

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      lena dunhams boobs99Telep☺dpr☹blems
      7/28/16 4:53pm

      YEP they are running contests for tickets on NYC’s 104.3 for it. Its like the fuckings 90's all over again man.

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    O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!Jordan Sargent
    7/28/16 2:50pm

    Who wants to watch that old shit?

    Jersey Shore was only interesting b/c it was the lay person’s first real exposure to BROness. It’s everywhere now. Road Rules, Real World, Daria, Jackass....it’s all tired and ancient.

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      CogswellcogsO frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
      7/28/16 3:09pm

      Speak for yourself, you fuck.

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      NoOnesPostO frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
      7/28/16 3:10pm

      Daria is still good.

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    BosoxBobJordan Sargent
    7/28/16 2:47pm

    Internet Killed the Video Star

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      Bolivia Newton JohnBosoxBob
      7/28/16 2:55pm
      GIF
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      SrynersonBosoxBob
      7/28/16 4:01pm

      Years ago The Onion had a story about the launch of MTV3 or one of their other efforts at starting another music-video-only channels, with one of the jokes being that the channel’s first video was “Juvenile Reality Programming Killed the Video Star.”

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