Louder

Farewell to music on MTV: it's the end of an era (even if that era really finished a long time ago)

MTV will cease broadcasting its music channels after this year. For generations of rock fans, this is a sad moment ...

How “I Want My MTV” Saved the Network From an Early Grave

Tom Freston helped birth MTV and reinvent television. In an excerpt from his new memoir, Unplugged: Adventures From MTV to ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1998, Alan Jackson Added Another No. 1 Hit to His Catalog With a Declaration of Love to the Perfect Partner

Although Jackson had a hand in writing five of the album’s 10 tracks, “Right on the Money” was written by Phil Vassar and Charlie Black. It marked Vassar’s third No. 1 hit of 1998, as he had scored a ...

Mark Pellington Revisits His Youth, and the Beginning of a New Information Age, in ‘This Is Buzz’

Buzz' co-creator Mark Pellington discusses the groundbreaking 1990 news show and his new documentary on its history and ...