In the ever-evolving youth-culture carnival that was MTV in the late Eighties and Nineties, MTV News anchor Kurt Loder was the one constant, as well as the network’s only indicator that being a grown-up might actually be cool. With MTV News officially ending its 36-year run last week, Loder — also a longtime Rolling Stone writer — looks back on covering Kurt Cobain’s death, interviewing Prince, Madonna, and Axl Rose, and much more.
(The full conversation, including Loder’s thoughts on his Rolling Stone work, along with interviews with John Norris and Tabitha Soren,...
(The full conversation, including Loder’s thoughts on his Rolling Stone work, along with interviews with John Norris and Tabitha Soren,...
- 5/16/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Kurt Loder, the original MTV News anchor (and a longtime Rolling Stone writer) was both taken aback and pleased by the outpouring of affection he received online this week after MTV News officially ended its 36-year run. “I think a lot of those people are just remembering their own youth,” he says in the new episode of our weekly Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. “Saying, ‘Wow, that was a great time because, well, I was 15 years old.'”
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- 5/15/2023
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
In the late 1980s, a group of grumpy music journalism vets and fresh-faced 20-somethings came together for a radical media experiment: the launch of a cable news division programmed for, and largely run by American youth. On May 9, 2023 — 36 years after its inception — Paramount announced that the fruits of their labor, MTV News, had been shuttered for good.
The Hollywood Reporter reached out to many of MTV News’ star reporters — Kurt Loder, Tabitha Soren, John Norris, Alison Stewart, Chris Connelly, SuChin Pak and Gideon Yago — and visionary executives Doug Herzog and Ocean MacAdams to reminisce about the glory days of the outfit, where one day you might be hanging backstage with Prince in Paris, the next chasing a pre-White House Bill Clinton through the snowy streets of New Hampshire.
For each of them, it was a bittersweet journey they were more than happy to take.
Alison Stewart I tell my nieces,...
The Hollywood Reporter reached out to many of MTV News’ star reporters — Kurt Loder, Tabitha Soren, John Norris, Alison Stewart, Chris Connelly, SuChin Pak and Gideon Yago — and visionary executives Doug Herzog and Ocean MacAdams to reminisce about the glory days of the outfit, where one day you might be hanging backstage with Prince in Paris, the next chasing a pre-White House Bill Clinton through the snowy streets of New Hampshire.
For each of them, it was a bittersweet journey they were more than happy to take.
Alison Stewart I tell my nieces,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Thirty-six years after MTV News was created to expand the stable of programming that defined the cable channel MTV, it is no more.
MTV News was shuttered this week as part of larger layoffs at parent company Paramount Global.
What launched as a single show in 1987 (The Week in Rock, led by correspondent Kurt Loder) eventually became a bona fide news outlet for Gen X and older millennials who found that traditional TV programming on the broadcast networks and CNN wasn’t cutting it.
Correspondents like Loder, Tabitha Soren, SuChin Pak, Gideon Yago, Alison Stewart and others covered music, pop culture, politics and other topics with an eye toward the younger generation that was tuned to MTV, rather than the network evening newscasts.
Along the way MTV News created some pop culture moments itself, perhaps none moreso than in 1994, when President Clinton appeared on MTV’s Enough is Enough, a...
MTV News was shuttered this week as part of larger layoffs at parent company Paramount Global.
What launched as a single show in 1987 (The Week in Rock, led by correspondent Kurt Loder) eventually became a bona fide news outlet for Gen X and older millennials who found that traditional TV programming on the broadcast networks and CNN wasn’t cutting it.
Correspondents like Loder, Tabitha Soren, SuChin Pak, Gideon Yago, Alison Stewart and others covered music, pop culture, politics and other topics with an eye toward the younger generation that was tuned to MTV, rather than the network evening newscasts.
Along the way MTV News created some pop culture moments itself, perhaps none moreso than in 1994, when President Clinton appeared on MTV’s Enough is Enough, a...
- 5/9/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As the owner of the Paramount movie studio, Viacom is often on the lookout for drama. Who knew its newest potboiler would come from one of the units it got paired with as a result of its merger with CBS?
CBS News is in the business of producing “60 Minutes” and “Face The Nation,” but in recent days the division has had its collective hands full with some kind of soap opera: Gayle King, one of its most prominent on-air journalists, was threatened online by Snoop Dogg as well as others after a snippet of an interview she conducted with Wnba player Lisa Leslie about the death of former basketball great Kobe Bryant went viral. The short clip that got passed around online, just one short exchange in a much longer interview, showed King asking Leslie about sexual-assault charges levied against Bryant in an earlier part of his career. After Snoop Dogg’s threats,...
CBS News is in the business of producing “60 Minutes” and “Face The Nation,” but in recent days the division has had its collective hands full with some kind of soap opera: Gayle King, one of its most prominent on-air journalists, was threatened online by Snoop Dogg as well as others after a snippet of an interview she conducted with Wnba player Lisa Leslie about the death of former basketball great Kobe Bryant went viral. The short clip that got passed around online, just one short exchange in a much longer interview, showed King asking Leslie about sexual-assault charges levied against Bryant in an earlier part of his career. After Snoop Dogg’s threats,...
- 2/10/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
"Portlandia" is back with all the weirdness that one city (and a handful of comedians) can bring. Season 3 promises to return to old characters -- faithful viewers will definitely see all of their favorite versions of stars Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein -- as well as new sketches.
But what sorts of Northwest insanity and '90s nostalgia can we expect specifically? Here are five things to know about the "Portlandia" season 3 premiere.
1. While there are, as always, a variety of sketches sprinkled throughout the half-hour show, the main theme of the first episode is a scheme to take back MTV. And by "take back," Fred and Carrie mean a return to videos and VJs and television not revolving around pregnant teenagers.
2. To accomplish this, our heroes enlist the help of some aging but familiar MTV names -- Kurt Loder, Tabitha Soren and Matt Pinfield. You'll be happy to know...
But what sorts of Northwest insanity and '90s nostalgia can we expect specifically? Here are five things to know about the "Portlandia" season 3 premiere.
1. While there are, as always, a variety of sketches sprinkled throughout the half-hour show, the main theme of the first episode is a scheme to take back MTV. And by "take back," Fred and Carrie mean a return to videos and VJs and television not revolving around pregnant teenagers.
2. To accomplish this, our heroes enlist the help of some aging but familiar MTV names -- Kurt Loder, Tabitha Soren and Matt Pinfield. You'll be happy to know...
- 1/4/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Merthur kicks off their final season with tonight's season premiere of Merlin.
News
Typically, the words "Yes, Dear reunion" wouldn't get me excited but in this case we're going to get to see Mike O'Maley (along with Liza Snyder) on Raising Hope, as reported by EW. They'll play a couple that finds the sex tape Burt and Virginia lost.
IFC's getting into the animated comedy business. Out There will follow three socially awkward boys living in a small town, with a voice cast that will include Megan Mullally, Linda Cardinelli, Pamela Adlon and Fred Armisen.
In an interview with Vulture, Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan says that Casablanca provides the bar for Breaking Bad's finale, "No one gets everything they wanted. The guy doesn’t get the girl, but he has the satisfaction of knowing she wants him. And he doesn’t get her because he has to save the free world.
News
Typically, the words "Yes, Dear reunion" wouldn't get me excited but in this case we're going to get to see Mike O'Maley (along with Liza Snyder) on Raising Hope, as reported by EW. They'll play a couple that finds the sex tape Burt and Virginia lost.
IFC's getting into the animated comedy business. Out There will follow three socially awkward boys living in a small town, with a voice cast that will include Megan Mullally, Linda Cardinelli, Pamela Adlon and Fred Armisen.
In an interview with Vulture, Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan says that Casablanca provides the bar for Breaking Bad's finale, "No one gets everything they wanted. The guy doesn’t get the girl, but he has the satisfaction of knowing she wants him. And he doesn’t get her because he has to save the free world.
- 1/4/2013
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
MTV, a new roommate played by Chloe Sevigny and winter are all coming to Portlandia. Series creators Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein led a conference call Tuesday, previewing the show's third season and winter special, which Brownstein described as "an 11th episode" distinct from the rest of the season. "We never show Portland as the rainy city that it can sometimes be," she said. "[It's] having the characters deal with the darkness and kind of dreariness of winter." But beloved holiday films won't be comedic targets on the special. "We didn't really reference any movies,...
- 12/14/2012
- Rollingstone.com
I guess in this case the question is, "If you were a forest..."
News
TV Guide says that Arrow will be introducing Roy Harper and he'll be played by Teen Wolf alum Colton Haynes. This will only encourage my pleas that they introduce Cheshire into the series. (Sorry, was I making it obvious which was the super-hot super-team when I started reading comics?) Roy will be a love interest for Oliver's sister Thea, which is ridiculous because Thea is not an assassin with poisoned fingernails.
In further Arrow news, TV Guide talks with John Barrowman and asks if the "well-dressed man" is the Dark Archer, which is a bit of speculation that reminds me how little I remember of the Green Arrow comics I've read.
Production on the new season of Arrested Development has been suspended — to expand the original 10-episode season to run for 12 - 15 episodes, according to Deadline.
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TV Guide says that Arrow will be introducing Roy Harper and he'll be played by Teen Wolf alum Colton Haynes. This will only encourage my pleas that they introduce Cheshire into the series. (Sorry, was I making it obvious which was the super-hot super-team when I started reading comics?) Roy will be a love interest for Oliver's sister Thea, which is ridiculous because Thea is not an assassin with poisoned fingernails.
In further Arrow news, TV Guide talks with John Barrowman and asks if the "well-dressed man" is the Dark Archer, which is a bit of speculation that reminds me how little I remember of the Green Arrow comics I've read.
Production on the new season of Arrested Development has been suspended — to expand the original 10-episode season to run for 12 - 15 episodes, according to Deadline.
- 12/12/2012
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
In Portland, Oregon, this September, a veritable Mount Rushmore of second-gen MTV gathered covertly in a darkened room lit mainly by an overhead projector: Kurt Loder, Tabitha Soren, and Matt Pinfield. The trio were planning a revolution in the form of a takeover of their old network, freeing it from the shackles of reality TV and bringing back music. After the network was secured, the group would go on air to announce the new regime, and they rehearsed their potential broadcast. "MTV headquarters was invaded by a band of music liberation people, and Tabitha Soren has the story," said Loder in grave tones recognizable to anyone who remembers the day Kurt Cobain killed himself or Milli Vanilli got exposed as lip-syncers. "Thank you, Kurt,” practiced Soren. “I'm down here on the first floor of 1515 Broadway, and I see a band of ... adults, looks like, busting through security. I'm...
- 12/11/2012
- by Jennifer Vineyard
- Vulture
When So You Think You Can Dance takes a week off, what is there to do? Well, here's what I've contrived: a celebration of the nine greatest female reality and/or game show hosts. Cat Deeley just gets me in the mood to talk about reliable on-screen flair, you know? Without further ado, here's a nonet of distaff emcees who make their respective shows both fun and cool. (And I admit, I'm more sympathetic to game show hosts since they're simply tasked with more work.)
9. Nancy Pimental, Win Ben Stein's Money
Well after Jimmy Kimmel had moved on, Ben Stein shared the podium of his amazing game show Win Ben Stein's Money with the quippy and very underrated Nancy Pimental. She had the even-keel, can-do demeanor of MTV's great lady VJs like Tabitha Soren and Kennedy, except she enjoyed the luxury of being able to spew constant innunedo.
8. Jaclyn Smith,...
9. Nancy Pimental, Win Ben Stein's Money
Well after Jimmy Kimmel had moved on, Ben Stein shared the podium of his amazing game show Win Ben Stein's Money with the quippy and very underrated Nancy Pimental. She had the even-keel, can-do demeanor of MTV's great lady VJs like Tabitha Soren and Kennedy, except she enjoyed the luxury of being able to spew constant innunedo.
8. Jaclyn Smith,...
- 7/5/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
It was April 5, 1994. I had just gotten home from high school, and was playing a video game while listening to late great New York alt-rock and new wave station Wdre when the deejay broke in to say a body had been found in Kurt Cobain's home. As the story unfolded, I quickly shut off the video game and turned MTV on. Within minutes, Kurt Loder came on with a special report to break the news of the Nirvana frontman's suicide. Loder -- the voice of my generation in many ways -- remained on the air with industry pros discussing Cobain's legacy and the importance of his music. It eased some of the pain of the artist's death by simply listening and watching the coverage. We need that today, and we're not getting it. MTV used to make music news, cover it, and sometimes break it. It hasn't done that for decades,...
- 5/4/2012
- by Jon Chattman
- Aol TV.
I don't think I'm wrong in thinking that MTV was once geared more toward adults, even after they'd moved away from music videos. The first few seasons of "The Real World," particularly the first one, for instance, dealt with more mature individuals. Crazy? Yes. But not in a take-my-clothes-off-and-fuck-a-bedpost kind of way. "Beavis and Butthead" contained adult humor. As did "Daria" and "Aeon Flux." MTV News was a smarter, more dominant force: Kurt Loder Tabitha Soren, and John Norris put music news into the context of larger cultural issues.
If we had to find a culprit for the tweenification of MTV, it'd probably be Carson Daly and "Trl," in addition to Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and the second iteration of boy bands (MTV, I thought, weathered the New Kids on the Block years with some success). That's when it turned, right? Or is that just when I grew out of it?...
If we had to find a culprit for the tweenification of MTV, it'd probably be Carson Daly and "Trl," in addition to Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and the second iteration of boy bands (MTV, I thought, weathered the New Kids on the Block years with some success). That's when it turned, right? Or is that just when I grew out of it?...
- 6/6/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Photographs by Christian Witkins (Hitchens), Tim Hetherington (Junger), Tabitha Soren (Lewis), Gasper Tringale (McLean). This week (as the countdown continues to Vanity Fair’s annual Oscar party in Los Angeles), The Los Angeles Times announced the finalists for its 31st annual Book Prizes—founded by former L.A. Times book editor Art Seidenbaum in 1980. Four Vanity Fair contributors picked up nominations in the 10 competing categories—winners will be announced April 29:...
- 2/24/2011
- Vanity Fair
Hello, Zoners! Hope everyone had a great weekend. Are you all refreshed and ready for a new week of shows? I sure am, and this week Stephen’s serving up a really diverse menu, including a philosopher ruminating on classics, an immunologist who’s a crusader for childhood vaccines, and a gamer who believes that playing can make us happy…and save the world. What fun!
Monday, 1/30: Samer Shehata, Dr. Paul Offit
Samer Shehata:
A most timely visit on a sobering subject. Samer Shehata, an Egyptian-born scholar who teaches at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in Georgetown, visits the Report as his native country endures a period of turmoil: thousands are demonstrating in the streets; the government has cut off access to the internet and social networking sites, and perhaps even cell phone texting; and Mubarak is changing certain ministers in his government without really relenting on the larger issues.
Monday, 1/30: Samer Shehata, Dr. Paul Offit
Samer Shehata:
A most timely visit on a sobering subject. Samer Shehata, an Egyptian-born scholar who teaches at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in Georgetown, visits the Report as his native country endures a period of turmoil: thousands are demonstrating in the streets; the government has cut off access to the internet and social networking sites, and perhaps even cell phone texting; and Mubarak is changing certain ministers in his government without really relenting on the larger issues.
- 1/31/2011
- by Karenatasha
- No Fact Zone
Tradition continues with Obama's youth town hall Thursday.
By Eric Ditzian
Barack Obama at the MTV/MySpace town hall in 2007
Photo: MTV News
"If you had it to do over again, would you inhale?"
With that one question posed to then-Governor Bill Clinton, MTV officially announced itself as a player in the political process. That was back in 1992, when Clinton was still a White House hopeful and MTV had just launched its "Choose or Lose" campaign to inform, educate and encourage young people to grow from electoral spectators into active participants. During a network-sponsored forum, a young woman artfully posed that question of Clinton's prior marijuana use.
"Sure, if I could," the presidential candidate replied. "I tried before."
It was a disarming response from a talented politician on a hot-button issue. And it made clear that MTV could be a home for legitimate debate in a less stuffy, more youth-oriented way than was traditionally possible.
By Eric Ditzian
Barack Obama at the MTV/MySpace town hall in 2007
Photo: MTV News
"If you had it to do over again, would you inhale?"
With that one question posed to then-Governor Bill Clinton, MTV officially announced itself as a player in the political process. That was back in 1992, when Clinton was still a White House hopeful and MTV had just launched its "Choose or Lose" campaign to inform, educate and encourage young people to grow from electoral spectators into active participants. During a network-sponsored forum, a young woman artfully posed that question of Clinton's prior marijuana use.
"Sure, if I could," the presidential candidate replied. "I tried before."
It was a disarming response from a talented politician on a hot-button issue. And it made clear that MTV could be a home for legitimate debate in a less stuffy, more youth-oriented way than was traditionally possible.
- 10/13/2010
- MTV Music News
MTV's landmark show has a long and storied history with the city and returns to home turf on September 13.
By Eric Ditzian
Britney Spears performs at the 2001 Video Music Awards in New York City
Photo: Timothy A. Clary/ Getty Images
It all started in New York in 1984. Ronald Reagan was president. Times Square was a neon-shrouded dump. And MTV invaded Radio City Music Hall for the first ever Video Music Awards. Madonna took the stage in a lacy wedding gown to sing about virginity, Michael Jackson nabbed three Moonmen for "Thriller" and, well, pop culture was never the same again.
With the 2009 show returning to Radio City on September 13 at 9 p.m., we had to take a look back at the many, many ways — from Madonna making out with Britney Spears to hundreds of Slim Shady clones helping Eminem out with his live act — that the VMAs have rocked New York.
By Eric Ditzian
Britney Spears performs at the 2001 Video Music Awards in New York City
Photo: Timothy A. Clary/ Getty Images
It all started in New York in 1984. Ronald Reagan was president. Times Square was a neon-shrouded dump. And MTV invaded Radio City Music Hall for the first ever Video Music Awards. Madonna took the stage in a lacy wedding gown to sing about virginity, Michael Jackson nabbed three Moonmen for "Thriller" and, well, pop culture was never the same again.
With the 2009 show returning to Radio City on September 13 at 9 p.m., we had to take a look back at the many, many ways — from Madonna making out with Britney Spears to hundreds of Slim Shady clones helping Eminem out with his live act — that the VMAs have rocked New York.
- 9/2/2009
- MTV Music News
MTV's landmark show has a long and storied history with the city and returns to home turf on September 13.
By Eric Ditzian
Britney Spears performs at the 2001 Video Music Awards in New York City
Photo: Timothy A. Clary/ Getty Images
It all started in New York in 1984. Ronald Reagan was president. Times Square was a neon-shrouded dump. And MTV invaded Radio City Music Hall for the first ever Video Music Awards. Madonna took the stage in a lacy wedding gown to sing about virginity, Michael Jackson nabbed three Moonmen for "Thriller" and, well, pop culture was never the same again.
With the 2009 show returning to Radio City on September 13 at 9 p.m., we had to take a look back at the many, many ways — from Madonna making out with Britney Spears to hundreds of Slim Shady clones helping Eminem out with his live act — that the VMAs have rocked New York.
By Eric Ditzian
Britney Spears performs at the 2001 Video Music Awards in New York City
Photo: Timothy A. Clary/ Getty Images
It all started in New York in 1984. Ronald Reagan was president. Times Square was a neon-shrouded dump. And MTV invaded Radio City Music Hall for the first ever Video Music Awards. Madonna took the stage in a lacy wedding gown to sing about virginity, Michael Jackson nabbed three Moonmen for "Thriller" and, well, pop culture was never the same again.
With the 2009 show returning to Radio City on September 13 at 9 p.m., we had to take a look back at the many, many ways — from Madonna making out with Britney Spears to hundreds of Slim Shady clones helping Eminem out with his live act — that the VMAs have rocked New York.
- 9/2/2009
- MTV Music News
Remember John Norris, formerly of MTV News? When I was a wee lad, MTV played (oftentimes good) music and had their own half-hour news program co-anchored by Tabitha Soren and Kurt Loder (who now also has his own web thing going on). Norris was one of the later alternate faces of MTV News - along with Chris Connelly and Serena Altschul - and had done some work with other pop-culture television programs. If you were a teen in the mid-90s this is probably old hat, otherwise consider these tidbits your valuable pop-culture history lesson of the day. I’ve occasionally wondered what these folks have been up to now that it’s not the 90s, as it turns out, John Norris is still plugging away interviewing bands, only now it’s for a site called Noisevox. Billed as an “open music magazine”, Noisemakers on Noisevox features live footage and...
- 8/12/2009
- by Alex Crowley
- Tilzy.tv
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