Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers of The Police all yelled into the camera: "I want my MTV!" Then came Pat Benatar, doing the same thing, followed by Pete Townshend of The Who, all demanding ...

Enter George Lois and Dale Pon, a wild-eyed, smiling but scary-looking dude whose specialty was “media promotion,” which involved banging people over the head repeatedly with a simple idea, such as: ...

MTV’s shutdown has triggered a wave of nostalgia among baby boomers and Gen X audiences, including industrialist Anand Mahindra, who summed up the moment with a familiar refrain: “I want my MTV.” As ...

The remark came amid the closure of several MTV music-only channels at the end of 2025. Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra shared a reflective post on X as several of MTV’s dedicated music ...