"We did a few rehearsals and they were terrible”: Why everyone expected Nirvana's MTV Unplugged appearance to be a disaster

Recorded on November 18th and first broadcast on December 16th 1993, Nirvana's now-legendary MTV Unplugged was a runaway ...

With new memoir, Tom Freston hopes to show young people there are multiple paths to success

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Freston could easily fill a book with stories from the formative days of MTV and his celebrity encounters ...

Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E has been donated to the Royal College of Music London

Kurt Cobain’s legendary MTV Unplugged Martin – “one of the most significant artefacts in rock music history”– has been ...
The Hollywood Reporter

An MTV Mogul’s Wild Tales: From Sex Clubs with Sumner Redstone to Advising David Ellison

Cable pioneer and ex-Viacom CEO Tom Freston is out with a new book, "Unplugged," and some amazing stories. By Lacey Rose Writer-At-Large “Most people who are executives or have been executives write a ...
Vulture

Tom Freston Misses MTV, Too

The former MTV boss Tom Freston had hoped to meet at one of his old haunts, someplace that might evoke the good old days of the music network he co-founded in 1981. But most of those places are gone: ...
City Journal

Memoir of a High-Flying Maverick

Tom Freston attributes his long-running success as a media entrepreneur who helped shape modern popular culture in America and throughout the world largely to luck. His captivating new book suggests ...
Wall Street Journal

Inside Tom Freston’s Wild Ride From ‘I Want My MTV!’ to $3 Billion in Revenue

Success, they say, is inspiration plus perspiration. But what of sheer universe-vibration? We ask the most successful people we know to tell us what role luck plays in one’s career. IN THE EARLY DAYS ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

How Nirvana’s ‘MTV Unplugged’ Helped Fans Grieve Kurt Cobain

Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York arrived in stores on Nov. 1, 1994, less than six months after the tragic death of frontman Kurt Cobain. It was a moment which gave music fans a way to revisit a ...
Deadline.com

‘Ridiculousness’ Canceled By MTV After 14 Years

Ridiculousness‘ long run has come to an end. After 14 years on the air, MTV has canceled the series, sources familiar tell Deadline. The cancellation comes on the heels of the Paramount-Skydance ...
The Conversation

The story of MTV: The downfall of music disrupter

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Vulture

‘MTV Was a Lot Like Kabul’

Cyndi Lauper leading the crowd at the first MTV New Year’s Eve party at Times Square. Photo: Allan Tannenbaum/Getty Images Cyndi Lauper leading the crowd at the first MTV New Year’s Eve party at Times ...
collider

This Rock Band’s MTv Unplugged Cover of a David Bowie Song Became Bigger Than the Original

Tehuan Harris is a news and features journalist at Collider, reporting and writing about all things music and reality TV (sometimes). She is a talented journalist and a natural storyteller who writes ...