Days after Paramount Global purged online content of MTV News , as well as Comedy Central, TVLand and CMT, MTV News has resurfaced on the Internet Archive . There is now a searchable collection of more than 460,000 web pages previously available on MTVNews.com now accessible on the organization’s Wayback Machine link here.
After Paramount Global removed the MTV News content from the site Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine contacted Michael Alex, who founded and led MTV News’ digital group between 1994 and 2007, described the collection as “incomplete” but “very impressive” in a Facebook post when the content was removed, adding, “It’s like a treasure when you find something you’re looking for.” Related Stories Legal Internet Archive Sued By Record Labels Over Digitized Recordings By Frank Sinatra, Chuck Berry & More Podcast 'Scam Goddess' Podcast Being Adapted Into Non-Fiction Series By Laci Mosley & ABC News Studios Of the Paramount Global takedowns, Alex wrote, “It’s a huge loss and a waste of something extremely valuable to anyone who cares about the history of great music.” A Paramount Global spokesperson said that the takedowns came as part of a broader website strategy across Paramount.
“We have introduced more streamlined versions of our sites, driving fans to Paramount+ to watch their favorite shows.” The comedycentral.com website hosted clips from all episodes of The Daily Show since 1999, and bits of Stephen Colbert’s The Colbert Re.