Internet Archive has hundreds of thousands of MTV News articles that nobody will ever read because it only barely qualified as journalism. Hurray for digital detritus!
https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/mtv-news-articles-internet-archive-wayback-machine-1236058997/ Kevin M. (RPCV) On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 5:48 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, somebody else compared it to when NBC bulk-erased all their > videotaped archives; this is not that. It began with MTV News material, but > I suspect if you needed footage of Kurt Loder being smugly glib or glibly > smug about something in the ‘90s for a documentary, you could still reach > out to secure that footage. I just doubt the domain names were getting any > perceptible traffic, which would mean they either need to be redesigned or > scrapped. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 5:42 PM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> > wrote: > >> I saw someone on Bluesky comparing this to the fact that many silent >> movies no longer exist - but there’s a big difference between “studio >> destroys all known copies of its content” and “studio no longer makes its >> content available on a website." >> >> >> On Jun 26, 2024, at 5:24 PM, Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I see people really getting worked up about this. It raises the question: >> Do people still visit websites for archived media? >> >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/comedy-central-website-daily-show-clips-wiped-out-1235933345/amp/ >> >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DW-9VouSLz6kEVOwCRGyYcYBpcmp_d0%3DcYM3i7jaKfzQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DW-9VouSLz6kEVOwCRGyYcYBpcmp_d0%3DcYM3i7jaKfzQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3CF55E45-FCF4-4F2E-9994-B861A3764FA0%40ellwanger.tv >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3CF55E45-FCF4-4F2E-9994-B861A3764FA0%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Ao5XEBiqG7FxO60qEicU8BQ51gNa4OvkWz8COk5EnqrA%40mail.gmail.com.
