Comedy Central
In an infinite cultural loss paying homage to the degaussed tapes incidents within the early days of tv, Paramount International has eliminated the net archives to ComedyCentral.com, TVLand.com, MTVNews.com, and CMT.com from public entry.
The transfer takes away 1 / 4 century or extra of on-line content material. It’s unclear if the content material has been saved for future use.
In a press release, a Paramount International spokesperson stated the takedowns got here as a part of a broader web site technique throughout Paramount. “We have now launched extra streamlined variations of our websites, driving followers to Paramount+ to look at their favourite exhibits.”
The writers, editors and videographers on the websites have been apparently given no warning of the modifications, sparking outrage that their work has now vanished.
Michael Alex, a part of the workforce that launched MTV Information in 1996, posted to Fb in regards to the transfer. “It’s an enormous loss and a waste of one thing extraordinarily helpful to anybody who cares in regards to the historical past of nice music,” he wrote.
The comedycentral.com web site hosted clips from all episodes of The Every day Present since 1999, and bits of Stephen Colbert’s The Colbert Report, amongst different content material.
A discover on Comedy Central’s web site states, “Whereas episodes of most Comedy Central collection are not accessible on this web site, you possibly can watch Comedy Central by your TV supplier. You may also join Paramount+ to look at many seasons of Comedy Central exhibits.” The same discover seems on TVLand.com.
The web site SavingCountryMusic.com headlined its story on the takedowns: CMT & MTV’s Eradication of Editorial Content material is a Disaster.