At Revamped and Now Gutted MTV News, Many Epic 'Rep' Battles
Spin magazine compiles an ugly playlist
Wild ‘N Out is not just the name of an MTV series that featured last night, for its ninth season debut, Chance The Rapper. It’s also an apt description of how the network’s news division dealt last fall with some objections about a review of the artist’s performance at The Meadows Festival in Queens.
Per an extensive Spin investigation by Jorden Sargent with additional help from Andy Cush, the concert review was piped over to MTV’s Snapchat Discover channel, where it was seen by the performer’s management and led those folks to tell the network their client was never going to work with MTV again.
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