MTV News has become the latest digital news outlet to recognize the WGA East as the collective bargaining representative of its editorial staff. The guild has been on an organizing roll during the last 18 months, winning the right to represent the editorial staffs at the Huffington Post, Salon, Vice, Gizmodo Media…

MTV News announced its first podcast slate with the launch this week of  five new podcasts covering politics, pop culture, and music. The podcasts, which will record in both New York and Los Angeles, will be available via iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. More podcasts will be announced at a later date. In addition, MTV…

EXCLUSIVE: As part of Dan Fierman’s ongoing revamp of MTV News, MTV has tapped Village Voice TV critic Inkoo Kang as Lead Television Critic for MTV News. Kang will assume her new role beginning March 7, and will contribute film reviews, profiles, thinkpieces and podcasts. Along with The Village Voice, Kang was a film…

EXCLUSIVE: MTV has tapped LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson as Chief Film Critic for MTV News, and former Grantland pop culture writer Molly Lambert as Lead Music Writer, as part of Dan Fierman’s ongoing revamp of MTV News. Both will assume their new roles February 1, working out of MTV’s Los Angeles…

MTV has named veteran digital exec Dan Fierman VP and Editorial Director of MTV News. Fierman moves to MTV News from ESPN’s Grantland where he had served as Editorial Director at the literary sports and pop culture digital magazine since co-founding it in 2011. In his new role, Fierman will oversee editorial strategy…

MTV Shows