Name: MTV Creator Tom Freston on His Iconic Career and the Future of Creativity | Amanpour and Company
Uploaded: 2025-11-17T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 1095 s
Description: MTV was the first-ever 24-hour cable network dedicated solely to music videos. Launched in the 1980s, MTV brought hit songs to the living rooms of audiences across the globe. Tom Freston is a co-founder of the once-beloved video channel and former CEO of Viacom. Freston speaks with Walter Isaacson about his career, the birth of MTV, and his new memoir "Unplugged."

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11.17.2025

MTV Creator Tom Freston on His Iconic Career and the Future of Creativity

Tom Freston

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