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  "id": 8958088,
  "title": "Taylor Swift to Be Honored at 2026 MTV VMAs With Inaugural Artist-Director Award",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/taylor-swift-to-be-honored-at-2026-mtv-vmas-with-inaugural-artist",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T16:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/taylor-swift-mtv-vmas-2026-inaugural-artist-director-award-1236871205/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Taylor Swift has been pegged to receive a key award at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards. CBS and MTV announced Monday morning that Swift will be the recipient of the inaugural MTV VMA Artist Director Honors, a newly minted award set to go to artists who direct some or all of their own music […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Stereogum",
        "title": "VMAs Introduce New Award For Taylor Swift",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/vmas-introduce-new-award-for-taylor-swift",
        "published": "2026-09-21T16:31:40.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}