(CNN) --In the mid-1990's, model and former MTV VJ Karen Duffy, aka Duff, was one of Hollywood's rising stars. But almost as quickly as she appeared on the scene, she was hit with a devastating ...

The company also laid off 25% of its staff. Duffy, who was one of MTV's roster of VJs in the early 1990s, spoke exclusively with PEOPLE on the big shakeup. "The first video that MTV ever played in ...

Karen 'Duff' Duffy Reflects On the End of MTV News, Says Media Today Is 'Like a Snake Eating Itself' Late '90s/early 2000s MTV VJ Dave Holmes spoke with former MTV News Director Doug Herzog ...