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Al Gore's Current TV Lays Off 80 Staff, Changes Direction

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media


Lisa Derrick

The pioneering, Emmy-Award winning channel was originally conceived by Gore and businessman Joe Hyatt as a peer-to-peer news and information network.

Breaking: Fox News Spun Off to Viacom

Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.23.2009 | Comedy


Gerald Sindell

Asked what she might need to do in order to make Fox News a better fit with the Comedy Channel formula, Viacom's MTV networks CEO, Judy McGrath replied, "Absolutely nothing."

MTV VJ Style: From Martha to Alexa, 9 Ladies Who Rocked the Mic

Refinery29.com | Posted 10.22.2009 | Style


Refinery29.com

It seems everyone's fascination with MTV goes into a natural decline as we grow out of our teens, but it seemed like the influx of filler programs like "My Super Sweet 16" and "Next" was the last nail in the coffin.

If Only This Is It Were It

Jon Chattman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment


Jon Chattman

Next month the much-hyped This Is It will hit theaters, and I have no doubt that it'll be a smash success, and more importantly, a fitting final chapter in Jackson's roller coaster legacy.

DJ AM Show "Gone Too Far" Moving Ahead At MTV

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media


MTV intends to air DJ AM's drug-intervention reality series that was shot just before he died. The status of "Gone Too Far" has been in question si...

Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Lauri Lyons

When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

Kanye West's Full-Length Video Music Awards (VMA) Speech Revealed

Ben Berkon | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy


Ben Berkon

Even though Kanye West did successfully interrupt Taylor Swift's modest and grateful acceptance speech, he later admitted that he actually had a full-length speech that he unfortunately did not have enough time to give.

What Congress Could Learn from the USTA and MTV

Cindy Handler | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Cindy Handler

What do Kanye West, Serena Williams and a formerly obscure congressman from South Carolina have in common?

Jay-Z Closes MTV Awards With Song For New York, Beyonce Does 'Single Ladies' (VIDEO)

Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment


Are they the hardest working couple in show business? Jay-Z closed the MTV Video Music Awards with a song for New York Sunday night. Alicia Keys join...

The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 10 edition

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home


Someone told me about this show.... Today in Backbeat Online: • Last Night: The Killers at Red Rocks. • Monolith Q&A: Red Wire Black ...

MTV reports on what's in 3OH!3's travel bag, tests their red-carpet skills

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home


MTV's ongoing love affair with the dashing young gentlemen of 3OH!3 continues unabated. Just the other day, they delivered this in-depth ex...

Carolyne Mas: Her Animal Haus

Holly Cara Price | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment


Holly Cara Price

Currently, former rocker Carolyne Mas and her husband, Teddy, are caring for 45 dogs, 80 cats, 8 horses, one donkey, 50 birds, 2 ferrets, 3 bunnies, a few sugar-gliders, 2 cows, and one prairie dog.

A Full Moon, Werewolves, and Betrayed Love

Jane Minogue | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


Jane Minogue

Werewolves are in the news these days, so let's analyze a story of werewolves, love, and betrayal circa 1180 from Marie de France.

Britney Spears & Russell Brand Read Each Other's Naughty Minds In VMA Spot (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment


Britney Spears and Russell Brand did their best to ignore the sexual tension elephant in the room in a 2008 Video Music Awards spot, and now they're c...

Lenny Bernstein Is Buzzing Up There

Richard Laermer | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment


Richard Laermer

Americans want to hear a verse, the hook, and then move on to the next cut. We don't make time to hear the sonata-allegro form develop.

MTV May Leave Famous Times Square Studios

New York Post | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York


We want our MTV back! The cable channel plans to unplug its famed studio overlooking Times Square at the end of the year, according to landlord SL ...

Video: MTV Finds Most Effective Video Ad Unit Is 5 Second Pre-roll + Overlay

Daisy Whitney | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media


Daisy Whitney

In the study, MTV measured ads and consumer reaction to them across a range of audiences, videos and ads. The network's efforts occur against a backdrop of increased industry research into the best ad formats for online video.

Open Letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics


Chantal Sicile-Kira

I can't afford to volunteer for the community anymore. Got to spend every free moment earning money or taking care of my mom and son.

NYC Gripes: The Digital TV Scam

R. B. Stuart | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York


R. B. Stuart

The digital TV conversion is no less than a ploy in deregulation to screw you via remote control.

MTV, EU Team To Fight Climate Change

AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green


BRUSSELS — The European Union is teaming up with music channel MTV to raise awareness among teens about the dangers of climate change. EU Envir...

'Real World' DC Filming Angers Locals

New York Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment


THE Real World" has de scended on Washing ton, DC -- and the locals are peeved. In fact, a whole blog, the Anti-Real World DC, has been set up to chr...

Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

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Lauri Lyons

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

Michael Jackson and the Dawn of Global India

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 07.28.2009 | World


Vamsee Juluri

Rock may have smashed the iron curtain, but it was just the moonwalk that did it for India.

MTV Execs: Layoffs "Purely Creative," Not Financial Decision

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Mtv, MTV Layoffs, Media News

But at ratings-challenged MTV, which took the brunt of the layoffs, what may have appeared to be a budget cut was in fact a long-in-the works programm...

Obama And Google Make A Splash With Service Site

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living


Obama's call to service got a boost this week with the launch of All for Good, a Google-backed hub for volunteering. With Google and Obama behind th...