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Breaking: Fox News Spun Off to Viacom

Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: News Corp, Viacom, Judy McGrath, Jon Stewart, Murdoch, Fox News, Colbert Report, Mtv, Comedy News
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."

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

Refinery29.com | Posted 10.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Alexa Chung, Mtv Vjs, Fashion, Mtv, Style, Style News
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.

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If Only This Is It Were It

Jon Chattman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tabloids, This Is It, Marketing, Michael Jackon, Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Farrah Fawcett, Mtv, MTV Video Music Awards, Patrick Swayze, Michael Jackson Hype, Michael Jackson Tour, Michael Jackson Movie, Entertainment News
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.

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

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, MTV Gone Too Far, Mtv, DJ AM, Gone Too Far, MTV DJ AM, Tv, Media News

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...

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

Lauri Lyons | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Afrika Bambaataa, Tommy Boy Records, Rapper's Delight, Spray Paint, Urban Culture, South Bronx, Salt -N- Pepa, Female Rappers, Music, Mc's, 1970's, Spinderella, Angie Stone, Planet Rock, Aerosol Paint, Africa, Graffiti, Soul Music, Martial Arts, African-American, Women, Sugar Hill Gang, Rap, Brazil, Sugar Hill Records, Hip-Hop, Mc Lyte, Jazzy Joyce, Dancing, 1981, Microphone, Breakdancing, Soul Sonic Force, Capoiera, Dj, The Sequence, 1979, Monica Lynch, Sylvia Robinson, Turntables, Costumes, Black Women, Clothing, Harris Publications, Whitney Museum of Art, Business, Vh1, Stylist, Hip Hop Records, The Oscars, Photographers, Spotlight, Image Makers, Editors, DJ Beverly Bond, Publicist, Behind the Scenes, Magazines, Music Careers, Queen Latifah, Bet, Hip-Hop Films, Fox Network, Denise Dee Barnes, Wendy Williams, Female Graffiti Artists, Fetish, Art, Mtv, Choreographers, Subways, Living Single, Pump It Up!, Hot 97, Multi-Tasking, The Source Magazine, The Wendy Williams Show, Photography, Guidence, Murals, Mentoring, 1990's, Cover Girl, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Flip Mode Squad, Images, Apparel, Wild Style, Lady Pink, Sarah A. Friedman, Eve, New York City, Music Videos, Dancers, Black Girls Rock Inc!, XXL Magazine, Costume Design, Entrepreneurers, Vibe Magazine, Art Museums, Viacom, June Ambrose, Leadership, Alumni, Jennifer Lopez, Elements, Michelle Spaise, Minneapolis, TV Shows, Curator, J-Lo, Exhibitions, Rosie Perez, Making the Band, Future, Past, B-Girl Be, Living Color, Festivals, B-Girl, Painting, Tv, Fly Girls, Unleash, Theresa Sweetland, Politics, Video, Political Activism, Female Artists, Art Festival, Laurie Ann Gibson, Education, Tv Sitcoms, Spike Lee, Midwest, Deanna Cummings, Minnesota, Expression, Mama, Television, Activism, Mama Said Knock U Out, Brewing, Do the Right Thing, Concerts, Lauri Lyons, Social Activism, Visual Art, Women in Hip-Hop, Mother, Communication, Intermedia Arts, Sculpture, Commissions, faith47, Sound, Cinema, Music Downloads, Arts Education, Installations, Mixed Media, Art Commistions, Roxanne Shante, Martha Cooper, Marketplace, Fashion, Museums, Art World, Block Parties, Albums, Textiles, October, Youth, Film, Streets, Records, September, Girls, Youth Programs, Cd's, Recording Technology, History, Technology, College, Balls, Music History, Belle, Music School, Universities, Money, Comeback, Scholarship, Undergraduate, School, Diploma, Language, Hip-Hop Studies, Fellowship, Mcnally Smith School of Music, Recording, Music Business, Author, Fab Five Freddie, Flag International, Video Music Box, Yo! Mtv Raps, Flag an American Story, The Bridge, Ralph Mcdaniels, Vinyl Records, Prince, Juxtaposition Arts, Stefskills, Sarah White, Jennifer Rasinski, Corinne Santiago, C-Rocka, Keegan Xavi, Jessica Kitzman, Janelle Olson, Toofly, Tiffany Smith, Niz, Lichiban, Katrina Knutson, Jamel Shabbaz, Tamiko Mitchel, Erotica 67, Motel 7, Ladykfever, Monica Kelly, Amanda Lopez, Abeni Garrett, Desdamona, Catiesha Pierson, B-Fresh, Wendy Williams Show, Alice Mizrachi, Niz Graphics, Kanye West, Chanel Kennebrew, Shannon Joyce, Manifesto Festival, VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors, MTV VMA, Michaela Angela Davis, Essence Magazine, Dream Hampton, Amsterdam, London, South Africa, Charlie Ahearn, Henry Chalfant, Japan, Jamaica, Walker Art Center, Toronto, France, Cuba, In the Frame, Harvard, Rhode Island School of Design, Zimbabwe, Barcelona, Argentina, San Francisco, Represent Inc., International Center of Photography, Berlin, Germany, Belgium, Spraycan Art, James Prigoff, Puerto Rico, Powerhouse, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mexico, Sao Paulo, Norway, Paris, Star Tribune, Kulture Klub, Tokyo, Mexico City, Bronx, Zulu Nation, Hip-Hop Degree, Kimora Lee Simmon, Baby Phat, U.K., Russell Simmons, Phat Farm, Getty Images, Icp, Somalia, Somalis, Bling a Planet Rock, Raquel Cepeda, Entertainment News
Lauri Lyons

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

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

Ben Berkon | Posted 09.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Comedy, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Entertainment, Video Music Awards, Beyonce, Music, Award, Speech, Little Miss Sunshine, Vma, Dancing, Netflix, Mtv, Depression, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Article, Goobers, Comedy News
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.

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What Congress Could Learn from the USTA and MTV

Cindy Handler | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Usta, President Obama, You Lie, Public Option, Obama Address to Congress to Congress, Kanye West, Congress, Healthcare Debate, Serena Williams, Gop Leadership, US Open, Public Outbursts, South Carolina, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Wilson, Threat to Linesperson, Bad Behavior, Mtv, MTV Video Music Awards, Politics News
Cindy Handler

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

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

Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Beyonce, Jay-Z, Video, Beyonce MTV Awards Performance, Eminem Bruno Butt MTV Awards, Jay-Z MTV VMA Performance, Jay-Z MTV Awards, Mtv Awards, Mtv, Jay Z New York Song, Entertainment News

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...

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The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 10 edition

Westword | Westword | Posted 09.10.2009 | Home

Read More: 3OH!3, America's Next Top Model, Andrew Romanoff, Denver Broncos, Denver Food & Wine Classic, Espn, Josh Penry, Kellie MacMullan, Marco's Coal-Fired Pizza, Mark Dym, Michael Roberts, Mtv, Nicole Fox, The Deuce, The Killers, The Thermals, Home News

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

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

Westword | Westword | Posted 09.10.2009 | Home

Read More: 3OH!3, Mtv, Sean Foreman, Vmas, Home News

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...

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Carolyne Mas: Her Animal Haus

Holly Cara Price | Posted 09.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mercury Records, Carolyne Mas, Ellen Foley, Pat Benatar, Ellen Shipley, Mtv, Our Animal Haus, Stillsane, Entertainment News
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.

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A Full Moon, Werewolves, and Betrayed Love

Jane Minogue | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Full Moon, Medieval, Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Twilight, Werewolves, Werewolf-Syndrome, Marie De France, Marriage, New Moon, The Wolfman, Chris Weitz, Mtv, Love, Stephenie Meyer, Costco, Michael J. Fox, Brittany, Bisclavret, Entertainment News
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.

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

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Britney Spears, Britney Spears Bikini, Britney Spears VMAs, Russell Brand, Mtv, MTV Video Music Awards, Celebrity Skin, Russell Brand Mtv, Entertainment News

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...

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Lenny Bernstein Is Buzzing Up There

Richard Laermer | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: West Side Story, New York Philharmonic, Social Attrition, Vh1, Gen Y, Young Person's Concerts, Twitter, Bowling Alone, Cbs, Leonard Bernstein, Mtv, Facebook, Gustavo Dudamel, New York Culture, Entertainment News
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.

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MTV May Leave Famous Times Square Studios

New York Post | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Times Square, MTV Times Square, Mtv, New York, MTV Studios, 1515 Broadway, New York News

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 ...

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

Daisy Whitney | Posted 09.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Mtv, Online Video Advertising, Advertising, Online Video, Media, Short-Form Video, Media News
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.

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Open Letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Europe, Presidet Obama, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Special Olympics, Budget Cuts, State Budget, Middle Class, Dave Matthews, Tom Arnold, California, France, Paris, Anthony Shriver, College, American Dream, Best Buddies, New York Times, Autism, Developmentally Disabled, Mtv, Health Care, Michael-Jackson-Funeral-Arrangements, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Wildfires, California Budget Crisis, Politics News
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.

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NYC Gripes: The Digital TV Scam

R. B. Stuart | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Msnbc, Anthony Bourdain, Television, Cable, Rachel Maddow, Dtv, Nielsen Ratings, The Animal Planet, Dark Shadows, Hdtv, Keith Olbermann, Cablevision, Mtv, Chris Matthews, The Colbert Report, The Comedy Channel, Jon Stewart, Uhf, R. B. Stuart, New York News
R. B. Stuart

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

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MTV, EU Team To Fight Climate Change

AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, MTV Climate Change, European Union, Mtv, MTV EU, MTV EU Climate Change, Eu, MTV European Union, Green News

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

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'Real World' DC Filming Angers Locals

New York Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Real World DC, The Real World, Mtv, Television, Real World, Entertainment News

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...

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Al Sharpton, Baptize, Dr. 90210, Off the Wall, Mourners, African-Americans, Janet Jackson, Usher, Race, Bleach, Britain, President, Prescriptions, Joe Jackson, England, 125th Street, Tanning Salon, Thriller, Army, B.E. T, Collagen, Transformer, American Idol, Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah, Bad, Heaven, The Wiz, California, Hate, Guilt, Tunisia, Broadway, Surrealism, Suntan, Los Angeles, The Staples Center, Barack Obama, Sunbathing, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Anti-Depressants, Gender, Skin, Dancing, Pharmaceutical Companies, 50, Art, John Lennon, Bible, Motown 25, The Beatles, Genetics, Singing, Paul Mc Cartney, Justin Timberlake, Jackson 5, Rain, Apollo Theater, LaToya Jackson, Australia, Cartoons, Britney Spears, Prescription Drugs, Reality Shows, Jamie Foxx, Black Fedora, Spike Lee, Drugs, King of Pop, Musicals, Jacksons, Tummy Tuck, Child Molestation, Fans, Russia, Americans, Cosmetic Surgery, Performers, Gary, Encino, Mtv, Quincy Jones, Amateur Night, Mardi Gras, Tabloids, Associated Press, Suicide, Trials, Music Videos, Billie Jean, Moonwalk, Hollywood, Tanning Booth, Nose Job, Berry Gordy, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Impersonators, Beat It, Moscow, Jordan Chandler, Chris Brown, Suntan Lotion, Katherine Jackson, Memorial, Botox, Indiana, Mowtown, Rx, New York, Paris Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Rowe, Aeg Live, Martin Bashir, Brooke Sheilds, Lauri Lyons, White-Glove, Judith Hill, Marlon Jackson, Manhattan, Cnn, Jermaine Jackson, Youtube, New Orleans, New York News
Lauri Lyons

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

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Michael Jackson and the Dawn of Global India

Vamsee Juluri | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

Read More: Michael Jackson, Television, Entertainment, 1980s, Globalization, South Asia, India, Media, Asia, Music, Mtv, World News
Vamsee Juluri

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

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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...

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Obama And Google Make A Splash With Service Site

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: All for Good, Volunteering, Service, Craigslist, Volunteers, Volunteer, Allforgood, Youtube, Obama, Mtv, allforgood.org, Eyes and Ears, Google, Living News

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...

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MTV Lays Off Around 75 Staffers

Broadcasting & Cable | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Mtv, MTV Layoffs, Media News

MTV Networks is axing around 75 staff Tuesday, executives at the company confirmed. The cuts mainly affect mid-level executives in the program develop...

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