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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

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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...

MTV Lays Off Around 75 Staffers

Broadcasting & Cable | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media

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

My Trip to South Africa for MTV's Staying Alive Campaign

Travis McCoy | Posted 07.24.2009 | World


Travis McCoy

Bulelani Mvotho, a young filmmaker and Staying Alive Grantee, blushed a little when I referred to him as a role model. He says he's just "playing his role."

7 Lessons In Life From Lauren Conrad

Air America Media | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living


Though she is arguably one of the least interesting characters to ever grace the screen of a reality TV show, Lauren Conrad -- star of MTV's increasin...

New Apple iPhone, OS Available; Tethering Not: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer June 18, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Apple released the new iPhone 3GS, as well as the iPhone 3.0 OS, yesterday afternoon. While the new iPhone did not receive the same of pre-sale hype...

Brian Graden, MTV Group President (And Reality TV Champion), Leaving Network

New York Post | Posted 07.17.2009 | Media


Brian Graden, president of entertainment of MTV Networks' Music and Logo group, is leaving as part of a broader reorganization at the cable outfit, Th...

"It's On With Alexa Chung," MTV's New Show, To Integrate Twitter And Facebook To "Extraordinary Degree"

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media


On Monday "It's On With Alexa Chung" will replace the recently canceled "TRL" as MTV's live daytime show, one that producers say will integrate Twitte...

MTV's 'Real World' Going To D.C.

AP | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media


LOS ANGELES — MTV is electing Washington as the next location for "The Real World." The cable network announced Wednesday that the 23rd season ...

Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

Rubbernecking: The Hills, Season Five Finale

Holly Cara Price | Posted 07.03.2009 | Entertainment


Holly Cara Price

I've had to really examine my need to write about the finale of The Hills before actually putting pen to paper.

Eminem's MTV Fit Not Stuntin

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 07.02.2009 | Entertainment


Raymond Leon Roker

Clearly the WTF moment of the MTV Movie Awards was Sacha Baron Cohen teabagging Slim Shady on national television.

A Different Brand of Comedy

Jon Chattman | Posted 07.02.2009 | Comedy


Jon Chattman

I have a like/hate relationship with Russell Brand's comedy. I thought the comedian stole the show in last year's painfully underrated comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but found him an utterly bore when he hosted the VMAs.

Kristin Cavallari Officially Joining 'The Hills'

AP | Posted 06.14.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Lauren Conrad's "Laguna Beach" nemesis is heading for "The Hills." Now that Conrad has left the hit MTV reality series, Kristin Cava...

Zerobridge and the MTV Iggy Initiative "Change: Kashmir- Help Restore Peace to Paradise"

Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din | Posted 06.12.2009 | World


Mohsin Mohi-Ud Din

The 60-year dispute over Kashmir is one of the most neglected conflicts in the world, and the perspectives of the very people living there are often marginalized by saber-rattling politics between India and Pakistan,

If Twitter Was Invented in 1989

Greg Boose | Posted 06.05.2009 | Comedy


Greg Boose

algore / Al Gore I received another one of those Koosh Balls in the mail... Probably from Dukakis.

MTV Movie Award Nominees 2009: Slumdog Leads, Faces Twilight - WILL THE KIDS COME?

AP | ERIN CARLSON | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — It's "Twilight" versus "Slumdog Millionaire" at this year's MTV Movie Awards. The vampire blockbuster took the lead with seven nomin...

"The Alexa Chung Show": MTV Taps British Model For Show, Will Incorporate Twitter

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — MTV has been without a show that has defined pop culture since the demise of "Total Request Live" and is betting on a 25-year-old Bri...

Lauren Conrad: Spencer's Beard Is "Creepy" And I Won't Sue Over Sex Tape (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.24.2009 | Entertainment


"The Hills" star Lauren Conrad sat down with David Letterman Thursday night and bonded with the host over how "creepy" her television archenemy Spence...

MTV Adding Shows With More Positive Social Messages

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 05.19.2009 | Media


Four buddies set off across the country in an R.V., video camera in tow, to knock items off their "100 things to do before I die" list: kiss the Stanl...

Reality Bites: Caught in the Backdraft

Christal Smith | Posted 05.18.2009 | Living


Christal Smith

Ryan's story reminds us what terrible risks our country takes with one of its most priceless resource -- the best and the brightest of our nation's youth.

Heidi Montag On LC: "We Don't Need Her"

usmagazine.com | Posted 05.05.2009 | Entertainment


Heidi Montag isn't shedding too many tears as Lauren Conrad prepares for her final season of The Hills, airing Monday. "We don't need her," she tel...

MTV Putting Music Videos Back On The Air... At 3 A.M.

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 04.29.2009 | Media


MTV is adding more music videos to its schedule -- at 3 a.m. On Monday the network starts "AMTV," a six-hour block for music and advertising experime...

How Would The Real World's Scott Herman Have Handled the AIG Bonus Controversy?

Etan Bednarsh | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business


Etan Bednarsh

It took us a long time to get to a calm place with AIG. Amazingly, it took Scott Herman a lot less time.