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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.

Winter Soldiers in MTV's "Real World"

Aaron Glantz | Posted 04.23.2009 | Entertainment


Aaron Glantz

It's great to see reality TV taking in some of the reality of the real, "real world" -- and especially bringing to true costs of the war in Iraq to an audience that might not be listening to NPR.

HuffPost Reviews: Radiohead Pablo Honey, The Bends, and OK Computer Collector's Editions / Pearl Jam's Ten Legacy Edition

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.22.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Radiohead delivers not just one version of their Collector's Editions, but two. Sounds too good to be true? Well, let's take a look at what each of these collections offer.

Audrina Leaving 'The Hills,' Inks New Deal

thrfeed.com | Posted 04.18.2009 | Entertainment


"The Hills" has lost another resident. Audrina Patridge is leaving the show after its upcoming fifth season, exiting MTV's popular soap for a new dea...

Andy Samberg To Host MTV Movie Awards

AP | Posted 04.16.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — "Saturday Night Live" star Andy Samberg will host the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. It will be Samberg's first time as host of the event, t...

In a New Media World, the Best PR Is to Be Your Own Media

Jay Marose | Posted 04.09.2009 | Media


Jay Marose

For PR people, media conglomeration has only made the ability to garner press coverage of your product, be it a entertainment, consumer items or causes, based on its own merits more difficult.

Lauren Conrad: I Was Leading Double Life On "The Hills"

usmagazine.com | Posted 04.06.2009 | Entertainment


Lauren Conrad backstage before the Lauren Conrad Collection Spring 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week held at Smashbox Studios on Oct...

4Shbab: Muslim MTV Generation Gets New Channel

The Guardian | Jack Shenker | Posted 04.06.2009 | World


The thumping beat, baggy football tops and slick production values bear the trademarks of a regular hip-hop music video. But instead of scantily clad ...

Lauren Conrad Leaving 'The Hills'

AP | Posted 04.05.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — "The Hills" will no longer be alive with the drama of Lauren Conrad _ at least, after the fifth season. The producer of the MTV real...

MTV's America's Best Dance Crew "Battle of the Sexes" Episode: Chris Brown v. Rihanna

Disgrasian | Posted 03.27.2009 | Entertainment


Disgrasian

I physically cringed when one of the members of Quest Crew (whom I adore) -- in reference to Chris Brown's MJ-esque footwork -- said, quite innocently, "No one does it like Chris Brown."

How's Your News?

James Moore | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media


James Moore

My friend Jeremy Vest is often at the center of How's Your News?, which is hopeful and redeeming, not just for the parents of people with handicaps, but for all of us who did not understand or hear their secret song.

"The College Humor Show" Hits MTV (VIDEO)

Huffington Post via New York Times | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media


The New York Times' Brian Stelter writes that web sensation CollegeHumor.com is taking its act to MTV, with a show that premieres this weekend: Whe...

Disabled Reporters To Star In MTV Show "How's Your News?"

Washington Post | Tom Shales | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media


Groups once stigmatized can try to shed the stigma by morphing into a subculture or a "community," or, if politically oriented, a movement. It's ha...

TV Guide Adds CW, MTV Back To Listings Grid

Variety | Michael Schneider | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media


Listings for the CW and MTV have been reinstated in TV Guide, a month after the mag pulled those networks from its grids. Decision to dump those ch...

Newsweek's MTV Spoof: Barack Obama's "The District"

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.06.2009 | Comedy


Newsweek's "The District" is a spoof on MTV's "The City"--a reality show that follows Whitney Port through her life in the fashion industry--with Bara...

A Double Shot at...No.

Kiesha Ramey-Presner | Posted 03.04.2009 | Entertainment


Kiesha Ramey-Presner

Although The Real World was initially a compelling concept of seven strangers living in a house set in a major city, it unraveled as Abercrombie

Youth Ball Attendees Heed President Obama's Call To Action

MTV.com | Gil Kaufman | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living


One of the many calls to action President Barack Obama made on Tuesday during his historic inaugural address was one he's been stressing from day one:...

Notorious: The Biggie Biopic is Great But it Still Doesn't Answer, "Who Shot Ya?"

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment


Raymond Leon Roker

Notorious is the first biopic of a hip-hop personality. Think about that as both an awesome milestone, as well as a sad testament for hip-hop.

A Touch of Reality in Print and on Screen

Danny Groner | Posted 02.14.2009 | Entertainment


Danny Groner

Last night, as part of her book tour, Semple spoke with Sex and the City executive producer, Darren Star, about the process of writing her novel, This One is Mine.

CBS Can't Die

Ed Madison | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media


Ed Madison

Years earlier, right out of college, I was hired to join the team that launched CNN. Visionary Ted Turner had this crazy notion that people would want to watch 24 hours of non-stop news.

MTV To Broadcast Obama's "Youth Inaugural Ball"

AP | Posted 02.12.2009 | Media


WASHINGTON — MTV will be broadcasting from President-elect Barack Obama's "Youth Inaugural Ball" on Jan. 20, the cable network announced Sunday....