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The Britney Show: A Pop Princess and American Womanhood

Sarah Seltzer | Posted 01.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pop Music, Paparazzi, Women and Media, Music, Mtv, Britney Spears, Feminism, Entertainment News
Sarah Seltzer

Britney Spears' pop-tart image was created as a fantasy for the average man, but since her brush with the ugly side of fame, she's been subjected to the average female nightmare.

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Viacom to Employees: Happy Holidays and Go Screw Yourselves

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 01.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Layoffs, Freelancers, Recession, Choose or Lose, Street Team, Mtv, Viacom, Corporations, Media News
Allison Kilkenny

Late paychecks are always a drag, but they're especially inconvenient during the holidays. A delayed payment of a week may mess up one's checkbook, bu...

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Viacom Layoffs Are Here: 850 Will Be Fired

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 01.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Bad Economy, Layoffs, Mtv, Viacom, Economy, Paramount, Media News

LOS ANGELES — Amid an ongoing debt crisis at controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone's movie theater company, National Amusements Inc., media gi...

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Britney Spears' MTV Special Draws 3.7 Million, Triples MTV Average

Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke | Posted 01.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Britney Spears for the Record, Mtv, Britney Spears, Britney Spears MTV, Media News

For the record -- Britney Spears' MTV special did pretty good Sunday night. "Britney: For The Record" averaged 3.7 million total viewers at 10 p.m....

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MTV To Host Inaugural Ball In Washington For Obama

AP | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Mtv, MTV Obama Ball, MTV Inaugural Ball, Obama Inaugural, Obama Inauguration, Media News

NEW YORK — MTV is throwing an inaugural ball for President-elect Barack Obama. The network announced Tuesday that it will host the "Be the Chan...

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TRL Finale: Carson Daly, 90s Stars Return As MTV Pulls The Plug

AP | NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Trl, TRL Canceled, Total Request Live, Mtv, MTV TRL, Carson Daly, Damien Fahey, Media News

NEW YORK — Carson Daly chatted with Eminem, Beyonce gave a show-stopping performance, girls shrieked at the sight of Justin Timberlake and hundr...

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MTV's "Total Request Live" Filming Its Final Episode Sunday

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Mtv, Total Request Live Ending, Total Request Live, Trl, Media News

"Total Request Live," the after-school snack for a generation of MTV viewers, is filming its final episode on Sunday. The ten-year-old music video co...

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Paul McCartney Steals Show At MTV Europe Awards

Reuters | Posted 12.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, Mtv, Entertainment News

Former Beatle Paul McCartney stole the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, accepting a one-off prize from the pop channel in his home cit...

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Google, Yahoo Revise Search Deal: MediaBytes With Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Streaming Video, Jerry Yang, Sumner Redstone, Mediabytes, Brightcove, Yahoo, Department of Justice, Shelly Palmer, Fcc, Paramount Pictures, Mtv, Phone, Phillipe Dauman, Eric Schmidt, Transformers, Media News, Viacom, Kevin Martin, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Google and Yahoo will narrow the focus of their search ads deal in order to win approval from the Department of Justice. The revised plans have a tw...

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Obama To MTV: 'Brothers Should Pull Up Their Pants'

MTV | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election Day, Youth Vote, Presidential Election 2008, Barack Obama, Election Day 2008, Campaign, Election 2008, Mtv, Politics News

MTV News sat down with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday in Nevada, but we weren't alone. We were armed with your questions, ...

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McCain Helps SNL Score 2nd Best Ratings In A Decade: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 3, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Ads, Fcc, Cms, Saturday Night Live, Digital Transition, Sanyo, Mediabytes, Panasonic, Nikkei, Election, Ad Units, Auditude, Shelly Palmer, Barack Obama, Mtv, Snl, Media News, Tina Fey, Myspace, John McCain, Media News
Shelly Palmer

John McCain's appearance on Saturday Night Live helped the show average a 9.0 household rating/ 20 share in metered markets. Saturday's SNL was only...

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MTV, MySpace Partner To Test Profiting From Piracy

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 12.04.2008 | Media

Read More: MTV MySpace, Myspace, Mtv, Auditude, Colbert Report, The Colbert Report, Media News

NEW YORK — Instead of trying to take down all copyright-protected videos that its members post, MySpace will let certain clips stay _ and give t...

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Beatles Video Game To Hit Market, Not Part Of "Rock Band" Franchise

AP | Posted 11.30.2008 | Media

Read More: The Beatles, Electronic Arts, Mtv, Rock Band, Beatles Rock Band, Media News

NEW YORK — The Beatles are coming to a game console near you. For the first time, the legendary group's music will be featured in the lucrative...

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MTVMusic.com: MTV Launches Music Video Website

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 11.27.2008 | Media

Read More: MTV Music Videos, Mtv, MTVMusic.Com, Media News

The jury's still out on Hulu's economics, but one thing's for sure: The NBC-News Corp.-owned site has been a huge success with viewers, streaming hund...

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What's Bringing Together 50 Cent, Kid Rock, and Beyoncé? Showing Real Support for the Troops

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Choose or Lose, Afghanistan, Iraq, Troops, Mtv, Iraq Troops, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

Every time the media ignores the Iraq War in favor of stories about wardrobe malfunctions and who's in rehab this week, I blow a fuse. So why am I talking celebrities?

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The Search for a Paycheck: Young Vets and the Challenge of Finding Work Back At Home

Kim Stolz | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Iraq War, Unemployment, Mtv, Work, Jobs, Iraq, Massachusetts, War in Iraq, Veterans, Business News
Kim Stolz

Young veterans are returning to this country having, in a sense, put their lives on pause, and so find themselves at even more of a disadvantage than the average young person.

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MTV Decides Not to Release New Show Model Maker

Darryl Roberts | Posted 11.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Obsession, Women, Model, Mtv, Dieting, Health, Supermodel, America the Beautiful, Fashion, Beauty, Makeup, Diet, Darryl Roberts, Eating Disorders, Teenage Girls, Anorexia, Body Image, Self Esteem Teenage Girls, Cancelled Tv Program, Entertainment News
Darryl Roberts

The proposed MTV show, Model Maker aimed to take 15 young women and turn them into high fashion models by forcing them to lose weight. Sounds disturbing, doesn't it?

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Katy Perry Slips In Cake At MTV Latin America Awards (VIDEO)

YouTube | Posted 11.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mtv Music Awards, Video, Cake, Katy Perry I Kissed a Girl, Mtv, Katy Perry, Entertainment News

While performing at the MTV Latin America Awards last night, Katy Perry had some difficulty navigating her way off stage after an encounter with a cak...

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MTV, CNN Partner To Support Veterans

AP | Posted 11.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Mtv, Cnn, MTV CNN, A Night for Vets, MTV Concert Veterans, CNN Young Veterans, Back From Battle, Media News

NEW YORK — MTV's Choose or Lose campaign and CNN have partnered to broadcast a concert supporting veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. "A...

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"The Daily Show" Goes Global, Picked Up In Middle East And Across Europe

Hollywood Reporter | Elizabeth Guider | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

Read More: MTV International, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Daily Show Global Edition, Mtv, MIPCOM, Media News

CANNES -- Political pundit Jon Stewart and pre-school phenom "Dora the Explorer" head the list of shows MTV Networks Intl. has racked up deals for on ...

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MTV's New Reality Show, Model Makers , Puts Lives in Danger!

Darryl Roberts | Posted 11.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Bulemia, Anerexia, Model, America the Beautiful, Skinny Models, Fashion, Beauty, Diet, Darryl Roberts, Mtv, Mtv Model Makers, Living News
Darryl Roberts

While trying to cash in on America's impressionable youth, you are edging closer and closer to absolute moral and ethical bankruptcy.

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Whitney Port Films New Show With Mystery Brunette (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Photos by Patrick Waldo | Posted 11.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Whitney Port New York, The HIlls, Television, Mtv, Whitney Port, Entertainment News

Whitney Port filmed scenes for her spinoff of "The Hills" in New York Wednesday. Huffington Post spotted her eating lunch at Delicatessen on Prince an...

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Economics of Spoiled Teen Dramas Fundamentally Sound

Jason Notte | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: 90210, Dawson's Creek, Economic Crisis, Allan Ornstein, Darren Starr, My So Called Life, Robert Thompson, Felicity, The HIlls, Party of Five, Beverly Hills 90210, Gossip Girl, Mtv, Cw, Economy, Privileged, Entertainment News
Jason Notte

If Dawson lived on the CW today instead of the WB of the late 90s, he and his friends would be priced right off of the creek.

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Charlize Theron Slams "The Hills"

MTV | Posted 10.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Battle in Seattle, The HIlls, Charlize Theron, Mtv, Television, Entertainment News

In an interview with MTV to promote her film "Battle in Seattle" Charlize Theron slammed MTV's faux reality show "The Hills," which she recently watch...

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It's Your Sex Life: MTV Greenlights Dr. Drew Teen Sex Show

Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Dr. Drew, MTV Dr. Drew, Dr. Drew Pinsky, It's Your Sex Life, Mtv, MTV Sex Life, Media News

MTV has greenlighted a sex-themed series for teens and their parents featuring relationship expert Dr. Drew Pinsky. The show, "Sex ... With Mom and D...

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