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MTV stories: 55 news summaries

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Prez Hopefuls Get Their MTV

Candidates to face young voters in MTV/Myspace 'Super Dialogue'

Feb 2, 08 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Voters hoping to get a question in to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mike Huckabee or Ron Paul before Super Tuesday will get their chance tonight when the candidates appear via satellite on an MTV/Myspace forum. John McCain and Mitt Romney were also invited to the event, the fourth in the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • MySpace • MTV • Mike Huckabee • Ron Paul • Election 2008 • young voters

VH1 Loses
Creator of
Hit Shows

Hirschorn decamps network to start production company

Jan 17, 08 3:38 PM CST
(Newser) - VH1 programming VP Michael Hirschorn—the brains behind "Flavor of Love" and other hit shows that turned around the once-sleepy network—is leaving to start a new company centered on unscripted programming. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Ish Entertainment has secured a first-look deal with MTV Networks' Music Group,... More »

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MTV • VH1 • Michael Hirschorn

Amateur MTV Journos to Cover Election

Hipsters aim to grab eyeballs lost to bloggers, Daily Show

Jan 12, 08 7:37 PM CST
(Newser) - MTV is banking on enthusiastic amateurs to make it the go-to source for hip election news. The "Street Team"—51 mostly-under-25 journos armed with laptops, digital cameras, and camcorders—have been deployed to recapture eyeballs and cachet lost to bloggers, Comedy Central, and YouTube, while "redefining journalism,... More »

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television • online media • MTV • journalism • blogger • Election 2008 • young voters

Microsoft, Viacom Ally to Check Google

Partnership aims to counter search giant's ad growth

Dec 20, 07 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft and Viacom joined forces to counter Google's growth in the ad market yesterday, with a 5-year, $500-million partnership. Microsoft gets audio and video content from Viacom, and is a preferred partner in online gaming. Viacom will switch its ad placement from DoubleClick, which Google is about to buy, to... More »

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Google • Viacom • YouTube • Microsoft • MTV • aQuantive • DoubleClick • Comedy Central • Paramount • Internet advertising

Bruckheimer Inks Vid Game Deal With MTV

Action maestro will make games the way
he makes movies

Dec 19, 07 9:07 AM CST
(Newser) - When MTV heard that Jerry Bruckheimer wanted to make video games, the company jumped to sign him. Sure, Bruckheimer’s never made a video game before, but he doesn’t think it’ll be too different from making Pirates of the Caribbean or "CSI." “Get creative... More »

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MTV • Jerry Bruckheimer • Rock Band • video games

Buyers Rock Out at Ozzy Auction

Wild man's bizarro stuff nets $800K for Sharon's cancer charity

Dec 2, 07 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - No one spotted a headless chicken, but avid heavy metal fans did scoop up a bat jacket ($3,300) and skull sneakers ($2,625) at an auction of bizarro goodies from one-time Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osborne. "We had Ozzy fans bidding against sophisticated fine art buyers, which you... More »

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MTV • Ozzy Osbourne • Sharon Osbourne • The Osbournes • Black Sabbath

NEW RELEASE

Be Your Own 'Rock Band'

Harmonix's new game allows Guitar Hero-style play for every rock instrument

Nov 19, 07 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - The immensely popular Guitar Hero "rhythm game" franchise has a new competitor: MTV Games/Harmonix's Rock Band. The game ups the ante on the Guitar Hero concept by moving beyond guitars: a microphone and drumset controllers, along with guitar, are included in the game's $170 pricetag so that in multiplayer,... More »

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MTV • Guitar Hero • Guitar Hero III • Rock Band • video games

MTV Banks
on Vice Video

Online VBS.tv sticks with mag’s ‘raw’ aesthetic, is a training ground for TV content

Nov 19, 07 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - MTV has put its hippest foot forward with VBS.tv, the online video channel run by Vice magazine’s editors. The web presence, originally pitched as “‘60 Minutes’ meets ‘Jackass,’” is a toehold in youth web programming, the Times reports. “Our aesthetic is raw,... More »

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Iraq • Internet • Syria • MTV • Hezbollah • Colombia • Vice magazine • VBS.tv

MTV Launches New Arabic Channel

Music videos and Arab rap try to woo a huge under-30 audience

Nov 18, 07 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - How do you say "pimp my ride" in Arabic? Fans will find out when they tune in to MTV Arabia, a new channel launched yesterday in Dubai. The youth brand hopes to deliver its sassy programs to an Arab world, where two-thirds of the population is under 30, without... More »

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music • MTV • Dubai • youth • Arabic • MTV Arabia • Pimp My Ride

Britney's Manager, Lawyer Quit

Custody attorney insists she's not dumping pop star

Sep 18, 07 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears' manager announced yesterday he'll no longer work with the pop star—just hours after the singer's lawyer in the K-Fed child custody battle also quit, People reports. A statement from the former management company cited "current circumstances" as the reason for the split, and offered no other... More »

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Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • MTV • celebrity • custody

Hysterical 'Leave Brit Alone!' Rocks YouTube

Teen-on-edge
harangues haters

Sep 13, 07 3:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - If it's a performance, it's better than Britney's. More than 2.8 million viewers have pored over an out-of-control rant by YouTuber "Chris Crocker" who smears his eyeliner as he sobs and screams at the "bastards" who aren't cutting Spears slack for the "hard time" she's going... More »

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music • Britney Spears • YouTube • MTV • Video Music Awards • Chris Crocker

Oops!...She Flubbed It Again

Britney's 'comeback' MTV performance tanks

Sep 10, 07 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears' attempt to return to pop at last night's MTV VMAs may have fizzled, drawing boos from critics, bloggers and even fellow performers. Her fractional lip-synching to “Give Me More” left audiences unconvinced, while lethargic dancing and her added weight got bad reviews—except from gossip columnist Perez... More »

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Britney Spears • MTV • Video Music Awards • Perez Hilton • Sarah Silverman

MySpace, MTV Team Up to
Grill Candidates

Rivals unite to offer individual chats with presidential contenders

Aug 23, 07 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace and MTV will team up to host a series of live discussions with individual presidential contenders, Reuters reports. Held on college campuses, the hour-long sessions will offer questions from the audience as well as those submitted during the event by IM or text message. John Edwards will be the... More »

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John Edwards • Viacom • YouTube • Rupert Murdoch • MySpace • MTV • presidential debate • Sumner Redstone • News Corp

US Tour?
Winehouse Says
'No, No, No.'

Troubled 'Rehab' singer needs to 'address her health,' publicist says

Aug 22, 07 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Another overseas import has been held up due to a high level of suspicious substances -- Amy Winehouse has canceled her U.S. tour to address her "health problems." A publicist's statement made no mention of rehab, but said the chanteuse was advised by doctors to shelve her... More »

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music • MTV • drug use • singers • tour • musician • Amy Winehouse

MTV Meets Web 2.0 Halfway

Will user-generated content, viral videos, be fountain of youth?

Apr 17, 07 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - MTV is fighting an unprecedented drop-off in ratings by tapping straight into the YouTube generation. The revamped bastion of youth culture will be less cable channel and more media hub, letting its teen viewers decide—and create—what they want to see, while keeping them connected to their digital world. More »

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television • media • Internet • YouTube • MTV • user generated content • pop culture

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