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So what’s a channel called Music Television to do now that this same channel no longer includes actual music in its programming? Simple. Take it to the internet. Which is exactly what MTV has done with its new internet channel MTV Music (or MTvM). We'll be rooting for them. ... read more |
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Love it or hate it, MTV’s “Total Request Live,” or TRL as it became more popularly known, was probably the last real link the network once known as Music Television had to actual music. And now, it too is gone. After ten years, MTV will broadcast it’s final episode of the video countdown show in November ... read more |
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Britney Spears is looking for redemption after one of the most infamous – and disastrous – live television performances in history. Intended as her big comeback, last year’s appearance on MTV’s Video Music Awards instead turned into her worst nightmare. Now Britney wants another shot. And she might just get it ... read more |
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Not since “We Are the World” has the American music community given a damn about the African voice. Well, on November 22, all eyes and ears will be at the ready to be stunned and entertained at a party the likes of which only MTV can throw. With genres ranging from hip-hop to dancehall, this is sure to be one of the most amped and spectacular celebrations that Africa ... read more |
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MTV VJ Sway Calloway and the high-school dropout himself, Kanye West, surprise veterans returning from war with personal visits. They don’t stop with just a casual sit-down to tea, however. Calloway and West show their respect and dedication to these veterans by giving them a gift. These special tokens of appreciation range from having the veterans’ debts paid off ... read more |
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You got our hopes up for a better MTV, or better, no MTV. Now, you’ve just let them give you a cold glass of milk to calm down before they tucked you into a pillowy bed of bullshit. Your show will probably only last until the next season of Making the Band or the next Real World/Road Rules Challenge ... read more |
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MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) partnered with Radiohead to create a video to the track “All I Need,” in order to raise awareness of human exploitation and trafficking. Human trafficking is “the recruitment, transportation, and receipt of a person for sexual or economic exploitation by force, fraud, coercion, or deception.” In other words, it’s what you and your buddies do at frat parties, but much worse ... read more |
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There seems to be no end to MTV's awful taste and questionable programming. The once revolutionary music channel slipped from relevance into the utter dregs of media output: inane reality TV and gameshows. Now, in response to the perplexing return in popularity of the musical, MTV developed a made for TV musical to be aired in the summer, with a DVD release to follow ... read more |
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Sick of living in your parent’s basement? Fed up with fifty minute lectures about Flaubert? Tired of taking endless shrimp orders at Red Lobster? Go ahead and quit. MTV wants to hire you. Well, maybe not you but one of your more attractive, personable friends ... read more |
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Live television events are a lot more fun for audiences than nervous television producers. The fear of uncensored f-bombs and nipple slips linger inside queasy executives like repressed molestation memories. The only known remedy is hiring a middle-of-the-road comedian to host. Unfortunately, news of the cure didn’t reach MTV Europe in time, and they’ve enlisted Snoop Dogg to emcee Thursday night’s MTV Awards. This can’t end well ... read more |
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