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Why Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' May Save the Music Industry

Media
 May 22, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 2 years ago

Lady Gaga's success may drive a new business model for the struggling music industry - the '360 deal' gives her record company a cut of everything she does | Part I of a three-part series

  

MTV Staffer Gabriel Aron Ben-Meir Murdered in L.A.

Television
 May 9, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Victim, who was shot in the back of the head outside of his home, worked on "Punk'd" and "Top Pop Group"

  

Judy McGrath Out as Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks

Television
 May 5, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

McGrath joined MTV in 1981 as a copywriter; no successor will be named

  

'Jersey Shore's' The Situation Lands Development Deal With MTV

Television
 May 3, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Industrious "Jersey Shore" star puts another feather in his entrepreneurial cap

  

MTV Hires Ex-AOL, Pop Eater Chief as its Daily News VP

Media
 April 11, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Jason Kaufman jumps from AOL to MTV News

  

MTV Launches Videogame Division

Television
 April 7, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

New unit will adapt Comedy Central and Spike programming into game titles; initial releases will to include games based on "Ugly Americans" and "Deadliest Warrior"

  

Stephen K. Friedman Named MTV President

Television
 April 6, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Friedman promoted from GM; will oversee MTV, MTV2, mtvU, and more

  

MTV Greenlights 'Inbetweeners' Adaptation, Four Other Series

Television
 March 31, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

A sleek British import spearheads the station's latest pick-ups

  

MTV's 'Teen Wolf' Trailer: Michael J. Fox Didn't Seem This Angry (Video)

Television
 March 30, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

Tyler Posey takes on the role of a tormented young lycanthrope

  

MTV to Air 'Facebook' Doc Wednesday

Media
 March 28, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

But news special feels about six months too late

  

MTV's 'The Real World' Picked Up for Two More Seasons

Television
 March 23, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

The granddaddy of reality TV gets go-ahead for a couple more rounds of roommate-driven drama

  

MTV Promotes Tanya Giles to EVP of Strategic Insights and Research

Television
 March 21, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Giles was formerly SVP of research and planning

  

MTV Names Casey Patterson an EVP; Will Produce New Comedy Awards Show

Television
 March 1, 2011 By Tim Kenneally 2 years ago

MTV's new executive will be charged with producing comedy awards show

  

Now PTC Wants State Investigations of MTV's 'Skins' (update)

Television
 February 3, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Group has already called for federal investigations of teen show

  

Spike TV Ups One of its Own

Media
 February 2, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Ty Duffy promoted to senior vice president, original programming

  

MTV: We're Not Shedding 'Skins'

Television | Ratings
 January 26, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

How PETA is offering to help the show

  

PTC Worries About Sex on MTV's 'Skins,' But Avoids Guns on TV

 January 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

Analysis: After Rep. Giffords' shooting, shouldn't advocacy groups be more concerned with gore than teen partying?

  

H&R Block and Subway Pull Ads from 'Skins'

Television
 January 24, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

MTV show about sexually promiscuous teens continues to lose advertisers

  

Wrigley Joins GM, Taco Bell in Pulling Ads From MTV's 'Skins'

Television
 January 22, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Wrigley says it doesn't want to "endorse content that could offend our consumers"

  

GM Joins Taco Bell in Pulling Ads From 'Skins'

Television
 January 21, 2011 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

MTV show has been targeted for its racy depictions of teens having sex and doing drugs

  

Taco Bell Pulls MTV 'Skins' Ads Under Boycott Threat (video)

Television
 January 20, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Parents Television Council asks for investigation of whether teen show violates child porn laws

  

Robert Bakish Appointed President of Viacom International Media Networks

Television
 January 19, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Former MTV Networks International president will oversee Viacom properties outside the U.S.

  

Oscars, Emmys ... Now, Comedy Central's Got 'The Comedy Awards'

Awards
 January 10, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Billed as "the first-ever multi-network, multi-platform, annual event dedicated to honoring and celebrating the world of comedy," it will air in April, simultaneously across MTV properties

  

'Jersey Shore' Premiere Scores Highest MTV Ratings Ever

Television
 January 7, 2011 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Network says show was most-watched of the season in its demo

  

Focus of MTV Abortion Special Defends Taking Part In It

Television
 December 28, 2010 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

Markai Durham says she was was anti-abortion herself before she had one

  

MTV to Drop 'Jersey Shore' Star Snooki in a Ball for New Year's Eve

Television
 December 8, 2010 By Tim Molloy 2 years ago

'Jersey Shore' cast will try to help beat Guinness record for consecutive fist-pumping in Times Square

  
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