MTV & OurStage.com Partner to Assist Independent Artists
by Jabari Johnson
MTV has teamed up with OurStage.com to provide independent artists the opportunity to gain more exposure online. OurStage is the leading website for indie artists boasting over 90,000 musicians across the nation. Based on a voting platform, users choose which music is best and the top ranked artists can have their music heard on larger outlets such as, ABC Radio, Radio One, AOL Music and many more.
Read MoreThe Original Music Television is Back!
by Erica Hartfield
This week MTV launched a new site, MTVmusic.com. The site takes it back to the original MTV – when the acronym stood for Music Television. This website houses only music videos. You will not find the latest in The Hills drama or who got voted off The Island here. This site presents 100% videos including [...]
Read MoreFatman Scoop takes ManandWife.tv Primetime
by Markus Robinson
Former Hot 97 radio personality Fatman Scoop (real name Isaac Freeman, III) and wife Shanda Freeman turned their popular podcast, website, and Youtube channel into MTV’s newest late night television show. “Man and Wife” is a comedy relationship talk show, where Scoop and Shanda give viewers an in your face, no holds barred look into [...]
Read MorePeeps of the Web: Ty Ahmad-Taylor
by Angela
We recently chatted with Ty Ahmad-Taylor who is currently at MTV Networks as SVP of Product Development and Strategy. He is originally from the Bay area and had previously worked at Comcast, @Home Networks, and MetaTV. We were able to discuss his career progression and what it is like to work at MTV. Check it [...]
Read MoreMTV features Black Professionals in Games
by Angela
I mentioned this briefly in a post earlier, I was pleasently surprised when I came across this series on MTV’s Multiplayer blog. I just wanted to take a moment to big-up Multiplayer for even doing this series. I also wanted to share a little on each person they have featured thus far:
N’Gai Croal [...]
