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MTV Networks Drops the Axe (layoffs at MTV, VH1, and LOGO)
Broadcasting & Cable ^ | 6/23/2009 2:37:49 PM MT | Claire Atkinson

Posted on 06/25/2009 10:51:47 AM PDT by a fool in paradise

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1 posted on 06/25/2009 10:51:49 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: a fool in paradise

Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of degenerates. They should go back to like how they were in the early 80’s.

I can’t wait until we only pay for the cable channels we want to have. MTV will die.


2 posted on 06/25/2009 10:53:59 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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.....couldn't happen to nicer people....

3 posted on 06/25/2009 10:54:04 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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MTV and VHI should stick to playing music videos and get rid of the annoying shows and “hosts”.


4 posted on 06/25/2009 10:55:05 AM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
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If you’ve watched MTV recently you have to wonder how it takes more than 12 people to run that place.


5 posted on 06/25/2009 10:56:36 AM PDT by exist
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I’m worried that if ‘creative’ types are axed we’ll never see programs like A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila again.


6 posted on 06/25/2009 10:57:29 AM PDT by relictele
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The major music industry is now about celebrity, not music. Just as the presidency is no longer about politics, either.


7 posted on 06/25/2009 10:57:44 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: DesertRhino

Can’t see a la carte cable anytime soon. Although I do hope it is required if they start limiting internet. If they get to decide how much downloading we do, we should get to decide how much cable we want.


8 posted on 06/25/2009 10:58:24 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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Wish I could axe the channel frm cable and get the fees back I am paying for that nonsense.

When will a la carte finally arrive?


9 posted on 06/25/2009 10:58:45 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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MTV Networks Drops the Axe (layoffs at MTV, VH1, and LOGO)

Or in LOGO's case they dropped the soap.

10 posted on 06/25/2009 10:58:54 AM PDT by dfwgator
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hmmm. Do you think they’d get rid of “Daisy of Love” too? That would cause me to bring out the huge manatee.


11 posted on 06/25/2009 10:59:31 AM PDT by PrincessB (The change he's peddling isn't something I believe in.)
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To: relictele
Does the Shot at Love with Tila Tequila include penicillin?
12 posted on 06/25/2009 10:59:38 AM PDT by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
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ONLY 75?
I was hoping for more.


13 posted on 06/25/2009 11:00:19 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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the little darlings just don’t have the kind of discretionary income they once had...

TS MTV.


14 posted on 06/25/2009 11:01:11 AM PDT by bigbob
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Surely the numbers would have been much bigger if not for the stimulus package.


15 posted on 06/25/2009 11:02:21 AM PDT by NEMDF
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has been a force at the company for the past ten years.

They mean forcing MTV into the ground - their viewership has been steadily declining for years.

16 posted on 06/25/2009 11:03:59 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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Maybe they can now get real jobs.


17 posted on 06/25/2009 11:04:51 AM PDT by Cheap_Hessian
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To: dfwgator

That’s their most popular tv program.


18 posted on 06/25/2009 11:04:59 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Remember when MTV used to show videos?

Of course now with YouTube, you don’t even need them for that.


19 posted on 06/25/2009 11:06:07 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Red in Blue PA

Big Media opposes “a la carte” channel selection.
Viacom (parent corp to CBS, MTV, VH1, Nick, Logo, Comedy Central, etc.), Disney (parent corp to ABC, Disney, ESPN...), General Electric (parent corp to NBC, CNBC, MSNBC...), and Time-Life-Warner-Turner (parent corp to HBO, CINEMAX, CNN, CNN Headline, TBS, TNT, TMC...) thrives on your monthly cable bill.

Defund the Left. Drop your pay tv-programming.


Even if they gave it away, they still need to audience for advertising revenue and for influence (they have to tell you what’s hip, who’s in, who to vote for, etc.).


20 posted on 06/25/2009 11:08:52 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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