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MTV is at death’s door
NY Post ^ | July 23, 2015 | Richard Morgan

Posted on 07/23/2015 12:43:54 PM PDT by oh8eleven

Viacom is vulnerable in that many of its networks, including MTV, Nickelodeon and Spike, target youngsters — “the segment of the population that’s most rapidly and definitively abandoning linear TV,” according to the analyst.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mtv; trashtv
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To: Norm Lenhart

Ahh, Moss Eisely Spaceport... I remember it well.

Stayed there for awhile after I made the Kessel Run (in less than 12 parsecs)...


241 posted on 07/26/2015 7:06:56 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

Well Dammit why did you bring Michelle back with you?!?!?!??

Could have left her there but nooooo..... You can fly that ship alone you know.


242 posted on 07/26/2015 7:52:26 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: mmichaels1970
MTV died because it wanted to get into the reality tv business and out of the music business.

MTV got into the business of creating reality--or at least a perception thereof. When it first came on I recall grainy videos of fisheye views of noses and microphones and asked my girlfriend what was the point of watching that? Some of the later videos have merit, granted, but initially I think it was the novelty.

It didn't take long (imho) for VeeJays to get self-important on the tube, and that was enough for me. Then rap, then reality shows about the cultural destruction...and ever the hard leftist slant on everything.

Remind the children and grandchildren "How many people are making a living doing this? You're seeing them. Study your schoolwork!"

But it has been a potent force in the culture war--for the other side--and the less music, the more 'programming'.

243 posted on 07/27/2015 5:17:48 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: beaversmom
I have a delayed response toward some music.

Me, too. About the time they are using it for the background score for a commercial...

244 posted on 07/27/2015 5:22:08 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: cripplecreek
Funny thing is that none of them are really my kind of music but they do have a nostalgic attraction today.

It is strange what the 'music' of today can make you nostalgic for...

245 posted on 07/27/2015 5:29:18 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: RginTN

Wow. Spongebob I can handle, but Barney remains a significant incentive for self-immolation. (14 grands, 8 great-grands)


246 posted on 07/27/2015 5:35:42 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

She held me at blasterpoint.... I had no choice.


247 posted on 07/27/2015 10:46:18 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: oh8eleven

Are they showing the hate whitey show put on by an illegal alien? Good job MTV.


248 posted on 07/28/2015 1:15:01 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Internet killed the Video Star

Oh well. I sure enjoyed my share of it back in the day!

You know, when they actually showed VIDEOS. What a concept.

249 posted on 07/31/2015 12:09:15 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day

Hows you’re summer been?

Finally getting enough rain here.


250 posted on 07/31/2015 1:31:58 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

We have been doing great. My daughter just got her learner’s permit and has only scared the bejesus out of me twice while driving. Man, I feel old!

The rain situation here has been the opposite. It is dry as a bone. No doubt this is the worst drought we have had since 2007-8! My garden didn’t do very well, even though I watered it.


251 posted on 08/05/2015 11:00:17 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day

We’re coming off a nasty drought, actually have had a bunch of rain.


252 posted on 08/05/2015 11:01:35 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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