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  • Yet Another Reason I’m Proud To Work Here

    People say a lot of things about this place.  Here’s something you might not know about the real people who work here. MTV partnered with Catchafire, an org that matches non-profits with executives who can help them.  Led by MTV President, Stephen Friedman, along with SVP of Pro Social and Public Affairs, Jason Rzepka, MTV worked with CEO (Center…

  • DISconnected Premieres On MTV Tomorrow Night

    When the police showed up, they found more than a hundred teenagers logged on to the live stream on Abraham Biggs’ computer screen, all watching Abraham lying on his bed.  Dead. That was November 19, 2008; the 19-year-old Biggs had committed suicide while broadcasting on his Justin.tv channel.  Many of those watching had taunted and…

  • Put Your Hands Up: The Secret Life Of MTV’s Craig Goldstein

    I must’ve gone to camp and college with at least ten kids named Craig Goldstein.  None of them, I’m certain, would describe themselves in this way: – “Jewish guy” (uh, we know) – “Likes BBQ, country music and firearms” (firearms?) – “Registered  Democrat but votes for Ron Paul” – “MTV tech blogger” – “New Jersey…

  • Entertainment Weekly: MTV Is Using The Power Of MTV For Good

    We just plopped a photo of MTV’s VP of Public Affairs, Jason Rzepka, into a proposal I’m presenting on Thursday. It’s a big proposal, I hope we get it. And we listed Jason as a core member of the team that will work on the partnership because of Jason’s passion, innovation and innate ability to channel…

  • A Thin Line: MTV’s Campaign Against Digital Abuse With Facebook, MySpace, Anti-Defamation League And More

    Our new, multi-year pro-social campaign, A THIN LINE, launched today, in partnership with Facebook, MySpace, The Family Violence Prevention Fund, the Anti-Defamation League and more. Our goal is to empower youth to stop the spread of digital abuse in the form of “sexting,” cyberbullying and digital dating abuse. A new study conducted by MTV and…

  • Darius Goes West: Using The Power of MTV For Good

    A few months ago, Brett Ratner came to the office and, among other things, asked what we were going to do about this kid Darius Weems. Darius suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) — the leading genetic killer of young people worldwide, which took his brother’s life at age 19. When he was just 16,…

  • More From Last Night’s Secret Jay-Z Show In NYC

    Props to Courtney Holt for setting up this incredible show last night at the Blender Theater, as MySpace Music hosted Jay-Z. David Saslow, Jason Rzepka, Tuma Basa, Richard Kang and others watched what was supposed to be Hova’s 45 minute set. Instead, it became a warm up for Jay’s 9/11 concert. As Jay put it,…