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  • My Talk About MTV Scratch With The ROI Group Last Week

    Thanks to Jacob Shwirtz and ROI for having me last week. I enjoyed sharing the mission of MTV Scratch with such a progressive group. Great questions, and nobody made fun of my new sweater vest. For more on the event, click here. And what does Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks have to do…

  • The Secret Massage Chair In Our Office

    I just showed MTV Scratch editor Morgan Nichols the secret massage chair in our office. And yes that is Don Quixote he’s reading.

  • MTV Scratch Is Hiring

    (photo by David Shrigley) Two departments at MTV Scratch are hiring. Here’s more info on the open spots and where to send propaganda: Director, MTV Scratch Manager, MTV Scratch Supervising Producer, MTV Scratch Associate Producer, MTV Scratch

  • MTV Scratch + Pepsi Win The “One Show Entertainment Award” For Reality/Unscripted Series

    Mazel tov to the MTV Scratch team for winning a One Show Entertainment Award for Reality/Unscripted Series last night in Los Angeles for its work on the Pepsi Refresh Project. The campaign lived on MTV, MTV2, VH1, CMT, Spike TV, Comedy Central, Teen Nick and more. Here’s one of the quieter stories from the road……

  • That’s How You Drop It, #SunDrop

    Real photos by real Sun Drop drinkers, who really uploaded them in the last week…

  • See You At NATPE In Miami?

    Last time I went to NATPE, it was 8 years ago in New Orleans, and I was in the middle of setting up a series pilot at VH1. Now I am a corporate tool, and I’m on a panel called “Master Class: The Future of Branded Content” with Frank Cooper (Pepsi), Emil Jattne (Grey Goose,…

  • Sun Drop Droppin’ In Vegas Walmart, Y’all

    Ho ho ho.  Just in time for da holiday punch, Sun Drop just dropped in Walmart, y’all.  Check it out and fan it here. 

  • Amy Doyle On Lady Gaga, Kid Rock, Nicki Minaj & The State Of Music On MTV

    The Hollywood Reporter just posted this great interview with my friend and colleague, Amy Doyle, Executive Vice President of Music & Talent for MTV. MTV removed the words “music television” from its logo earlier this year, but with the not-so-sudden surge in the popularity of music videos (thanks in no small part to YouTube), it’s…

  • Them There Youth

    Ah, the youth are starting to change. The older I get, the more I sound — and surely, look — like a foreigner in the land of the Millennials. Here’s another great video sent to us by our colleague, Jacob Shwirtz. This one compiles insights from a study by Brazilian research firm Box 1824. A…

  • Holy Mother Of God: Ken Block / Gymkhana 3

    Thanks to Jacob Shwirtz for sending us this fucking INTENSE Ken Block video. It really gets going about 2 minutes in, when the guy starts spinning around some dude in a Segway. Here’s how the Drive On blog describes it: “Spinning in circles around a guy on a Segway. Breathtaking turns on a country road,…