Tag: MTV

  • Nice Shout Out From The Big Guy

    On this morning’s quarterly earnings call with Wall Street, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman singled out the work MTV Scratch is doing to pioneer innovation. Here’s what he had to say: “We are also continuing to find new ways to bring greater value to our advertisers expanding the relationships we have into even more comprehensive marketing…

  • Where’s The 2011 Woodie Awards?

    To all those who’ve been asking me for tickets to everybody’s favorite, the Woodie Awards: The breaking news is that we’re doing the show in March, now. Not in the fall. Not because it interfered with my anniversary for five straight years and my wife was fed up with that — because in truth she…

  • Speaking At MasterCard Tomorrow

    Great piece New York Times piece on Ajay Banga, new CEO of MasterCard. I love the way he thinks. Looking forward to meeting Ajay and speaking about innovation at MasterCard on Monday, talking about how MTV Scratch is helping to pioneer new ground for MTV.

  • The Morning Benders Perform Live In My Office At MTV

    MTV Buzzworthy just posted this performance from The Morning Benders, recorded live in my office a few days ago. Enjoy… The Morning Benders – MTV Shows

  • The Morning Benders Are Playing In My Office At MTV Right Now

    Love their sound. Our friends at MTV Digital are filming a new series (to be called “Hive Live”) in my office. They’ll post it in a few weeks. In the meantime, here’s the band’s video… The Morning Benders – “All Day Day Light” from Jack Ferry on Vimeo.

  • Tony DiSanto

    As Tony’s big head news breaks tonight, here’s an alternative to the speculative stories you’re about to read about his future. It’s a video of a speech Tony gave last year at a TEDx event. TEDxAmsterdam: Tony DiSanto from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. I remember the first time Tony and I ever spoke. It was 2004…

  • The Public Birth Of MTV Scratch

    Check this out! * * * F O R   I M M E D I A T E   R E L E A S E * * * MTV Launches New Creative Team “MTV Scratch,” Leveraging the Power of MTV’s Connection to Millennials for Brand Partners NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ — MTV,…

  • The 2010 MTV VMA’s Were Huge With A 10.0 Rating!

    Congratulations to Amy, Jesse and all my colleagues for an incredible night and another HUGE moment for MTV! From the press release just now… MTV’S 2010 VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS SCORES BIGGEST AUDIENCE FOR ANY MTV TELECAST SINCE 2002 HOSTED BY CHELSEA HANDLER, VMAS DELIVERS A 10.0 P12-34 Rating +33% OVER 2009 AND AVERAGES 11.4 MILLION…

  • Jersey Shore + Sesame Street: Mike The Situation, Snooki, Pauly & GTL Meet Bert, Ernie, Oscar The Grouch & E/mo

    An update to SomethingBurning.com’s popular post about the line of Jersey Shore / Sesame Street products… Here’s Patty and me, flanking the Executive Producer of Jersey Shore, Jackie French, here in the office.  Jackie just got some new Jersey Shore Sesame Street shirts and, naturally, Patty and I were chosen to model them. And yes,…

  • The Pepsi Refresh Project (So Far)

    For those who wonder if it’s working…