For starters, there's no such thing as a video without a message. Every clip carries a message, even if that message is that the band is hot and suitable love objects for teenagers. If musicians and ...

Viacom is rebranding its cable net MTV Hits. Beginning Sept. 9, the television channel will become NickMusic, a 24-hour music video destination for kids. Nickelodeon made the announcement Tuesday ...

MTV Networks has promoted Stephen K. Friedman from MTV g.m. to prexy, overseeing the mothership plus MTV2, mtvU, MTV.com, MTV Hits and MTV Jams. “Since Stephen took over the helm at MTV two years ago, ...

Viacom is changing its tune slightly to prepare for pay TV’s game of musical chairs. Facing the possibility that its low-rated channels will be left out of distributors’ new skinny bundles, the ...