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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the main sponsor of ROFLCon III (Rolling on the Floor Laughing Convention), PopSpot, the new pop culture channel on YouTube, will film official ROFLCon video portraits of Internet celebrities and provide opportunities for them to interact with the media. Where: ROFLCon III Building 26 Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
MIAMI, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV Latin America announced today that MTV World Stage will return to Mexico for the third consecutive year and will be held for the first time in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The extraordinary event will be taped on Thursday, September 27th at the Monterrey Arena, and can be seen on MTV Latin America and various MTV channels around the world. The event, supported by the State Government of Nuevo Leon and by Mexico's Tourism Board, will feature...
NEW YORK, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB) today announced a new Digital Ad Sales leadership team for the Music and Entertainment brands of its Media Networks. Under the new structure, Melanie DiMemmo and Sarah Iooss will lead Digital Ad Sales out of the company's New York headquarters, while Sharon Silverstein will oversee West Coast business out of the company's Los Angeles offices. Tim Carroll will continue to oversee Digital Ad Sales for the...
NEW YORK, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To Tweet This Release: http://on.vh1.com/Stevie2 Celebrities be warned! After a successful season sending up shows like "Mob Wives," "The Real Housewives," "Toddlers and Tiaras," and "Jersey Shore," VH1 announced today that "Stevie TV" will return for a second season of pop culture parody at the hands of sketch comedy chameleon and series star Stevie Ryan. Each episode will again be packed with Stevie's signature brand of quirk and comedy...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PopSpot, the new pop culture channel on YouTube, will be aiming all of its pop on Boston, May 4th & 5th, as the main sponsor of ROFLCon (Rolling On The Floor Laughing Convention: http://roflcon.org), the first Internet conference devoted entirely to Internet memes and their stars. PopSpot will add it's own signature pop to the conference by setting up a virtual PopSpot on site where YouTube stars such as Antoine Dodson ("Hide Your...
LOS ANGELES, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It's rare for someone to so completely capture the hearts and minds of a fickle television audience as quickly as Angela "Big Ang" Raiola has done. From the moment Big Ang made her onscreen debut on VH1's hit series "Mob Wives," the media and viewing public alike were all asking, 'Who is Big Ang?' So, VH1 has decided to answer that question by giving Big Ang her very own television series simply titled "Big Ang" (working title). The...
NEW YORK, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, April 10th, the VH1 Save The Music Foundation will launch the first phase of the 2012 Songwriters Music Series auction at online charity auction house, Charitybuzz at: www.charitybuzz.com/Songwriters. A special-edition pink DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola -- donated by Foundation supporter Perez Hilton and not available in stores -- is one of the many highlights in the auction. The Motorola Mobility Foundation has partnered with...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- From the creator of VH1's Pop Up Video comes your one-stop pop culture spot on YouTube. PopSpot is the only place where you can see YouTube stars get "popped," the world's biggest celebrities pitted against each other, and stars doing stupid things they may regret in our signature Slo-As-A-Mo-Fo super slow motion show. On Pop-Spot Video, the biggest viral videos of all time get the full Pop-Up treatment, complete with...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VH1 has announced the newest artist lineup of its critically-acclaimed original music franchise, "VH1 Storytellers." This season will continue to deliver the intimate stories and live performances from some of the most popular and influential music artists of our time. Featured artists premiering this season will include multi-platinum selling artist Jason Mraz, Grammy-winning chanteuses Norah Jones and Jill Scott and...
NEW YORK, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It has been 20 years since the L.A. Riots, the four days of unrest, looting and rage that paralyzed Los Angeles and sent racial shockwaves throughout the country. After decades of racial tension in South Central Los Angeles, VH1's Emmy Award-winning "VH1 Rock Docs" franchise explores the connection between the violence manifested on the streets during the 1992 riots and the rage expressed in Hip Hop by NWA, Dr. Dre, Ice T, and Ice Cube among...
