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Latin and gay fans. Her electrifying performances were known to draw sellout crowds. Celebritology also wrote a tribute to “She Works Hard for the Money," which was one of the first music videos from an African-American female performer. In 1983, it was... Full Article at The Washington Post

The stunt was a focal point of the Sonic's "Let's Do This" campaign, was featured in the Sonic "Anthem" Super Bowl commercial, and was the lead story-line in the premier episode of the fifth season of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory on MTV. "With Rob... Full Article at PR Newswire

The agreement ends a 13-month court dispute between the two companies, which started after Time Warner Cable began streaming Viacom cable channels including Nickelodeon, MTV, Spike TV and Comedy Central to its nearly 12 million customers. In suing the... Full Article at paidContent.org

But as big as Summer was in the 1970s — and she was HUGE — she continued to make a mark in the 1980s as a music video pioneer. In 1983, it was still rare to see a non-white face in an MTV music video. The network was only two years old at that point,... Full Article at The Washington Post

Time Warner rolled out its free iPad app that allowed Time Warner subscribers to stream live TV from dozens of channels. As it turns out, Time Warner had rolled out the app without working out the legal details with Viacom, which owns a handful of cable... Full Article at Ars Technica

Hill gave birth last year to a sixth child fathered by a man she has not publicly identified. Marley and Fontana have been dating since last summer. "Rohan told me we have to return to the roots so the marriage will last forever," MTV.com quoted... Full Article at United Press International

Comedy Central, CMT, MTV and other channels will be back in the next several weeks, and the two sides even managed to bury the hatched over "unrelated business matters," according to a joint statement. Just what led to the about-face is being kept... Full Article at Engadget

Mary J. Blige-crooned cover of Journey’s “Any Way You Want It” (found via Movieline ) and it has made me see this song in a very different light. (At this point, I should note that I have not seen the play “Rock of Ages,” and I realize that’s a criminal... Full Article at The Washington Post

4:03 pm By AMY CHOZICK Time Warner Cable subscribers will soon have another way to stream “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “Jersey Shore” on iPads. The breakthrough comes as a result of a settlement between Time Warner Cable and Viacom, which owns... Full Article at The New York Times

"YO! MTV RAPS (VH1 ROCK DOC)" PREMIERES THURSDAY, JUNE 7 AT 10PM* As music television's first show completely dedicated to hip hop, "Yo! MTV Raps" became a groundbreaking phenomenon that brought the music and culture of the genre from the inner cities... Full Article at PR Newswire

CBS, 9 & 10PM Car Warriors (season finale), Speed, 9PM Modern Family, ABC, 9PM American Guns, Discovery, 9PM Rock Center with Brian Williams, NBC, 9PM Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23, ABC, 9:30PM Total Blackout, Syfy, 10PM Revenge, ABC, 10PM Law & Order:... Full Article at Engadget

Demi Lovato is set to be a judge on the U.S. version of "The X Factor." UPI/Jim Ruymen License photo LOS ANGELES, May 14 (UPI) -- Singer and actress Demi Lovato is to serve as the fourth member of the judges' panel on the U.S. version of "The X Factor,"... Full Article at United Press International

TV has enjoyed more than three decades of growth at the expense of the big five broadcasters. But the tables are turning. Some major cable networks, including TNT, MTV and Nickelodeon, have seen double-digit declines; others, such as USA, have posted... Full Article at Advertising Age

The activist hedge fund had recent been clamoring for Yahoo to shake up its board—offering its own nominees as replacements. Per the agreement announced on Sunday, three of Third Point’s nominees—its CEO Daniel Loeb, MAEVA Group chairman and CEO Harry... Full Article at MediaWeek

The charge stemmed from a 2009 case, in which the 29-year-old hip-hop artist had been accused of ordering Michael "Marlo Mike" Louding to kill Terry Boyd. Boyd, 35, was shot to death at his home in Baton Rouge in 2009. MTV.com reported prosecutors and... Full Article at United Press International

Amazon.com As the online retail giant prepares to stake its claim on high-end fashion , the question remains: friend or foe? Brand, Russell The British actor was selected to host the 2012 MTV Movie awards for his “high to low brow” humor. Something for... Full Article at The New York Times

Mother’s Day comes but once a year, but the Maternal Industrial Complex continues year-round, churning out books about How To Mother and How Not To Mother and blogs about How I’m Mothering Right Now and fueling the plot engines of everything from... Full Article at The Washington Post

Afghanistan Postcards Have you spent time in Afghanistan, or are you currently deployed? Send us pictures of your postcards from Afghanistan. Hippies loved the place in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Tom Freston, the founder of MTV, spent a few years... Full Article at The New York Times

Howard Stern, foreground, replaces Piers Morgan as a judge on 'America's Got Talent.' Host Nick Cannon, left, and judges Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel don't seem to miss Morgan. Not Howie, as in Mandel, bald comedian and game-show host. Not Sharon,... Full Article at USA Today