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THINK.MTV.COM LAUNCHES “DO GOOD. GO TO THE VMAS”
Posted  on July 25, 2008 at 10:06 AM
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THINK.MTV.COM LAUNCHES “DO GOOD. GO TO THE VMAS” CONTEST FOR A THINK.MTV.COM MEMBER TO JOIN THE HOTTEST NAMES IN MUSIC AT THE 2008 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS   NEW YORK, NY (July 24, 2008) Announced today on MTV’s TRL (3:00 pm ET/PT) segment featuring Miley Cyrus, Think.MTV.com, MTV’s online community for youth activism, is hooking up one young activist and shipping them off to Los Angeles to attend the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards alongside the biggest stars in the industry, including the Jonas Brothers who are already confirmed to perform. Every Think.MTV.com member who joins the “Do Good. Go to the VMAs” group between Thursday, July 24, 2008 through Friday, August 22, 2008 at http://think.mtv.com/Groups/DoGoodGoToTheVMAs/ will be entered to win two tickets to the VMAS on September 7, 2008 along with ...
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MTV'S CHOOSE OR LOSE & KANYE WEST GIVE BACK TO IRAQ WAR VETERANS WITH WITH POWERFUL MTV NEWS DOC
Posted  on July 21, 2008 at 2:09 PM
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MTV’S CHOOSE OR LOSE & KANYE WEST GIVE BACK TO IRAQ WAR VETERANS WITH THE POWERFUL MTV NEWS DOCUMENTARY “CHOOSE OR LOSE & KANYE WEST PRESENT: HOMECOMING” MONDAY, JULY 28TH AT 10PM ET/PT   New York, NY (July 21, 2008) In this next installment of "Choose or Lose's" ongoing campaign to bring awareness to young veterans issues, MTV News and Kanye West have teamed up to tell the stories of returning veterans in the powerful documentary “Choose or Lose & Kanye West Present: Homecoming” set to air on M...
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MTV GOES GREEN ON EVERY PLATFORM FOR EARTH DAY
Posted  on July 15, 2008 at 9:18 AM
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Real World: Hollywood Cast, Animated Mutant Animals, Gossip, Fashion Models, Street Team 08 Citizen Journalists & More

THINK.MTV.COM the Hub to Inspire Eco-Activism

 

NEW YORK, NY (April 21, 2008)

As part of its ongoing, award-winning Break the Addiction campaign to fight global warming, MTV today began rolling out new series and features that celebrate environmentally friendly living, timed to the 38th anniversary of Worldwide Earth Day. The special programming touches every MTV screen from on-air to online at THINK.MTV.COM...

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Taco Bell Foundation for Teens and ThinkMTV Announce Winners in Teen Hero Awards...
Posted  on July 15, 2008 at 9:15 AM
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Taco Bell Foundation for Teens and ThinkMTV Announce Winners in Teen Hero

Awards Program

Teen Hero Awards Honor Youth Volunteers with $225,000 in Charitable Grants

 

IRVINE, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Tara Suri, 17, of Scarsdale, New

York, was selected as the grand prize winner in the Taco Bell Foundation for

Teens "Teen Hero Awards." In conjunction with April's National Volunteer

Month, entrants were asked to compose an original essay of up to 250 words

explaining how they or the teens they were nominating are making a difference

in their community through volunteerism. Suri's volunteerism started at the

age of 13 when she founded Helping Orphans Pursue Education or HOPE. Through

the organization, she has helped provide children at orphanages in India and

Sudan with access to shelter, education, healthcare, and other daily

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THE VOICES OF TODAY'S YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE HEARD ON MTV'S "TRUE LIFE" BEGINNING ON THURSDAY MAY 15TH
Posted  on July 14, 2008 at 11:13 AM
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I HAVE EMBARRASSING PARENTS…I HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA…I LIVE ANOTHER LIFE ON THE WEB… THESE ARE THE VOICES OF TODAY’S YOUNG PEOPLE! HEAR THEIR STORIES WHEN MTV AIRS NEW EPISODES OF “TRUE LIFE” BEGINNING ON THURSDAY MAY 15TH AT 10PM ET/PT   MTV’s think.mtv.com Will Provide Viewers with Information and Resources for Managing Schizophrenia   New York, NY May 05, 2008 Hear the voices of today’s youth as they tell their stories in MTV’s “True Life,” from embarrassing parents to secret lives on the web to dealing with schizophrenia. MTV presents three brand new episodes from the award winning documentary series “True Life” starting on Thursday, May 15th at 10pm ET/PT with “I Have Embarrassing Parents 2,” Thursday, May 22nd at 10pm ET/PT ...
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MTV’s CHOOSE OR LOSE PUTS INDEPENDENCE DAY SPOTLIGHT ON YOUNG VETERANS
Posted  on July 14, 2008 at 11:00 AM
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Presidential Candidates John McCain and Barack Obama Deliver Special Fourth of July Message As Part Of ‘Choose or Lose’ MTV2 TakeOver
Dedicated To Young Veterans

 

Special Reports from MTV / Knight Foundation Street Team ‘08

 

New York, NY, July 2, 2008 Coming off of a record breaking turnout of 6.5 million 18-29 year-olds who voted in the 2008 primaries, MTV continues its commitment to engage and inspire young Americans to vote in the 2008 Presidential Election. As part of its Emmy-winning "Choose or Lose" campaign, on Independence Day, MTV2...

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Common and Nebraska Teen Team Up to Encourage HIV Testing
Posted  on June 26, 2008 at 11:51 AM
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          NEWS RELEASE Thursday, June 26, 2008


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MTV and CBS News Research: Youth and the 2008 Election
Posted  on April 21, 2008 at 12:00 PM
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Click here to read the FULL SURVEY on young people and the 2008 election from the most recent Choose or Lose research from MTV and CBS News.

 

 THE STATE OF THE YOUTH NATION: 2008

Interviews for this poll were conducted among 526 18 to 29 year-olds interviewed by telephonw April 10-15th 2008.

 

The poll was conducted jointly by CBS News and MTV. Respondents were part of nationwide representative samples identified in households previously interviewed by CBS News Polls, and from random-digit dial samples. The margin of error for this survey is +/- 4% points for results based on the entire sample.

 

Key Findings

 

I. THE CANDIDATES

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ThinkMTV, SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE & DECLARE YOURSELF ENERGIZE AMERICA'S YOUTH TO REGISTER & VOTE
Posted  on April 09, 2008 at 12:00 PM
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ThinkMTV, SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE & DECLARE YOURSELF TEAM UP TO ENERGIZE AMERICA’S YOUTH TO REGISTER & VOTE

“In the Time it Takes” Viral Video Competition to Award Winner with

Trip & VIP Tickets to Star-Studded “Young Hollywood” Party

Think.MTV.com, Seventeen.com & Declareyourself.com Debut New Voting Videos Starring Lauren, Audrina and Whitney of “The Hills”

 

New York, NY April 9, 2008 Building on momentum established in primaries and caucuses across the country where the youth vote has regularly doubled, tripled and even quadrupled compared to past elections ThinkMTV, Seventeen ...

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THINK MTV AMPLIFIES VOICES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISTS
Posted  on April 04, 2008 at 12:00 PM
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THINK MTV AMPLIFIES VOICES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISTS ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATION

Friendship Public Charter School Becomes First High School to Leverage

Think.MTV.com to Bring Student Reporting to National Audience

 

Go to FNN Campaign  

 

New York, NY April 4, 2008 Today, on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., MTV and The Friendship News Network the media enterprise run by students under the guidance of experienced journalism profess...

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