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...shiny symbol of the new era is veejay Matt Pinfield, a bald, overweight, 34-year-old ex-radio station manager and Uncle Fester lookalike whom the Tiger Beat editors consistently overlook. Pinfield, though, knows music; his long-running alternative-rock show, 120 Minutes, had a ring of authenticity that veejays like Simon Rex, hottie though he may be, just couldn't deliver. Pinfield plays host on several shows that cross a range of musical genres, something MTV is able to do now that pop is resurfacing and breaking down the old barriers. "Our audience is smarter than people give them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: THE M IS BACK IN MTV | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

KENNEDY Oddball, retro MTV veejay made appearances with Dole; won't get to emcee Inaugural show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTION NOTEBOOK | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

...could absorb it all without fearing my own mortality," he recalls. In Athens as a teenager, he was host on a show on Armed Forces Radio before returning to the States and attending the University of Arizona. He worked for the deadly B-movie studio Empire Pictures, flunked a veejay audition at mtv, then became a cult fave by making sly mock of Geraldo, Ricki and the rest of the wackpack on Talk Soup. He's been at Later for almost two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HOST MAN'S BURDEN | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

...veejay Adam Curry spoke for a few minutes with members of Digitas, a controversial new computer group which was formed last month...

Author: By Tristanne LILAH Walliser, | Title: Digitas Holds Internet Talk | 3/11/1994 | See Source »

...Asia, based in Hong Kong and broadcast in English to 30 countries as diverse as Saudi Arabia and Mongolia. The region's conservative nature makes it harder to probe delicate issues, but that hasn't stopped the network. Despite Chinese reticence toward discussing politics, MTV Asia veejay Rita Tsang got Chinese and Hong Kong teens to express candid opinions in "Changing Hands," a segment about the crown colony's 1997 return to China, beamed by satellite and cable into about five million Chinese homes. " AIDS at Your Doorstep" covered the disease and safe sex -- a bold move in places like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Now to a Kid Near You | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

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