MTV recruits youths to cover elections
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MTV, part of the media conglomerate Viacom Inc., has recruited 51 youths to cover the 2008 elections throughout the country with weekly reports that will include short videos, blogs and animation.
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Motivated by unpleasant memories of the 2000 Florida recount, black leaders determined to boost voter turnout this fall are enlisting hip-hop artists and community organizations in campaigns to register millions of new voters.
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A sampling of youth outreach efforts in the presidential campaign:
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Three youths to serve minimum terms of between 12 and 17 years
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Voter registration drives aimed at young people are turning 18- to 24-year-olds into an important variable in the presidential election, especially in decisive battleground states such as Michigan - where nearly 100,000 young people have registered in recent months - and Wisconsin, where the numbers are even higher.
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McDonald's, the world's largest restaurant chain, will sponsor a programme on music channel MTV as part of its latest youth market promotion.
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As the 2004 election approaches, groups everywhere are springing into action to get the word out about their candidate. But one group is already in the spotlight: musicians and rockers who come out to support the party.
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Labour begins recruiting people who could take key roles in an election campaign, the BBC understands.
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By NO BYLINE  YOUNG Scottish musicians with a social or political message are being invited to compete for big cash prizes.   And the winners will be decided by using the same voting system which will make its debut at local government elections in May.
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A teen pop star, a rock band and a rapper will help the no-doubt-already-hot crowd get even more heated at this year&#39;s MTV Video Music Awards pre-show.
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A campaign to make sure that college students know their voting rights and elections officials know the rules is getting underway by Rock the Vote, a youth-voter group.
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Now every girl awaiting  her sweet 16 can plan the special day to a tee with the  expected launch Saturday of MTV&#39;s latest Web tie-in.
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Move over &quot;Nascar Dads.&quot; Step aside &quot;Security Moms.&quot; The hottest new voting bloc is the hip-hop generation, said rap empresario Sean &quot;P. Diddy&quot; Combs, who criticized the major political parties for not courting the urban youth vote.
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MTV&#39;s Video Music Awards Sunday night had a glut of glitz, endless celebrity cameos and a non-partisan stance in favor of voting.
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MULANDA, Uganda  - Kenya's election months were good times for teenage budding musician Robert Kinganga -- he was given a fistful of money, a microphone and a big crowd to entertain.
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Internet users are to be able to grab videos from all MTV-owned sites to post on their own blogs and websites.
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MTV loves its Video Music Awards. It gives the youth-culture channel an annual opportunity to strut its biggest stars and thumb its nose at the adult establishment -- maybe even moon it.