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The Fall Of 'TRL' And The Rise Of Internet Video

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MTV's afternoon countdown show, Total Request Live, was considered extremely innovative when it launched 10 years ago. Using telephone voting, text messaging and the Internet to chart the day's Top 10 music videos, the show was a huge hit. Full Article at NPR

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  2. This is like, 'Internet Killed the Video Star.' What's really changing is for artists who have relied on big, brash, spectacle music videos to not just define their career, but to move it along, to allow it to evolve. They're in trouble. Madonna could not become Madonna from this platform today. But the...
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  3. Ten years ago ... while kids, that MTV demo, they were on their computers and they were texting. You didn't have more than 70 percent of America with a broadband connection. And right now, if you want music, you're on your computer, you're on YouTube, you're on Facebook, MySpace, and you're sharing musi...
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  4. We had so many lightning bolts going off at the same time ... It was the perfect storm.
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