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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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  1. The famous first video that was aired on MTV is 'Video Killed the Radio Star,'
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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. With a little imagination, of course. The door is open to hundreds of thousands of more people. And when it's more inclusive, you are going to get more experimentation. I think the challenge is going to be, 'How do you to find this stuff?'
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  4. 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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  5. Anybody with a digital camera and their MacBook can do a pretty credible video
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  6. Having a community event that the community values benefits all involved.
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  7. The value of YouTube is we've created this platform that's been driven by the community, so this is in reaction to that
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  8. Anybody with a digital camera and their MacBook can do a pretty credible video
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  9. It was very weird, but I just went with it
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  10. The famous first video that was aired on MTV is 'Video Killed the Radio Star,'
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