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MTV News is the news division of MTV, one of the first and most popular music television network in the U.S., as well as some of MTV's related channels around the world. MTV News began in the late 1980s with the program The Week In Rock, hosted by Kurt Loder, the first official MTV News correspondent. Since 1990, the opening riff to Megadeth's "Peace Sells" has been the main opening theme for The Week In Rock.

It first began covering political news in the 1992 American presidential elections, through its "Choose or Lose" campaign.^[1][2] Since then, MTV has run "Choose or Lose" for other presidential elections in the United States. For the 2008 election, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton appeared on an MTV special to discuss the Iraq war.^[3]

MTV News in the U.S.

Current correspondents

• Sway Calloway (usually called Sway)
• Jim Cantiello
• Tim Curry
• Josh Horowitz

Former correspondents

• Kurt Loder
• Kim Stolz
• Serena Altschul
• Chris Connelly
• Mark Goodman
• Tim Kash
• Brian McFayden
• John Norris
• SuChin Pak
• Christina Olivares
• Iann Robinson
• Tabitha Soren
• Alison Stewart
• Gideon Yago
• Nick Zano

MTV News around the world

Canada

Aliya-Jasmine Sovani, Johnny Hockin, Sharlene Chiu

United Kingdom

Laura Whitmore,* Jasmine Dotiwala

Italy

• Jasper Lewis Vignone

Ireland

Laura Whitmore
Nick Lee Mease

Greece

Estel

Pan-European

Laura Whitmore, * Jasmine Dotiwala

Turkey

Alper Etiş (2006-2010)

Germany

• Markus Kavka
• Karolin

The Netherlands

• Dennis Weening
• Evelien Bosch

Latin America

• Ilana Sod
• Jazz
• Nicolás Artusi
• Javier Andrade

Australia

• Maz Compton
• Darren McMullen
• Erin McNaught
• Ruby Rose

Lithuania

• Jonas Bačelis

References

1. ^ De Witt, Karen (1992-02-08). "MTV Puts the Campaign on Fast Forward". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3D81039F93BA35751C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
2. ^ Miller, Judith (1992-10-11). "But Can You Dance to It?: MTV Turns to News". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DE1630F932A25753C1A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2008-02-19. 
3. ^ Guthrie, Marisa (2008-03-17). "Clinton, Obama to Participate in MTV "Choose or Lose" Discussion". Broadcasting & Cable. http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6541763.html?rssid=193. Retrieved 2008-03-17. 

External links

• MTV News
• MTV News UK & Europe