Pedovores Roam #375

Is he or isn't he?

At Warner Amex, he oversaw the creation and growth of MTV and the transition of Nickelodeon from a failing network geared to preschoolers to the highest-rated channel aimed at older kids as well as overseeing the launches of VH-1 and Nick at Nite, and led the initial public offering for MTV Networks and its expansion into international markets.[4] Under Pittman's leadership, MTV became the first profitable cable network; then-Warner Communications' Co-chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer Steve Ross also noted that MTV became the most profitable basic cable network during Pittman's tenure there.[1] During his tenure at MTV, the network was criticized harshly for its initial reluctance to play videos from African American artists.[5] During Pittman's tenure, MTV responded to this criticism by Rick James by actively soliciting and championing videos by Black artists, including Michael Jackson and Tina Turner, and later launched Yo! MTV Raps to introduce rap music to the MTV audience. During Pittman's time at MTV the channel also launched what became an extremely successful live event business—broadcasting the entire groundbreaking Live Aid global concert for Ethiopian famine relief on June 13, 1985, and launching the MTV Video Music Awards show in 1984. For his development of the MTV brand, Advertising Age selected Pittman in 2010 as one of the ten most influential marketers who transformed American Culture.

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