House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Meet mtvU 'Editorial Board' April 8th in Washington, D.C.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Meet mtvU 'Editorial Board' April 8th in Washington, D.C.

Student Journalists from GW, Michigan, U of San Francisco and Smith College to Engage Speaker Pelosi in Candid Discussion for Hit mtvU Series

NEW YORK, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- mtvU, MTV's Emmy-winning college network, today announced that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D, California, 8th district) will be the next mtvU "Editorial Board" participant. The series (www.mtvU.com/on_mtvu/editorial_board) kicked off March 16th with former U.S. President Bill Clinton and is designed to give the college audience real answers from those shaping the future students will soon inherit. A rotating cast of top writers and editors from mtvU's College Media Network, a collection of nearly 550 online college publications, are handpicked to participate in mtvU "Editorial Board" meetings -- offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to press key national and global influencers on the issues that matter most to college students. mtvU has invited several prominent Republicans, other top Democrats and leaders of the American financial and judicial systems to participate in the series; the network will extend invitations to the GOP and Democratic Presidential nominees in the fall.

Nancy Pelosi, who made history in 2007 by becoming the first woman to serve as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will participate in the mtvU "Editorial Board" series April 8th. The meeting will be co-hosted by the GW Hatchet, the independent student newspaper of George Washington University, with journalists from the Hatchet, University of Michigan Review, San Francisco Foghorn and Smith College Sophian serving as the voice of the national college audience. The student participants will come armed with questions submitted by journalists from across the College Media Network. Highlights of the session will be available on mtvU.com the morning of April 9th; the full short-form episode, "mtvU Editorial Board: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi" will premiere on mtvU and mtvU.com April 16th.

mtvU "Editorial Boards" build on the time-honored publishing tradition of the editorial board meeting, creating an unprecedented forum where top student journalists go well beyond canned answers and sound bytes -- delving deep into the issues that will most greatly impact today's college students. Student participants are among the smartest, most aggressive and enterprising college journalists in the country. A different College Media Network partner co- hosts each editorial board meeting, with one member of the staff representing the paper in the session, and mtvU flying in several more participants from top campus papers across the country.

mtvU's College Media Network is the largest interactive network of online college newspapers in the U.S., including nearly 550 campus publications that serve institutions such as Brown University, the University of Illinois, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin and Duke University. In total, the network serves universities with a combined enrollment of over 5.5 million students, and reaches an average of 5 million unique users each month. Student publications in the Network have free access to College Publisher, the only online publishing system designed specifically for the needs of today's campus newspaper. This cutting edge, web-based suite of tools allows multiple users to control all facets of digital publishing, including content management, multimedia administration and online advertising.

About mtvU

Broadcast to more than 750 college campuses and via top cable distributors in 700 college communities nationwide, mtvU reaches upwards of 9 million U.S. college students -- making it the largest, most comprehensive television network just for college students. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, mtvU can be seen in the dining areas, fitness centers, student lounges and dorm rooms of campuses throughout the U.S., as well as on cable systems from Charter Communications, Verizon FiOS TV, Suddenlink Communications, AT&T u-Verse and nearly 70 others. mtvU is dedicated to every aspect of college life, reaching students everywhere they are: on-air, online and on campus. mtvU programs music videos from emerging artists that can't be seen anywhere else, news, student life features and initiatives that give college students the tools to advance positive social change. mtvU is always on campus, with more than 500 events per year, including exclusive concerts, giveaways, shooting mtvU series and more. For more information about mtvU, and a complete programming schedule, visit www.mtvU.com.

mtvU also owns and operates the College Media Network, the largest interactive network of online college newspapers in the U.S., and RateMyProfessors.com, the Internet's largest listing of collegiate professor ratings. The College Media Network comprises 550 campus publications that serve institutions including Brown University, the University of Illinois, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin and Duke University, with a combined enrollment of over 5.5 million students, reaching an average of 5 million unique users each month. RateMyProfessors.com reaches approximately 2.9 million college students each month, via the site's more than 6.6 million student-generated ratings of over 1,000,000 college professors.

MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) , is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 150 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services -- MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN/THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 300 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.

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