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Freston: MTV Brought Hip-Hop to American Living Rooms Before BET or Radio
“We kind of made up for that, and we were the first people to kind of give hip-hop put it in the living rooms of America. I mean, BET or in radio wasn't even playing hip-hop, but”
Freston: Deep consumer loyalty naturally unlocks distribution and advertising partners
“The key of the business is the consumer. You have to deal with a lot of different groups, advertisers, in our case, cable operators, artists, record companies, this and that. But if you could make a connection with the consumer, And know what's going on inside…”
Freston argues the modern media landscape eliminated shared cultural water cooler moments
“Outside of big sports events, or say the last episode of the Stephen Colbert show, There's not a lot of shared moments. What we used to call in the old days, you remember, the water cooler moments, where everybody shows up, hey, did you see this thing last nig…”