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Early MTV VJ Dies

J.J. Jackson, an MTV VJ in the early 1980s, died on Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of 62. Jackson spent five years in the spotlight at MTV helping to popularize a new form of media: music videos. In the late ’80s he went back to working in radio and continued hosting shows in Los Angeles. http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000467935

Alyssa Fried: Alyssa has worked with Mxdwn since 2002, beginning as newswire editor and reviewing albums. Over the years, her role shifted, and she has worked primarily on live concert reviews and photography since 2010. She graduated Penn State in 2003 with a BA in English.
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