Some real reporting on the Daft Punk/MTV/Colbert Report snafu, which makes MTV"s position less "bad guy:" "According to three people who were briefed on the talks or directly involved in them, Daft Punk’s planned appearance had already been a source of stress for “Colbert” since the group was only willing to appear in costume, and not perform or sit for an interview. Then on Monday, while flying to New York from Paris, the group called producers to cancel, citing the conflict with MTV, according to these people, who spoke anonymously because of the privacy of the matter and the volatility of the personalities involved. Some exclusivity among performers or guests is not uncommon among shows, particularly those under the same ownership. “Colbert” and “The Daily Show,” its companion program on Comedy Central, do not book the same guests, for example. But the stakes were high given Daft Punk’s visibility and the enormous popularity of “Get Lucky.” Negotiations between MTV and Comedy Central became intense. MTV threatened to cut Daft Punk from the awards if the group also appeared on “Colbert,” and would not budge despite pleas from Comedy Central. On Tuesday’s show Mr. Colbert read an e-mail from Van Toffler, the president of MTV Networks, saying that he was “not sure I can help you on this one.” (The show’s Web site later displayed the redacted message, in which Mr. Toffler said that the band and its label had “sold us hard on some clip and live appearance based on them not showing up anywhere else.”) Viacom executives declined to interfere in the dispute, these people said, but Columbia Records, Daft Punk’s American label, got involved, advising the group not to risk its appearance on MTV." artsbeat.blogs.nytimes/2013/08/07/things-get-kind-of-crazy-among-colbert-daft-punk-and-mtv/?_r=0
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 23:12:22 +0000
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