The New York Times reported (10/15/09) that rocker Jon Bon Jovi has arranged an unusual deal to become an "artist in residency" on NBC, appearing across the network's various shows to promote an upcoming album. The deal is all the more striking because it includes a segment on NBC Nightly News–part of the show's "Making a Difference" series–topromote Bon Jovi's philanthropic pursuits.
The idea apparently originated with Bon Jovi, who took it to NBC.The financial arrangements behind the deal don't appear to be available, but the network already seems devoted to the idea:"NBC indicated that it intended to make the artist in residence concept a regular feature of programs on its broadcast and cable channels."
Oct
19
2009
Bon Jovi Is News?
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I guess we'll see an announcement any day now that FOX has signed up Ted Nugent.
"Look at me, the generous philanthropist!" As "artist" is really a major stretch in his case, too, how about "resident attention wh0r@"?
I was thinking "resident hack", but "attention whore" does have a ring to it…
Well, there's precedent. Glenn Beck is, after all, a performance artist. I hope.
Did Raphael really like all those extraordinarily corpulent beauties, or did the bishops demand?
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