MIX Means Variety » New Jersey http://mix941kmxj.com Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 'Jersey Shore' Costs New Jersey Taxpayers $420,000 http://mix941kmxj.com/jersey-shore-new-jersey-taxpayers/ http://mix941kmxj.com/jersey-shore-new-jersey-taxpayers/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:30:54 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=46709 ‘Jersey Shore’ doesn’t just rot brains — it drains tax coffers, too.

MTV’s hit reality show, which depicts the exploits of a group of raisin-tanned 20-somethings as they live and party along the New Jersey coastline, has just had $420,000 of its 2009 production costs covered by the state’s Economic Development Authority.

]]> http://mix941kmxj.com/jersey-shore-new-jersey-taxpayers/feed/ 0 Jason Merritt, Getty Images American Idol 2011. Uh, What's Changed? http://mix941kmxj.com/american-idol-2011-uh-whats-changed/ http://mix941kmxj.com/american-idol-2011-uh-whats-changed/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:24:32 +0000 Lori Crofford http://mix941kmxj.com/?p=1994 So season 10 of American Idol kicks off in New Jersey last night, the home of the fist pump.  I actually watched the auditions and I found myself thinking, "Now what's changed".

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