Afternoon Wire: And now the afternoon's worthy media news

Even though Liz Spiers at Dealbreaker.com got scooped in that MTV may and then later on did hire a new president of something, the only news we could find related MTV so far has nothing to do with the scoop. Did Liz and company take a bait or will they come through? [Yahoo! News] Speaking of MTV, it seems like MTV co-founder Bob Pittman is interested in buying everything. Now there is word that he could be a potential bidder for the Hard Rock Cafe. [YorkShire Post] Producer Jermaine Dupri who left Virgin Records as President of Black Music because he mixed business with pleasure is said to be in talks with EMI about running a new label. Just what the music industry needs! Oh yeah and who told Rush & Malloy that Both Jay Z and Jermaine Dupri had the same jobs? [R&M] Its good that after you get canned you can make fun of yourself [NYT]