FW: HOPE FOR HAITI NOW: A GLOBAL BENEFIT FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

"HOPE FOR HAITI NOW: A GLOBAL BENEFIT FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF"

ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF SUPERSTAR MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and
Sting
Will Appear in New York City;

Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend,
Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift,
and a Group Performance by Keith Urban, Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los
Angeles;

Coldplay, and a Group Performance by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in
London

All Performances to be Available for Purchase from Apple(r) iTunes(r) Store
with Proceeds Benefiting Select Haiti Relief Funds

More than One Hundred of the Biggest Names in Film, Television, and Music
to Appear on "Hope for Haiti Now," Along with Wyclef Jean in New York City,
George Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN's Anderson Cooper in Haiti

Additional Television, Online, and Mobile Partners Make "Hope for Haiti Now"

the Most Widely Distributed Global Telethon in History

NEW YORK, NY; LOS ANGELES, CA; and LONDON, ENGLAND (JANUARY 19, 2010) --
"Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief," today
announced its lineup of superstar musical performances. The global
telethon will feature performances by Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen,
Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, and Sting in New York City; Alicia
Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews, John Legend, Justin Timberlake,
Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift and a group performance by Keith Urban, Kid
Rock, and Sheryl Crow in Los Angeles; and Coldplay, and a group performance
by Bono, The Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna in a newly added London location.
All musical performances will be available for purchase for $.99 per song
through the Apple(r) iTunes(r) Store beginning Saturday, January 23, with
all proceeds benefiting Haiti relief funds managed by "Hope for Haiti Now"
charities.

In addition to musical performances, Wyclef Jean in New York City, George
Clooney in Los Angeles, and CNN's Anderson Cooper reporting from Haiti,
"Hope for Haiti Now" will feature more than one hundred of the biggest names
in film, television, and music supporting the cause with testimonials and by
answering phones during the telethon.

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund and United Nations World Food Programme have
joined the list of relief organizations that will benefit from "Hope for
Haiti Now," which also includes Oxfam America, Partners in Health, the Red
Cross, UNICEF, and Yele Haiti Foundation. Proceeds from "Hope for Haiti
Now" will be split evenly among each organization's individual funds for
Haiti earthquake relief.

"Hope for Haiti Now" will be the most widely distributed telethon in
history, both internationally and across media platforms. The two-hour
telethon will air on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1,
and CMT on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and 7:00 p.m. CT.
"Hope for Haiti Now" will also air on newly added networks including PBS,
TNT, Showtime, COMEDY CENTRAL, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic
Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX, Palladia,
SoapNet, Style, Discovery Health, Planet Green, and Canadian networks
including CBC Television, CTV, Global Television, and MuchMusic. The event
will be live streamed online globally across sites including YouTube, Hulu,
MySpace, Fancast, AOL, MSN.com, Yahoo, Bing.com, BET.com, CNN.com, MTV.com,
VH1.com, and Rhapsody and on mobile via Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and
FloTV. "Hope for Haiti Now" will also air internationally on BET
International, CNN International, National Geographic, and MTV Networks
International, which is available in 640 million homes worldwide. "Hope
for Haiti Now" will be the first U.S.-based telethon airing on MTV in China.
Facebook and Twitter have signed on as official social media partners to
help drive donations and tune-in to the telethon.

Based on production needs and venue sizes, all "Hope for Haiti Now" studio
locations will be closed to the media. Photos, pool video footage and
talent interviews from "Hope for Haiti Now" will be serviced to news outlets
immediately following the event.

"Hope for Haiti Now" is produced by Joel Gallen and Tenth Planet
Productions, in collaboration with Viacom's MTV Networks and George Clooney.

About MTV Networks

MTV Networks, a division of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world's
leading creators of entertainment content, with brands that engage and
connect diverse audiences across television, online, mobile, games, virtual
worlds and consumer products. The company's portfolio spans more than 150
television channels and 400 digital media properties worldwide, and includes
MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Harmonix, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr.,
TeenNick, AddictingGames, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, SPIKE, TV Land, Atom,
GameTrailers, and Xfire.

Contacts:
Carole Robinson 212.846.8760
carole.robinson@mtv.com
Mark Jafar 212.846.8961
mark.jafar@mtvstaff.com

For Anderson Cooper:
Shimrit Sheetrit 310.788.6796
shimrit.sheetrit@turner.com

For George Clooney:
Stan Rosenfield 310.407.3444
stan@sra-pr.com