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Even the MTV News team is expanding. Added to the music video network’s Kurt Loder/Tabitha Soren reportage is Juliette Honen, who, as Los Angeles news bureau chief, covers film, music and pop culture.

The latest to hip-hop onto the information-gathering wagon is Alison Stewart, who came to the public’s attention when she joined Soren to ask President Clinton the now infamous “boxers or briefs” question.