TBS Uses MySpace for Comedy Challenge

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NEW YORK Mark TBS as the latest media player making an attempt to harness the power of user-generated content and social networking to land new talent. The cable network has forged a partnership with News Corp.’s MySpace through which the two companies have launched a contest aimed at unearthing promising new comedians.

The new “Stand Up or Sit Down Comedy Challenge,” which kicked off this week on MySpace, allows both amateur and up-and-coming stand-up comics to upload videos of their acts to the Web.

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