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Next week, Comedy Central will hold a five-day comedy festival that will take place almost entirely on Twitter, according to The New York Times. The partnership between Twitter and Viacom-owned Comedy Central is one of a number of planned deals that mark the microblogging service's push toward media dominance.
A group of comedians including Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and director Paul Feig, among others, will post six-second, looping video clips on Vine and tweet jokes using the hashtag #ComedyFest.
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