Break.com Launches ``Break Entertainment'' to Incubate Original Online Video Content from Web Auteurs.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Break.com: --With a Substantial Investment from Break, Division is Committed to Tapping Burgeoning User-Generated Talent Pool to Create Dynamic New Content for Online Audiences --Tara Leone to Head Break Entertainment as Director of Content and Licensing Break.com, the largest digital entertainment network for men with 13 million unique monthly visitors and close to 300 million video requests, today has launched Break Entertainment, a new division that invests in and sponsors original short-form video entertainment developed by the Internet's burgeoning talent pool of content creators. Break Entertainment announces its first development deal today with sketch comedy “Sketch Show” redirects here. For for the British TV programme, see The Sketch Show. Sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes, or 'sketches', commonly between one and ten minutes long. group Studio 8. The project, the first of its kind for this genre, is expected to launch in May with distribution on Break.com as well as via its mobile and content distribution partners. In addition, Tara Leone has been named Director of Content and Licensing for Break Entertainment, responsible for the creative development of e-programming and the scouting of new talent. Break.com, which has committed six figures to support this new initiative, will continue to acquire and license user-generated content The production of content by the general public rather than by paid professionals and experts in the field. Mostly available on the Web via blogs and wikis, user-generated content refers to material such as the daily news, encyclopedias and other references, movie and product reviews as submitted to the site, exposing its highly acclaimed comedic video clips to millions of monthly visitors, who are free to share them with millions more across the Internet. Break.com is currently ranked as the 301st largest site in the world by Alexa. "Break Entertainment offers an unprecedented opportunity for rising stars of the Internet to reach another level of distribution and recognition," said Keith Richman Dr. Keith S. Richman is a California, United States, Republican politician. From 2001 to 2007, he served in the California State Assembly representing the 38th Assembly District based in Northwest Los Angeles County. , chief executive officer for Break.com. "We are excited to have Studio 8 as our first development deal and that Tara will be charged with fostering this project and identifying many more of this caliber to grow the division. Tara brings with her an extensive background in production, combined with an in-depth understanding of the content licensing landscape. With her uncanny eye for recognizing content that captures an audience, we are very fortunate to have her join the Break.com team." "I'm excited to join the team and to provide funding to the growing pool of talent that is creating online content," said Tara Leone, director of content and licensing for Break Entertainment. "Through the creation of this new division, Break.com is continuing its commitment to tap into the best original content online while at the same time reinforcing its reputation as a significant platform for aspiring actors, directors and filmmakers." Leone most recently served as the Development Executive at Broken Lizard Industries, where she evaluated all submitted material and media. Material ranged from director and actor demo reels to short films, comedy sketches and stand-up stand·up or stand-up adj. 1. Standing erect; upright: a standup collar. 2. Taken, done, or used while standing: a standup supper; a standup bar. performances. Prior to Broken Lizard Industries, Leone worked with Director/Writer/Actor Jay Chandrasekhar in the production of both the Warner Brothers' feature film, "The Dukes of Hazzard" and Fox Searchlight's "Club Dread." Previously, she worked at Creative Artists Agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is a talent and literary agency which represents a vast array of actors, musicians, writers, directors, and athletes, as well as a variety of companies and their products. . Tara holds a B.A. in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. . About Studio 8 Studio 8 Entertainment, launched in 1999, is a comedy collective of writers, producers, musicians, stand up comedians and actors. Members include Brock brock n. Chiefly British A badger. [Middle English brok, from Old English broc, of Celtic origin.] LaBorde, Chris Trew, Jared Richard, Mikey Felton, Chris Richard
Christopher Robert Richard (born June 7, 1974, in San Diego, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder and first baseman. He is an alumnus of Oklahoma State University. , Truston Aillet, Javier Marcheselli and Sean Patton. Most of the group's work is featured on their website, www.Studio8.net, and includes satire articles, original music and parodies, wacky picture stories, instant messenger AOL's instant messaging service. See AIM and instant messaging. pranks, sketch comedy videos and short films. About Break.com Founded in 1998, Break.com is the Internet's leading cross-platform, user-generated digital entertainment network offering funny, original short-form content to millions of Internet users and mobile subscribers around the world. With more than thirteen million unique monthly browsers tuning in tuning in, v process in which a therapeutic touch practitioner centers himself or herself so as to be aligned with or “in tune” with a healing energy “frequency,” so that the patient may choose to join the practitioner (tune to enjoy the Web's largest and rapidly growing library of original videos and images, Break.com offers advertisers tremendous opportunities to market directly to a young, male demographic. Break.com empowers its audience to become content providers with an easy to use platform that allows them to upload, distribute and monetize their original content, whether it is homegrown home·grown adj. 1. Raised or grown at home. 2. Originating in or characteristic of a locality: "Rock is homegrown music in the United States, evolved from blues and country and Tin Pan Alley" or commercial-grade. Break.com is currently ranked as the 301st largest site in the world by Alexa.com, and serves close to 300 million video requests monthly. For more information, please visit http://www.break.com. |
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