Tuesday, February 28, 2006

'MySpace' Parody Launches Film Career

MySpace: The Movie" was posted Jan. 28 to David Lehre's personal Web site, DavidLehre.com, and three days later it was placed on YouTube.com by a user named "eggtea," who downloaded it from Lehre's site and uploaded it to the popular video sharing site. About 20,000 videos are uploaded to YouTube each day and more than 15 million are watched. With 3.4 million viewings, "MySpace: The Movie" ranks as the site's most viewed video. The film also has been on rotation on Current TV, a new network aimed at the 18-to-34-year-old audience that reaches 20 million U.S. homes. Lehre was recently offered a development deal by MTVU, which is MTV's on-air, online and on-campus network.


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