Corante

Quote
"I can’t think of anything that demonstrates the sovereign nature of the self better than a blog.” - Doc Searls
About the Author
stowegold150x150.jpg
Stowe Boyd is a well-known media subversive, and an internationally recognized authority on real-time, collaborative and social technologies. His new blog is Message.

Get Real

« Skype + Kazaa = Government Regulation of VoIP? | Main | Another Go With Gush »

April 23, 2004

MySpace: The Show

Email This Entry

Posted by Stowe Boyd

Social networking is definitely going mainstream. I see in Variety that a reality show is being developed based on people meeting through social networking service MySpace. [Note: the article led me to sign up for MySpace, and I will review it soon. At first glance, very impressive.]

Ben Fritz
[from Variety.com - Reality dating skein in dot-com Pipeline]

Reality producer Pipeline Entertainment is working with social networking Web site MySpace to develop its second reality series based on a successful dot-com.
Pipeline already produces syndie strip "Classmates," distributed by Twentieth Television and based on the Web site Classmates.com. Prexy Matthew Papish is co-creator of the syndie reality show "Blind Date."

New skein, which is being shopped to distributors and networks, will feature real-life meetings of participants on MySpace, which like the better-known Friendster connects people through common acquaintances and common interests. Depending on studio needs, show may feature more lighthearted fare for daytime or sexier content for latenight and could run daily or weekly.

In the increasingly chilly environment for sexy material in entertainment, don't be surprised if the reality of SNA-channeled dating is watered down, or at least pixelated.

Comments (2) + TrackBacks (0) | Category:


COMMENTS

1. Stowe on April 26, 2004 10:50 AM writes...

Where are the trackbacks?

Permalink to Comment

2. john brummitt on August 11, 2004 05:15 PM writes...

i think that would be fun ...but hard to pull off...as long as its not on some lame channel....people will watch..sell it to mtv.

Permalink to Comment


EMAIL THIS ENTRY TO A FRIEND

Email this entry to:

Your email address:

Message (optional):




RELATED ENTRIES
Reminder -- /Message
/Message - A New Blog
The Individual Is The New Group -- Part 1
1000 Tags: Tag Advertising
Social Ethics And Technology Design
Nancy Hass on In Your Facebook.com
Black and White and Dead All Over: Is Newsprint Dead?
Anonymous Trolls, Beware: You Are Breaking Federal Laws