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"The Missing Link Moment": Web Comedy in New Media Industries.

An essay is presented in which the author examines the role played by Web comedies, both Internet videos and Internet television programs, in contemporary media practices, focusing on the use of Web comedies by television corporations to supplement traditional programming. Particular attention is pa...

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Published in:Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television no. 68; pp. 14 - 24
Main Author: MARX, NICK
Format: Essay
Published: University of Texas Press Fall2011
Subjects:
Television comedies
Streaming video & television
Television broadcasting
Television programmers & programming
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:An essay is presented in which the author examines the role played by Web comedies, both Internet videos and Internet television programs, in contemporary media practices, focusing on the use of Web comedies by television corporations to supplement traditional programming. Particular attention is paid to the transition of the content of the comedy web site FunnyorDie.com to the television program "Funny or Die Presents" for the television station HBO.