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MySpace Comedy officially launched

Non-news to us. According to Reuters, Yahoo! and a host of other sources, “MySpace on Tuesday officially launched a new online community designed for comedians to reach fans.” We suppose the crucial word is official.

MySpace said more than 7,500 comedians currently use its new community to post tour dates, share audio/video clips and interact with fans.

Including us.

For branding, Tom and Rupert quite logically chose the Improv chain. Now they’ll all set out to make MySpace Comedy appear sanctioned, certified, hip, authoritative and the place to be for comics and comedy fans. They gotta watch the language, though:

The new site also will be used to promote events, aggregate funny viral videos from throughout the site and offer comedy specific forums where members can trade jokes and talk about artists.

Emphasis ours. Trade jokes? We don’t think so. Perhaps they mean the fans can trade jokes. We hope so.