Spout Partners With MySpace to Deliver Exclusive Video Coverage From Sundance 2008

Spout Partners With MySpace to Deliver Exclusive Video Coverage From Sundance 2008

Spout.com Continues Commitment to Independent Film Community By Bringing Indies Buzz to Leading Social Network

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Spout.com today announced an exclusive partnership with MySpace, the world's most popular social network, to bring the frenzy and films of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to the MySpace Film community. Spout's insight on the festival will come direct from "Butterknife" filmmakers Joe Swanberg and Ronald Bronstein, as well as industry veteran blogger Karina Longworth who will be creating exclusive broadcast coverage direct from the festival. By providing content from cutting edge filmmakers, Spout will not only present the MySpace community with a fresh perspective on filmmaking, but will also allow independent filmmakers to have a voice outside of more traditional channels.

"Giving filmmakers a voice in the cluttered film festival and Hollywood communities is essential for furthering the cause for independent film. Joe's creative webseries is the perfect vehicle to bring to the supportive MySpace community," says Rick DeVos, CEO of Spout. "Building a community for film fans has remained our number one commitment since we began, and this partnership helps us raise that bar once again."

The Spout coverage of the Sundance Film Festival will run on MySpace from January 17-24, 2008 and can be found online at Spout's official MySpace profile http://myspace.com/welovefilm.

Spout and MySpace will showcase exclusive videos from the star-studded film festival.

In addition to the MySpace partnership, Spout will premiere Joe Swanberg's new webseries, Butterknife, exclusively at www.spout.com/butterknife on January 28, 2008. Spout is promoting the launch through financial and promotional support. This partnership follows Spout's 2007 support of the YouTube launch of Four Eyed Monsters.

For more details about the Spout and MySpace partnership go to http://myspace.com/welovefilm.

About Spout

Spout (http://www.spout.com/), which was founded in 2005 by four filmmakers and film fans in Grand Rapids, MI, is an online community where users can find films, meet people and have a much richer Internet community experience. A blend of technology, personalization and passion ignites and differentiates the spout.com community and gives consumers a unique place to buy, discuss and organize their favorite films. Spout's mission is to close the large time and marketing gaps that exist between film festivals, multiplexes and living rooms. In addition, Spout draws people from throughout the film value chain to build a robust online community, with the goal of building an alternative, grassroots promotion and distribution channel for filmmakers.

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CONTACT: Janice Gatti, +1-212-931-6143, jgatti@peppercom.com

Web site: http://www.spout.com/butterknife
http://myspace.com/welovefilm
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