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Tue, April 5, 2011 IC Places Enters Into On-Line Syndication Agreement With "The Weakly News" Starring Iliza Shlesinger -- Winner of NBC's Last Co
WINTER PARK, FL--(Marketwire - April 5, 2011) - IC Places, Inc. (
The Weakly News is "Hard hitting facts that hold you after" -- an irreverent and hilarious look at the week's news delivered by comic genius and winner of Season 6 of NBC's Last Comic Standing Iliza Shlesinger. The show is balanced by co-host Alexis Archer and Internet Entrepreneur and Producer Brian Gramo.
"Our show has developed such an amazing grassroots following over the last few years. We're all so excited to share what we've been working on with more people. We can't wait to 'work the middle' on a larger scale with IC Places," said Iliza Shlesinger.
The show has built a strong following with its live version each week at [ www.theStream.tv ]. The show will air every Thursday on demand over the IC Places Network in its 350 City Websites [ www.icplaces.com ]. Previous episodes will also be available on demand.
"I discovered the show at theStream.tv and once I started watching it I was hooked," said Steven Samblis, President of IC Places, Inc. "Everything from the way it's shot to the way the hosts interact, to Iliza's unique perspective on the world mashed into a potato chip of a show... you know, one bite and you need more. I reached out to the producer and from there it all clicked. We agreed we had to work together to deliver the show to our audience."
"I was literally forced into this syndication deal by gun point. It wasn't even that big of a gun, which makes me mad. If I owned a firearm, I would have bought something like a .44 Magnum... or maybe a Smith & Wesson Model 29," said Brian Gramo, president of Zylogic Media.
Monitization
IC Places and TheStream.tv will share in advertising revenues from the show's views at [ www.icplaces.com ] as well as in-show product placement and advertising brought in by IC Places.
About Iliza Shlesinger
Iliza currently lives in Los Angeles and is the most recent winner of NBC's Last Comic Standing Season 6. She is the first female and youngest comedian to hold the title of Last Comic Standing. Her television credits include having her own half hour special on Comedy Central Presents, Comedy Central's Live At Gotham, Showtime's Pauly Shore & Friends and Bridging The Gap Comedy Special, E! Network's Chelsea Lately, E!'s The Soup and NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly.
Iliza and currently hosts her own hit web series The Weakly News with Iliza on thestream.tv. Her stand-up comedy resume includes performing at the coveted Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and for our troops in various countries. She can currently be seen headlining at variety of colleges and clubs across the US.
About Brian Gramo
Brian Gramo has been an avid gamer since the age of four, built his first computer at 13, and was the system administrator of a global, publicly traded sensor company before NJ bars could (legally) serve him.
After graduating from college, Brian left his corporate job to pursue his passion for technology and production, forming Semper Mental Productions. Managing an improv comedy show every Saturday night, he combined long form improvisation acts with live music selling out for over a year. Brian developed a dynamic, content management based website for the troupe, complete with message forums, remotely submitted articles, and streaming video as early as 2001 -- well before the word "blog" hit the main stream vernacular.
When time allows, Brian still accepts interesting outside projects for clients like FedEx, The Washington Post, Slate Magazine, and various independent features. Mr. Gramo continues to play video games, collect computer parts, and develop TV shows.
About IC Places:
([ http://www.icplaces.com ])
IC Places owns and operates 350 city news and entertainment websites. Each IC Places city website offers a virtual keyhole view of life in each community. Every unique aspect of a city's social, business, and cultural life is available right at each city's IC Places homepage. IC Places provides the entire community a place to talk, do business and get connected. Businesses are given amazing tools to tell their stories in the best way possible and visitors get unfettered access to businesses, events and people in each city. To see one of the IC Places city sites in action, please visit [ http://www.icplaces.com/orlando ].
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