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Patrick T. Davis   
Thursday, 20 September 2007

 

It looks like a fun game -- and a really interesting way for BRAVO to gain consumer-viewer data and low-cost programming advice. We say, "let's play."

 

But, there's one nagging question: should the game be focused on TV, or on all media? Seems the landscape has changed so much that being a media mogul, even in fantasyland, shouldn't be limited to one area.

 

Then again, those who are "big shots" in the Internet don't play games like this. They start companies, and sell out to folks like BRAVO's parent Viacom. How about playing a real game -- the entrepreneurial one?

 

Enjoy, all you potential big shots.

 

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been there, played that
written by Stephanie Spielberg, September 20, 2007 10:33 AM
Sounds a lot like the "Studio Boss" game that E!online used to run about 7 or 8 years ago in the summer. Players would be put into "leagues" of 10 and then buy/sell/trade actors, directors and writers associated with summer movies. The goal was to "own" the people at the peak of box office business, and then dump them and acquire others whose movies were poised to be more successful. Points were all based on box office rankings. It was pretty fun. I only won a coffee cup for that, so the $100,000 here sounds pretty damn good. Still, this isn't anything new.
eternity
written by Ross, September 20, 2007 11:18 AM
This contest starts now and runs through June of 2008? That's quite a commitment. I'll pass.
sumner!
written by jerry, September 20, 2007 01:11 PM
So, to win in a Viacom sponsored contest, do I have to become an angry, family-suing, sqawking, celeb-firing, embalmed nudist like Mr. Sumner Redstone? I need way more than 100k to pull that off.

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