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Finalists Announced for Meet World Global Comedy Contest

America Meet World announces 15 Finalist videos out of 138 entries from 21 countries Voting opens to determine contest Winner

New York, NY (December 20, 2013) –

America Meet World, the global comedy video contest, announces the following Finalist videos : · Christopher Steenkamp (South Africa), Insights from a Cubicle · Daliso Chaponda (Malawi), Ambition and Nagging · Himanshu Bhutani (Canada/India), Oxymoron, Once Upon a Story · Hossan Leong (Singapore), Hossan Leong · Jinx Yeo (Singapore), Googling Babies and Karate Kids · Joseph Opio (Uganda), 2012 Presidential Elections II · Mansour Albadran (Saudi Arabia), Scholar-Audis · Michael Bardsley (South Africa), Moonbeam and the Cacti · Monwabisi Nkese (South Africa, Johnny’s Movie Reviews, Speed-Up Funeral Plan · Nathaniel Cruz (Philippines), JunJun: The Social Network Savvy Beggar. Episode 1 “Hunger” · Nik Rabinowitz (South Africa), America Meet Nik, Hot for Sossy · Paul Freathy (South Africa), Malume No Mshana

Finalists were determined by a panel of expert judges including: · Rebecca Paoletti, former Head of Video at Yahoo! North America and CEO of Cake-Works · Tim Rosta, Senior Vice President, E! Entertainment Network · Baratunde Thurston, CEO & Co-Founder of Cultivated Wit, former Digital Director of The Onion; and · John Vorhaus, best-selling author of The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You’re Not.

The contest received 138 video submissions from 21 different countries. From December 20, 2013 to February 28, 2014, the public will be able to vote for their favorite videos at www.AmericaMeetWorld.com, helping determine the contest’s Winner.

The Grand Prize for America Meet World is a trip to New York City for a meeting with these award-winning executives of with : · , Executive Producer and Former Head Writer · Adam Lowitt, Executive Producer · Ramin Heyadati, Senior Segment Producer

About Single Palm Tree Productions America Meet World is a project of Single Palm Tree Productions (SPT), a New York-based media company and production house dedicated to taking Americans around the world through laughter and entertainment.

SPT produces and curates comedic, short-form, digital video content from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East designed to both entertain and introduce Americans to new voices from these regions. The short videos are distributed across digital channels, such as YouTube. SPT’s core belief is that comedy is an excellent Trojan Horse strategy to help build global understanding.

For more information, please visit singlepalmtree.com.

CONTACT: Megan Mulholland, Single Palm Tree Productions +1.917.825.6342, [email protected]