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Peter Gabriel Backs The Filter, a New Media Recommendation Site

by Terrence O'Brien on April 15, 2008 at 05:53 PM

Peter Gabriel Backing Media Recommendation Site The Filter

Genesis founder and all around pop-music genius, Peter Gabriel, is staking some of his fortune to a recommendation and search engine called The Filter. Until fairly recently, the Filter has operated primarily as a music discovery service, but it is now getting ready to re-launch as a one stop shop for suggested Internet viewing.

The Tom Waits referencing homepage for the Filter is sparse on details, but the screen shots suggest an iGoogle- or Netvibes-like interface featuring customizable lists of suggested content including Web sites, YouTube videos, movies, and music based upon your stated tastes, previous searches, and existing music collection.

Gabriel believes the using personal taste as a navigation tool is what is going to give The Filter a leg up on traditional search engines like Google.

From News.com

Tags: media, music, peter gabriel, PeterGabriel

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