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Big Bird, Bill Simmons, Jon Stewart: HBO Keeps Stockpiling Talent
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 8:07am | 601HBO has signed comedian Jon Stewart to a four-year digital content deal. Stewart is just the latest in a list of big-name additions by the network. HBO is fighting with a batch of new competitors in the exploding business of digital and mobile video. HBO announced this week that the...
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Jon Stewart Appears On WWE's 'Monday Night Raw,' Lays Some Smackdown
Monday, March 2, 2015 - 11:19pm | 299In a bit of cross-branding, Jon Stewart just stopped by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.'s (NYSE: WWE) flagship show, "Monday Night Raw." "The Daily Show" host and WWE superstar Seth Rollins have been in somewhat of a verbal sparring match in recent weeks, with Rollins actually stopping by the...
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Jon Stewart Will Retire With An $80 Million Net Worth
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 - 1:10am | 680Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," announced last week that he would be leaving the program this year. "In my heart I know it's time for someone else to have that opportunity," Stewart said in his announcement. "I'm not going...
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10 Things Jon Stewart Thinks About Media, Politics And Change
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 12:52pm | 1202New York Magazine writer Chris Smith recently chatted with Jon Stewart about media, politics and change. Stewart had quite a bit to say. On Satire's Relationship With Journalism: “I think we use it to the best of its ability but recognizing its limitations. You know, satire isn...
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Two NYSE Executives to Leave at the End of 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 3:57pm | 276The New York Stock Exchange and Larry Leibowitz are set to part ways, according to The New York Post. Chief operating officer Larry Leibowitz, brother of Daily Show host Jon Stewart, will be leaving the exchange at the end of 2013. The New York Stock Exchange is owned by its parent company, NYSE...
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Jon Stewart On The Media's Version Of Ron Paul; Invisible Man
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 5:53pm | 70You know the media bias against the true tea party constitutional candidate (Ron Paul) is beyond the pale when Jon Stewart is calling them out for ‘ignoring' the godfather of the tea party movement and wondering ‘how did libertarian Ron Paul become ‘the 13th floor in a hotel?' Love Ron Paul or...
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Lack of Love for Ron Paul
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 1:39pm | 343Pretty hilarious Jon Stewart piece on how Ron Paul has been shuffled out by the media even though he has garnered significant traction from voters: The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Related posts:...
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Jon Stewart Wants To Know Why Media Is Ignoring Ron Paul
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 1:26pm | 189This weekend at the Ames Straw Poll, Michele Bachmann beat out Ron Paul by a mere 152 votes. This "accomplishment" has appeared to push Bachmann into "top tier" status according to media pundits, but objectively speaking, it was hardly impressive. Consider that the poll was held in Bachmann's...
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Jon Stewart Thrilled By iPhone Verizon Announcement, Pokes Fun At AT&T
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 12:56pm | 297“Folks, you may have noticed a certain something about me tonight,” The Daily Show host Jon Stewart said Tuesday night. “A spring in my step, a certain twinkle in…let's go with my pants. “Here's why: for the last three or four years, those of us in the iPhone community have sacrificed one thing for...
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Jon Stewart: Sad And Frustrated By Obama
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 9:46am | 212Jon Stewart is among the league of frustrated supporters of President Obama, according to CNN. Jon Stewart appeared on Fox News' The Bill O'Reilly show Wednesday and said he thought Obama would do a better job when he voted for him in the 2008 presidential election. "I think people feel a...
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Why Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Make Viacom So Interesting (VIA)
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 12:07pm | 423Comedy Central, owned by MTV Networks, has applied for a permit to hold a rally led by hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert at the Washington Monument, the National Park Service confirmed. On September 16, Stewart announced "The Rally To Restore Sanity" on "The Daily Show," while Colbert announced...