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Colbert's Super PAC Has Raised Over $1 Million
12:30PM 1/31/2012
Stephen Colbert's "super" PAC has raised a staggering $1 million. Political action committees were required to submit their financial reports to the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday. Colbert disclosed that as of Monday, his Americans for a Better Tomorrow PAC has raised more than $1.02 million.
The Real Winner From Jon Stewart's Rally in Washington, D.C.
6:20PM 11/03/2010
Comedy Central and Jon Stewart paid the tab to host the Rally to Restore Sanity, but they'll be measuring their gains in terms of influence, not cash. There were profits to be made from the event, though, and one of its biggest beneficiaries is one all Americans can support: The National Mall itself.
Why Jon Stewart Matters More Than Keith Olbermann
3:00PM 11/02/2010
At least in part due to comments made by Jon Stewart at this weekend's Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann announced he was suspending his show's well-known "Worst Person in the World" segment indefinitely.
'Civility Is Cool' at the Stewart-Colbert 'Rally to Restore Sanity'
9:42AM 10/31/2010
Search slogans perfectly captured the mood of the day at the Comedy Central hosts' Washington rally. The audience echoed the call for moderation, carrying signs that declared the need for more courtesy in the national debate.
Fighting the claim that illegal immigrants are taking jobs from Americans, the United Farm Workers Union of America offered its 1.8 million jobs back to American citizens. Only seven Americans took the union up on its proposal (that number doesn't include Stephen Colbert who spent a day picking...
The National Park Service has not yet issued a permit for the Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity" and cannot guarantee the rally will be approved, NPS spokesman Bill Line told DailyFinance Tuesday.
Comics Stewart and Colbert Take On the Tea Party
1:34PM 9/19/2010
Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have announced they will go to Washington, D.C., to combat "extremism" on Oct. 30 at the National Mall. But will they put on a comedy show or a political rally?
Leno's Ratings Bump Isn't All Good News for NBC
4:45PM 4/13/2010
Now that Jay Leno has returned to host NBC's Tonight Show, the show is climbing back to the top of late-night ratings. Problem is -- and not just for Leno, but for Letterman and others -- post-prime-time audiences are getting sparser and older.
Download all you can from Hulu, Viacom's pulling the plug
2:45PM 3/04/2010
Daily Show and Colbert Report viewers, take note: Next week, company Viacom will be taking off Comedy Central free programming like "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" from video site Hulu.com.
Viacom said it wasn't happy with the revenue stream on the popular site that captures about 44...
Kwedit gives kids credit, but should it?
1:30PM 3/03/2010
In an increasingly digital world filled with virtual goods and online services, the teens of today aren't just being marketed to every time they sign into Facebook to play a virtual game; they need to buy stuff for their avatars or purchase digital goods.
But children they can't slide their...
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