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| 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.
| 3:55PM 9/21/2010
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.
| 9:05PM 7/07/2010
The women's blog Jezebel says The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is a bad workplace for women. In fact, by the admittedly low standards of late-night TV comedy, it may be one of the more female-friendly employers.
| 3:09PM 2/11/2010
Viacom demonstrated the power of cost-cutting Thursday when it reported fourth-quarter and year-end earnings. Despite a continuing swoon in ad revenues and disappointing video game sales, it posted a fourth-quarter profit of $694 million, more than quadruple what it earned the year before.
| 6:00PM 6/15/2009
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are Comedy Central's answer to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. But the fact that many of their fans know the classic 1969 Paul Newman-Robert Redford film may worry officials at the channel's corporate parent, Viacom Inc. (VIA).
According to Forbes.com, the...
| 1:15PM 3/05/2009
CNBC reporter Rick Santelli may have been brave enough to talk about a revolt against the Obama administration's proposal to help homeowners, but apparently he's afraid to face Jon Stewart.
Santelli, whose reports from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are as close to street theater as the General...