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Jon Stewart Butts Heads with Former Bush Speechwriter

Matt Cherette · 03/10/10 01:16AM

Tonight, Jon Stewart had Mark Thiessen on The Daily Show to discuss his new book, Courting Disaster, which alleges that the CIA kept the country safe and that President Obama is "inviting" a new attack. Things got heated. Video inside.

Jon Stewart and Friends Use Chatroulette on The Daily Show

Matt Cherette · 03/04/10 11:44PM

Tonight, Jon Stewart finally—and brilliantly—jumped on the Chatroulette bandwagon. Stewart mocked the media's obsession with the Internet's newest fad, before trying it out himself—and running into Diane Sawyer, Keith Olbermann, Katie Couric, Brian Williams and others. Video inside.

Did The Daily Show Steal a Joke From Another Comedian?

Mike Byhoff · 02/09/10 10:30AM

On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart lampooned the weekend's Tea Party Convention and Sarah Palin's handwritten note. One of his jokes concerned Palin's use of the "High-School-Chem-Test" method of reminders. It was a great joke, but was it original?

cityfile · 02/05/10 04:30PM

• Condé Nast Publications exists no more. The company will now be known simply as "Condé Nast," since the powers that be there have finally realized that people like to read stuff on the Internet every once in a while. [NYP]
Bill O'Reilly invited Jon Stewart on his show this week. (Bold!) Unfortunately, all of Stewart's good jabs were edited out. (Not surprising!) [Gawker, NYT]
Keith Olbermann is feuding with journalists and bloggers. Once again. [HP]
• Fashion mags struggled during the second half of '09: Sales of Vogue and Marie Claire fell by 15%, while Elle and Harper's Bazaar were flat. [NYM]
• Exits: Lifetime CEO Andrea Wong has been ousted from the network amid lackluster ratings. And the president of TV Guide Network is stepping down.
• Rumor has it Howard Stern may replace Simon Cowell on Idol. [P6, LAT]
• The cover of the new issue of SI has some people hot and bothered. [LAT]
• Magazines that tried cutting prices to boost sales? It didn't work. [AdAge]
• A rundown of the ads you can expect to see on Super Bowl Sunday. [ABC]
• Last Sunday's Grammy Awards boosted music sales this past week. [LAT]
• The Oscars are officially a month away. Mark your calendar. [The Wrap]

The Daily Show Picks on Blogs, Too

Adrian Chen · 02/04/10 11:42PM

We are surprised this didn't happen sooner. Jon Stewart and The Daily Show spoofed political blogs and their love of pageview-generating hyperbole. They made fun of the Huffington Post and Mediaite and the Daily Kos. But not us. (Wah.)