That’s what happens when you allow a handful of people to own all the media outlets.
This is Extremely Dangerous to our Democracy.
For anyone who doesn’t get the reference:
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Crazy how accurate projection always is with the right.
they really, really want that skydance deal approved. it’s gonna come out that booting colbert was absolutely demanded by donvict to get it done.
Yeah the 16 million they paid was just the lube
https://deadline.com/2025/07/trump-paramount-skydance-merger-whats-next-1236448358/
Honestly kind of a genius move to sue the company before you help them. Excellent way to launder bribery money.
On the one hand, I hate CBS being this chicken shit about the administration (and over what, a merger that probably isn’t even that great for them). On the other hand, it reminds me of NBC’s handing of Conan, which ultimately was better for Conan. If Daily Show goes too, I can’t imagine they won’t both team up on a new platform somewhere in sort of a golden era moment.
My generation is used to things coming and going, anyway. Nothing is sacred.
Depending on his contract’s cancellation clause, he might with his own pocket change just resume his show on his own streaming service (or pornhub if he wants to mock CBS)
I’d also like to think that a lot of the late night guys - Colbert, Stewart, Kimmel, etc - could do just as well on…their own web site, some streaming service, whatever. Colbert’s announcement said the Late Show is 200 people. Writers, researchers, graphics, all the mechanics of just shooting and editing the show. 200 people is at least $10M/year (without Colbert’s own salary). The hosts themselves are (obviously) funny people, but they’ve all got a dozen or a score of really good writers backing them up. Researchers to find the funny clips or kick in topics. Their content will suffer without that machine.
Maybe one or two of these big names could recruit a paying audience big enough to manage that, but they’re not going to pay it out of their own pocket for long. They’re decamillionaires, not billionaires.
payroll for off-screen employees and contracted workers is probably at least 3x that much when you include benefits costs, taxes, and other related expenses.
His contract wasn’t breached, they decided they wouldn’t renew, hence why he’s working still for the next ten months. It’s still a cancellation, it just isn’t the immediate one some people think it is.
Honestly seems stupid of them to announce it literally three days after Colbert called them out for bribing Trump.
It’s exactly what needs to happen. Billionaires are continuing to push viewers off of corporate platforms, under the mistaken impression that they control what we consume. Every day they forgo more control over the masses.
I predict people will just get used to it like in China and Russia. While you’re right that the billionaires take more and more control over the media and the masses, I don’t think that the masses are willing to do anything about it.
Aaron Parnas and Meidas Touch Network now have more monthly active viewers than many legacy media outlets.
Millennials and Gen Z make up the majority of content creator viewership. Legacy media is losing its grip fast.
Interesting take!
It’s more like viewers refuse to try independence media and stay comfortable with what they are familiar with.
Example: Reddit and Twitter.
Good. Controversial take, but his show sucked. You could tell CBS was really censoring him from the moment he jumped from Comedy Central to late night. Maybe he’ll start up some new projects and we’ll get to see that old Colbert biting satire again.
Maybe he will go back to Comedy Central and start the Colbert Report back up?
Probably not. Owned by the same company.
I think that’s owned by Paramount now, and I’d bet the daily show doesn’t have much longer to go either.
Colbert for President!
Just read a fine blog post by John Gruber on the matter: Curse Not the King
