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Jon Stewart Confirms Apple Canceled Show: 'They Didn't Want Me to Say Things That Might Get Me in Trouble'
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Didn't want him to say things that would get him in trouble?
I think they meant....get Apple in trouble with their main manufacturing country
I think they meant....get Apple in trouble with their main manufacturing country
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Jon Stewart:
I want to speak truth to power.
Tim Cook (with a picture of MLK Jr on his desk and the MLK quote framed "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about thing that matter.":
We don't do that here.
I want to speak truth to power.
Tim Cook (with a picture of MLK Jr on his desk and the MLK quote framed "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about thing that matter.":
We don't do that here.
If ATV+ is so small, what would it matter what Stewart said?
In fact, maybe the problem is that nobody actually cares what he says anymore, and his minuscule audience size was a reflection of that. It's not like he's Howard Stern, Joe Rogan, or Mr. Beast.
In fact, maybe the problem is that nobody actually cares what he says anymore, and his minuscule audience size was a reflection of that. It's not like he's Howard Stern, Joe Rogan, or Mr. Beast.
It wasn’t supposed to be funny. Not most of the time. Audience expectations were an issue here.
That narrative was destroyed by the first episode of See, starring Jason Samoa. Very violent and featured a scene depicting cunnilingus performed on the villainess. But I can see that no large company wants to get into politics openly. Look what happened to Bud Light. That’s why we have the Daily Show and HBO’s Bill Maher.
They thought it would boost subscriptions. but it didn't, despite the spin from Stewart.
Well, that (and greed) would explain why Apple keeps putting 8GB of memory in their base Macs while telling people that that 8GB of memory is analogous to 16GB and people will believe Apple. 🤣
The persons point about why hire him is .... "Apple should have known what Stewarts whole thing is"
Well-known talk show host Jon Stewart today confirmed that Apple canceled his Apple TV+ series "The Problem with Jon Stewart" over content concerns. In a discussion with CBS Mornings (via Variety), Stewart said that Apple did not want him to "say things" that might get him into trouble.
Stewart's television show was canceled last October ahead of the launch of the third season, and rumors at the time suggested that he had run into "creative differences" with Apple executives. A report from The New York Times claimed that the disagreements were over some planned guests, show topics related to China, and topics related to artificial intelligence.
Stewart did not provide details on the specific things that he and Apple clashed over, but he has now validated the rumors over the reason why his Apple TV+ series was canceled. Such a high profile cancelation could impact Apple's ability to get similar hosts for future projects, as there could be worries over Apple's level of control. Stewart's show explored current affairs "problems" and episodes featured everything from news in the national conversation to issues that were part of Stewart's advocacy work.
Apple canceled "The Problem with Jon Stewart" ahead of the 2024 election year. Stewart has decided to make a return to "The Daily Show," where he will appear every Monday night through the election cycle. His first return show airs tonight.
Stewart was the host of "The Daily Show" for more than 15 years, and he stepped down eight years ago to hand the reins over to Trevor Noah. Noah retired last year, and so the series has been looking for a new host.
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I think he was trying to word it nicely. It's probably more precise to say that Apple didn't want him to say things that would get THEM (Apple) into trouble.
It's unlikely that Stewart would say things more controversial than what he had said in all the previous years. He was just fine weathering the controversies.
But then why let him have a show in the first place? Surely Apple knew who he was before this.
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No worries Jon, we will follow you wherever you go.
He's very much a corporation guy otherwise he'd start a Youtube channel like everybody else.
So he says. Like he said when it first happened. OF COURSE he gives a story that makes him look good, the brave hero journalist standing up for truth...
I'd be more interested in what Apple said. Supposedly on Nov 15 2023 they asked Apple to explain this by Dec 15. We have heard nothing since then. Which suggests there was nothing in Apple's response (just some graphs showing Stewart's declining numbers on Apple TV)... If there were anything even slightly problematic in the response you just know Congress would have leaked it.
I'd be more interested in what Apple said. Supposedly on Nov 15 2023 they asked Apple to explain this by Dec 15. We have heard nothing since then. Which suggests there was nothing in Apple's response (just some graphs showing Stewart's declining numbers on Apple TV)... If there were anything even slightly problematic in the response you just know Congress would have leaked it.
If Jon Stewart was really going to take Apple to task about China, why would he work for the company doing the thing he is presumably against?
Also rightly so for Apple to not want someone on their dime calling out their foibles, what business would? From what I have read the show was doing terrible in terms of how many people actually watched it, and I am assuming he was paid handsomely for his show. So shovelling millions into a show that no one is watching, seems like a no brainer to cancel it.
Also rightly so for Apple to not want someone on their dime calling out their foibles, what business would? From what I have read the show was doing terrible in terms of how many people actually watched it, and I am assuming he was paid handsomely for his show. So shovelling millions into a show that no one is watching, seems like a no brainer to cancel it.
It must have been like... ****, we have Jon Stewart and oh ****, we have Jon Stewart.
Jon is in no way an incoherent babble... He is actually a very coherent speaker.
