7 posts and columns on Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert is Bored With the iPad 2

in Media on April 5, 2011 at 5:40 am PT

Stephen Colbert was totally psyched to get the new, thinner iPad 2. But that was a couple minutes ago.

Stephen Colbert Rips Rupert Murdoch, Rips Off Arianna Huffington

in Media on February 17, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

The News Corp. CEO has “the upper body strength of a cricket” and a tablet newspaper overly obsessed with very old dogs, he said. Plus! Meet the “Colbuffington Re-Post”.

Hulu Loses Its Moment of Zen: What Will It Do Without Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert?

in Media on March 2, 2010 at 6:04 pm PT

Two of Hulu’s biggest draws are leaving the Web site and retreating back to Viacom’s Comedy Central. That won’t have much practical effect in the near term. But it underscores Hulu’s long-term challenges.

Twitter Didn’t Kill Gordon Lightfoot. Big Media Did.

in Media on February 19, 2010 at 3:00 am PT

It’s easy to blame Twitter for falsely reporting that the guy who sings “Sundown” is dead. But you can’t pin this one on the messaging service or its users, who were merely repeating what a big Canadian news service had told them.

Jeff Goldblum Defies the Web, Denies His Death on “Colbert Report”

in Media on June 30, 2009 at 4:33 am PT

Jeff Goldblum has been making a string of appearances on “The Colbert Report” over the past few weeks, but last night was by far his best work. For starters, the Internet and Twitter declared him dead last Thursday.
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Weekend Update, 4.04.09

in News on April 4, 2009 at 12:36 pm PT

Welcome once more to Weekend Update! I’ll be filling in today for your regular host Beth Callaghan, who’s on vacation. And what sane person wouldn’t be, after the slew of Silicon Valley silliness inspired by April Fools Day this past week? Digital pranks were the name of the game, and Google and others heaped so many tepid hoaxes upon us that we wanted to call April Fold so as to quickly end this round of gags.

Hulu, Now With More Truthiness

in News on June 10, 2008 at 5:03 am PT

Hulu claims its mission is “to help you find and enjoy the world’s premier content when, where and how you want it.” And now, three months after it first launched, it’s finally getting around to delivering on that promise. This morning the video site, which is jointly owned by NBC Universal and News Corp., said it will offer full episodes of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and the “Colbert Report” beginning today.
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