The Colbert Report

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Say Goodbye to Steve Jobs

Peter Kafka in Media on October 7, 2011 at 4:26 am PT

Two cool tributes: Some subdued words from Stewart and a very funny montage from Colbert.

Viral Video: Gimme That Old-Timey Journalism

Kara Swisher in Media on September 15, 2011 at 12:19 am PT

The story: “Man Says It’s Too Hot to Fish.” And it is! Score one for mainstream media.

Jon Stewart on Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng, and The Pie. And, of Course, Fox News (Video).

Peter Kafka in Media on July 20, 2011 at 5:32 am PT

Plus a bonus PhoneGate clip: Stephen Colbert hands over his stage to the New York Times’ David Carr.

Stephen Colbert Rips Rupert Murdoch, Rips Off Arianna Huffington

Peter Kafka 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”.

Viral Video: Bing Gets Hiybbprqag-ed

Kara Swisher in News on February 3, 2011 at 1:47 am PT

Here is a hysterical video from “The Colbert Report” about the ongoing geek-off between Microsoft and Google over search results thievery. Thankfully, someone gets that the whole situation is ripe for mockery.

Stephen Colbert Wins Twitter!

Peter Kafka in Media on December 15, 2010 at 4:20 am PT

Not sure what that means, but that is a cool-looking trophy. Click through for video in which Colbert addresses the elephant in the room.

Stephen Colbert on the New York Times, the Twitter Ban and the Fail Whales

Peter Kafka in Media on June 17, 2010 at 6:44 am PT

I’ll be upfront here: This is good, but it isn’t the best work from “The Colbert Report.” Still, it is about Twitter, so some of you will want to see it.

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

Peter Kafka 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.

Ignore the Twitter Buyout Rumors: Here Are the Facts in Five Beyoncé-Madonna-Approved Steps

Kara Swisher in News on May 5, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

Was it more than a month ago that the Google was rumored to be in “late-stage negotiations to acquire Twitter”? Not so much late-stage, I guess. So, I guess it should come as no surprise that it was time to fob yet another rumor that yet another moneybags of a company–this time, Apple–is in “late-stage negotiations to buy Twitter.” But despite very serious interest in the hot microblogging service by every company that can afford considering such a thing, including Apple, getting across that late-stage line would require major investors in the hot start-up to be very involved, and they are not as yet. So, rather than be on the edge of your seat about all these endless, alleged late-stage high jinks, here is a five-step list to cut out and keep when the questionable rumors of “late-stage negotiations” with Microsoft, News Corp., Verizon, Cisco and more inevitably show up.

Twitter's No-Biz-Model Stone on "The Colbert Report"

Kara Swisher in News on April 3, 2009 at 9:12 am PT

Here’s the video of Twitter co-founder Biz Stone with Stephen Colbert last night on the Comedy Central cable television show. Stone–the spokesmodel for the hot microblogging service–does very well and is even charming, even though Colbert nails the problems of the San Francisco-based Twitter cold in the lively interview. “How would you make money?” asked Colbert, who also noted that Stone’s unusual name sounded like a Flintstones character. No surprise–that question put Stone between a rock and a hard place.