I think it’s plausible but I would like to hear it from Jon or another named source. When AppleTV+ was launching an anonymous source spread the rumor that Apple was dictating that all programming had to be G rated, which turned out not to be true.
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These are just rumors for now from people who heard that was the reason but no one is on the record. It's also worth noting his show had terrible ratings: It's worth noting the show had completely shit ratings: https://www.thewrap.com/the-problem-with-jon-stewart-ratings-apple-plus/
Of course it was and politicians completely understand why. In business, like in politics, you "dance with the one who brung ya."
Who do politicians support special interest? It's because special interest dumps money into their campaigns and expects something in return, otherwise they back your opponent.
China is essential to Apple's supply chain and is worth billions to the company. Jon's show is a loss leader for Apple TV+ or whatever it's called. If Jon wants to criticize China, it makes complete business sense for Apple to tell him to do it elsewhere.
Can somebody please tell Comedy Central to just pay this man to come back and get rid of the boring ass drones that replaced him?
Drones? There were multiple?
Meh, I liked Trevor
Viewers did not. Viewership dropped 70% when Jon left.
I would say “inb4 I actually liked Trevor Noah” but there are already a few of those. The Daily Show’s impact and wit died when Jon left.
This is why I canceled my Apple TV +
I definitely want my representatives looking into this. The homeless, inflation and cost of living can wait.
As everyone knows, they only have time to look into 1 issue per term.
I haven't watched it. Was this just Stewart going against genocidal China, or something deeper?
This is good, apple a US company shouldn't be working to silence for the CCP.
On that note we need to also look into Tencnet and all the media/ gaming companies its currently influencing.
Pretending like you’re the victim again. Nobody even knew that Jon Stewart had a new show. Heck i watched him for a long time when he was on Comedy Central. Does everything have to be China or Russia’s fault? In my experience, Americans are shitty already you don’t need any propaganda for that
Of course it’s the reason.
As an Apple fan and shareholder, GOOD. Apple is already diversifying their supply chain away from genocidal China - but this cannot come fast enough.
This was a stain on their reputation and should be embarrassing to any Apple fan.
That's the big factor. The second factor is that nobody gives a shit about Jon Stewart and nobody watched his new show, this isn't 1999.
Did these lawmakers write a letter to every other studio? No one knows for sure what happened here, but we do know other studios edit films to appease Dictators with tiny penis.