Duly Noted: John Oliver to leave The Daily Show (Video)

It's common practice for musical artists to create their own labels in order to dip into that part of the industry. However, even though it's, more or less, the same thing, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is taking the uncommon step of launching his own book publishing imprint, Jeter Publishing. -- Bloomberg video above John Oliver, a writer and breakout on-camera star of Comedy Central's (NASDAQ: VIA) The Daily Show, is set to leave the program for his own series on HBO (NYSE: TWX). Oliver… Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Crains New York | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Engadget | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Slate | 2012-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Engadget | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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