Fast Company: Busboy Productions one of world’s 50 “most innovative” companies
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Congratulations to Jon Stewart’s Busboy Productions, which Fast Company has proclaimed one of the 50 “most innovative” companies in the world, along with such entrants as “Team Obama”, Google, Hulu, etc. Busboy makes the list at #31, and Fast Company says:
#31 Busboy Productions
By Chuck Salter Wed Feb 11, 2009 at 06:00 AMThe genius of Jon Stewart, the mock news anchor, and Stephen Colbert, the pitch-perfect mock bloviator, is their ability to expose hypocrisy while getting laughs. In a wild election year, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, a spin-off created by Stewart’s Busboy Productions, offered up the most memorable and trenchant campaign coverage. The payoff: around $120 million in ad revenue, not to mention the books and other paraphernalia that Stewart and Colbert fronted.
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Busboy’s latest gambit, Important Things With Demetri Martin, will try to extend its smart franchise to sketch comedy. For those who doubt that Stewart’s witty pranksters can skewer Obama, these guys wrung laughs from bank failure. Now that’s entertainment.
Well played, Mr. Stewart, well played.
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February 12th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Oh Jon boy… everything you touch turns to platinum :)
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February 13th, 2009 at 12:23 am
how much is average revenue for a late night comedy show? is this really like what letterman or leno gets? or just great cable money. just curious
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February 13th, 2009 at 11:14 am
And may I say how much I enjoyed Busboy Productions’ latest venture, Important Things with Demetri Martin, which was hilarious and made me want to immediately watch it again after it’s premiere. I sorta miss Demetri’s “Trendspotting” segments on TDS though. But, congrats to Busboy and Demetri for putting together such a fantastic show!
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