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05 Nov 2010 10:56

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Culture: Fun fact: “The Daily Show” top late-night show in demo

  • 1.3M the rating “The Daily Show” earned among the key 18-49 demo last month
  • 1.2M the rating “The Tonight Show” and “The Late Show” earned, meaning Jon Stewart beat them
  • 900k the rating “The Colbert Report” earned in the demo, topping Jimmy Fallon source
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05 Nov 2010 10:45

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Offbeat: Asian guy boards flight convincingly disguised as old white man

  • We took this young Asian man over to the left, replaced him with the old man over to the right and threw his ass on a transpacific flight between Hong Kong and Vancouver. See if you can notice the difference. source
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05 Nov 2010 10:30

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Culture: Conan does Playboy: That’s right, he did an interview, not a spread

  • He can come as the musical guest, because that I want to see. No one knows he has an operatic range [sings as Jay Leno]. No, there are certain things I will not do, regardless of the price.
  • Conan O’Brien • Explaining that no, he will not have Jay Leno on his new TBS show, which premieres next week. Other highlights from his interview with Playboy: He explains how his doctor once thought he was a cocaine user (he’s not, but he likes to drink), notes how the business has changed in the last 17 years (reality TV was the biggest single change), and suggests that actors pay the audience for plugging their latest project on his show. “If Jim Carrey or Tom Hanks accidentally mentions his project,” he says, “I think the viewer should be compensated in some way. That would be a way to turn this economy around.” source
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05 Nov 2010 10:10

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Politics: Wash. Senate: Patty Murray learns something about tight margins

Used to winning by double digits, her victory yesterday was by a slim margin of tens of thousands of votes. Hello, 53rd Democrat! source
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05 Nov 2010 09:56

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Biz: Unemployment stays put despite genuinely solid job growth

  • 151,000 the increase in hiring in October – mostly on the back of private sector jobs, which is really good
  • 9.6% the current unemployment rate, which didn’t improve even though jobs numbers were strong source
  • » Far better than predicted: Economists were expecting a hiring increase of around 60,000 in October, which was more than doubled. So hey, that’s a positive!
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