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CBS: Caught between a rock and… another rock

Started by mathewi · 9 months ago

Unless you’ve been in a coma or backpacking through Mongolia recently, you’ve probably already seen the clip from Late Night with David Letterman, in which the host of said show laces into Senator John McCain — not just once, but over and over — ... Continue reading »

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  • antje wilsch

    9 months ago

    since it's letterman, everyone knows who he is and where he belongs. Someone uknown or a new show they'd probabaly want their branding all over it. Probably the most press letterman has had in a while :)
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  • mathewi

    9 months ago

    Good point, Antje.
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  • Dave Hyndman

    9 months ago

    Matt, I'm not sure about this one, but I wonder who owns the show. Letterman's own company, Worldwide Pants, produces the show. When he went from NBC to CBS he had huge bargaining power.

    So I wonder if this is not CBS's call to make.

    Just a thought. Might be dead wrong.
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  • mathewi

    9 months ago

    That's a good point, Dave -- but I'm pretty sure what CBS bought when it got the show was an exclusive license, and I assume that includes re-use of the kind that YouTube represents. But I must admit that I don't know for sure.
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  • VincentClement

    9 months ago

    When Worldwide Pants negotiated a side agreement with the WGA during the last writers strike, CBS issued a statement that said “CBS controls the Internet exploitation rights for both programs, and will comply with any eventual negotiated agreement between the A.M.P.T.P. and the W.G.A.”
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  • mathewi

    9 months ago

    Thanks, Vince.
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  • leigh

    9 months ago

    I tried watching the latest SNL Tina Fey bit on NBC.com and the truth is, the video players on these sites simply suck. They are slow slow slow slow that i always end up just trying to find the same content on YouTube and if i can't, i just forgedaboutit.
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