Daily Show Videos on Yahoo

Filed in archive Internet TV on August 22, 2007

There may still be about 17 people left who want to consume The Daily Show with Jon Stewart legally, so here is some good news. For the first time, video clips from that show will be featured all this week on Yahoo. This includes exclusive video from The Daily Show's "Operation Silent Thunder" - reports filed from Iraq by correspondent (and Marine Corps Reserve Major) Rob Riggle.

Normally, if you want to be legal, you have to go to The MotherLoad, the network's broadband-video platform. The Operation Silent Thunder video clips are also available on Motherload, but Yahoo will have an exclusive video interview with Riggle that will be posted to the site later in the week.

The agreement with Yahoo marks a change in tactics from Comedy Central parent Viacom. The company has been outspoken about keeping its content on its own sites in the past. The battle over content came to a heat in March when Viacom filed a $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube parent company Google - a topic The Daily Show and companion program The Colbert Report have mocked on-air.