Viacom Veers Left with Jon Stewart Strategy

This isn’t specifically related to mobile, but it could be a watershed moment for online video, similar to how the death of TimesSelect was heralded as a tipping point for registration curtains with online journalism.

Viacom said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with the host of its popular “The Daily Show” through 2010, and also unveiled a new web presence for the program, making available video clips from every episode dating back to 1999, according to AdAge.

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