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Apple TV+ Show 'The Problem With Jon Stewart' Reportedly Canceled
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This is why you take your clout and celebrity and hop onto Youtube and do it yourself. Or, failing that, start your own thing. People will tune in. Millions will watch. And you don't have to adhere to some company's ideology.
Money and politics are powerful things. They can make professional golfers think it's just great for Saudi Arabia to buy a controlling stake in their profession. They can make whole companies think nothing of note has ever happened in Tiananmen Square. And they can make members of Congress who know otherwise state publicly that the 2020 election was stolen.
This deserves a BAD APPLE. Tim Cook and company will deserve all the criticism they get from this. It smells.
This was a poorly received show, bad ratings with practically nobody watching and cost a fortune to produce with a yesterday's man. Good decision to axe it.
Would love to have a streaming option that just provides good entertainment and leaves the politics to others. We have more than enough vapid, incendiary bloviators all over the air. A place to go to escape would be nice -- something, it seems, even Hollywood and sports broadcasting don't offer so much anymore...
Greater degree of state control? The CCP controls everything, from private thought to social norms to all enterprise in China. You probably can’t even get this website in China.
Regulatory apparatus? C’mon man. China kidnaps, imprisons, and executes “executives” who step out of line.
You only need look to Jack Ma and Alibaba to confirm China, in no way, is capitalist. At best it’s statist. Don’t take my word for it: go ask the founders of Bytedance, Pinduoduo, the Tomorrow Group, or the CEO of Huarong AM. Along with tens of thousands of others imprisoned and executed in China.
Oh, sorry, can’t ask the CEO of Huarong - the CCP executed him. Name a purportedly capitalist country that regularly murders its executives. We’ll wait. Also, let us know where Jack Ma is. Shouldn’t be too hard to find one of the world’s richest humans in a capitalist country, right? And hey, how about that Ant Man Group IPO? Oh, did China kill that too? Why yes, yes they did.
it’s getting ridiculous the way companies and individuals alike are being silenced in order to access the Chinese market. Watching Apple twist itself into hypocritical knots in order to please its Chinese masters should make every American sick. What’s the point of constantly shoving your “values” in everyone’s face when you’re so quickly willing to drop them in order to make China happy? It’s so gross. This issue has made me lose respect for Apple and Cook in a massive way.
Steve should have just built the mothership in Shenzhen. The way Apple kisses the communist party’s you-know-what, it seems they’re more a Chinese company than an American one.
Steve should have just built the mothership in Shenzhen. The way Apple kisses the communist party’s you-know-what, it seems they’re more a Chinese company than an American one.
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Eddy Cue once said that rule number 1 at Apple is never offend China.
Apple TV+ show "The Problem With Jon Stewart" has been canceled because of "creative differences" between Stewart and Apple executives, reports The New York Times.
Members of the show's staff were informed about its end on Thursday, according to several people with knowledge of the situation, just a couple of weeks before episodes for the third season were scheduled to begin.
The editorial disagreements reportedly revolved around some of the planned guests on "The Problem," as well as potential show topics related to China and artificial intelligence that were causing concern among Apple executives. Apple did not respond to NYT's request for comment.
Apple in 2020 secured a multi-year deal with the writer, producer, and former host of "The Daily Show", which saw Stewart return to television following his 2015 retirement.
The name of the show, "The Problem with Jon Stewart," is a nod to the issues that Stewart explored on the current affairs new series, with topics in the 20 episodes ranging from what's in the national conversation to issues that are part of Stewart's advocacy work.
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A Jon Stewart show on Apple TV+ was doomed to fail. That said, Apple's problems with an increasingly belligerent China are a lot bigger than any Jon Stewart show. Tim having to go over there hat in hand the other day was embarrassing for Apple.....
The beauty of streaming services, unlike traditional linear television, is that you get to choose what you want to watch and when, and you can skip what you don't like/doesn't interest you. Don't want to see anything political? Ignore it. Honestly, how hard can it be?
No streaming service is going to have content that will please everyone 100% of the time.
Calling him a centrist is super funny. That’s like saying Bernie sanders is mildly to the left….
Not sure if you have watched any shows on Apple, but several are influenced by their beliefs.
Jon called out Obama covering up the Flint water, just like he called out Bush for Iraq WMDs. He leans left in the sense he’s a “progressive” in many ways, but he is far from partisan. He consistently calls out abuses of power on both sides, and is a voice of the everyday people.
When you're stupid/greedy enough to not diversify your supply chains 20 years ago when this was all very, very obvious… not a lot of sympathy is deserved here. And I say "stupid" and "greedy" as a big apple fan and a free marketeer. But the Chinese government is a problem. It's not a free market. It's a shakedown.
Many people had hoped that American movies and TV series could help making China a more liberal country, but the opposite happened. China has built a lot of theatres in the last two decades and major Hollywood movies make about 20% of their global ticket revenue in China. That is more than $100 million for many blockbusters. To make sure that those movies are shown in China, they can't show China in a negative light or even portrait Taiwan as a sovereign country. So instead of opening China, now major movies are censored WORLDWIDE to meet China's demands.
China will use any grip it has on any foreign company to make sure that Chinese interests are not hurt. They might ban Apple products in China at any time and then Apple really is f***d, because China and India are the most important markets at least in the few decades. Apple is in a difficult position there and I can understand the dilemma. Personally for example I love travelling to China. So far I have been there four times, if you include Hong Kong. So even I would be careful to take a public stance against China, if that could mean that I might never get a Chinese visa again. Skyscrapers are my big hobby and about half of the world's skyscrapers are in China. So even I self-censor myself to some degree.
China will use any grip it has on any foreign company to make sure that Chinese interests are not hurt. They might ban Apple products in China at any time and then Apple really is f***d, because China and India are the most important markets at least in the few decades. Apple is in a difficult position there and I can understand the dilemma. Personally for example I love travelling to China. So far I have been there four times, if you include Hong Kong. So even I would be careful to take a public stance against China, if that could mean that I might never get a Chinese visa again. Skyscrapers are my big hobby and about half of the world's skyscrapers are in China. So even I self-censor myself to some degree.
I hope wherever he goes, they have the sense to utilize both the satirical side of Stewart, presenting in his incredibly engaging way, and also the excellent & serious interviews as he conducts in The Problem.
Both > Either/Or.
Both > Either/Or.
I like Jon a lot but sometimes his takes are awful, I guess you can never please everyone. That said, it doesn't surprise that a gigantic corporation like Apple might cringe at some of its anti-establishment positions of Jon.
Actually it's the other way round: Production companies pitch their shows to Apple (or Apple scouts for them, it doesn't matter) and then Apple selects the ones which fit their profile.
And that's ok except that it forces them to play it extremely safe because at the end they are an IT company, a gatekeeper to use the latest buzzword. They don't want to end up being boycotted in their main business because of some random series or documentary which has enraged one group or another.
You are the first person to disagree with the assessment so far. You do realise what it means right?