New Technology : The John Oliver Effect: How Last Week Tonight is Changing Entertainment

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Almost every Monday a comedic political rant goes viral on YouTube. John Oliver, The British comedian and host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, hones in on a single target and, joke-by-joke, takes it apart in videos that can be up to 15 minutes long. On some days, HBO will release more than two thirds of the episode from the previous night for free on YouTube. So far targets have included the FCC, the Miss America Pageant, the tobacco industry, the President of Ecuador and many others. There are a couple of things that separate Last Week Tonight from other political...

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