VIDEO: Jon Stewart to leave The Daily Show

Jon Stewart, who turned his biting and free-wheeling humour into an unlikely source of news and analysis to host The Daily Show, will leave this year.

VIDEO: Jon Stewart to leave The Daily Show
Wed, 11 Feb, 2015 - 06:32

Jon Stewart, who turned his biting and free-wheeling humour into an unlikely source of news and analysis to host The Daily Show, will leave this year.

His departure was announced by Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless after Stewart, who has fronted the show since 1999, broke the news to the audience at a recording in New York.

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