Former Yahoo CEO: Jon Stewart Worth $100 Million Per Year

Video cross-posted here at NewsBusters. On Tuesday night, liberal comedian Jon Stewart announced that he would be departing The Daily Show later this year to pursue other professional endeavors. Following Stewart’s decision to end his 16 year run at Comedy Central, former Yahoo CEO Ross Levinsohn argued that he would pay Stewart $100 million per year for a new television distribution model. Speaking to CNBC’s Scott Wapner on Thursday, Levinsohm called Stewart “the franchise... Jon Stewart is authentic to the core and I think the millennial generation certainly knows that.”