Viacom Adding Online Archives For Daily Show

window.document.getElementById(‘post-3845’).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;In an effort to combat YouTube, which has become the first place fans turn to get clips from The Daily Show, Viacom has announced it is preparing a new Daily Show website that will feature entire segments from recent episodes. Within 1-2 hours of a show airing, thedailyshow.com will have the entire episode for viewers to watch, legally, while Viacom continues to fight the show’s fans who upload the show elsewhere.
The website will contain archives of past episodes, featuring the entire history of the show, including headlines, interviews and the “Back in Black” feature starring comedian Lewis Black. What the New York Times article does not make clear is whether the site will feature archives of other segments, if those archives will be free, if users will be able to share embedded clips, or if the site will be as painful to use as Comedy […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg