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Subject: Re: [OT] The CBS Late Night Schedule Change
Date: 24 Jul 2025 20:26:50 GMT
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Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote or quoted:
:Colbert took CBS to task for this, describing the payment (correctly)
:as 'a big fat bribe'

  "South Park" also brought this up in their show. 
  (They just closed a billion-dollar deal with Paramount.)