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| Jon Stewart to leave Daily Show | Jon Stewart to leave Daily Show |
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| Jon Stewart, the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, will step down later this year, the president of the network has confirmed. | Jon Stewart, the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, will step down later this year, the president of the network has confirmed. |
| "His comedic brilliance is second to none," said Michele Ganeless in a statement. | |
| Jon Stewart, who began hosting the show in 1999, will remain there until later in 2015, she said. | |
| "He is a comic genius, generous with his time and talent, and will always be a part of the Comedy Central family." | "He is a comic genius, generous with his time and talent, and will always be a part of the Comedy Central family." |
| In 2013, he took time out to direct a film, Rosewater, about an Iranian-born journalist who was imprisoned and accused of spying. | |
| His departure comes after the network lost another major comedy figure, Stephen Colbert, who takes over David Letterman's late night show on CBS. |