Visitor Jon Stewart on “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert” on June 17, 2019.
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Comic Jon Stewart stated Apple requested him to not interview Federal Commerce Fee Chair Lina Khan on a podcast whereas he was internet hosting his Apple TV+ present “The Drawback With Jon Stewart.”
His TV present ran for 2 seasons earlier than ending abruptly in October.
“I gotta inform you, I wished to have you ever on a podcast, and Apple requested us to not do it, to have you ever,” Stewart instructed Khan throughout an episode of “The Each day Present” Monday. “They actually stated, ‘Please do not discuss to her.'”
Stewart requested Khan why the corporate is perhaps “afraid” to have sure conversations out in public. Khan stated it “exhibits one of many risks of what occurs once you focus a lot energy and a lot decision-making in a small variety of firms.”
Stewart’s feedback come almost two weeks after the Division of Justice sued Apple in a landmark antitrust case in March. The DOJ claims Apple’s iPhone ecosystem is a monopoly, and its anticompetitive practices lengthen to its Apple Watch, promoting, browser, FaceTime and information companies.
The FTC underneath Khan has taken comparable motion in opposition to different main tech firms. The DOJ’s antitrust division and the FTC have pursued circumstances in opposition to Google guardian Alphabet. The FTC has sued Amazon and Meta.
Stewart returned to his outdated function as host of “The Each day Present” in February. The comic reportedly disagreed with Apple executives over his strategy to friends and subjects on his present, together with topics like synthetic intelligence and China, based on The New York Instances.
Apple didn’t instantly reply to CNBC’s request for remark.
