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See Arby's Say Goodbye to Jon Stewart -- in Two Ads During 'The Daily Show'

By Nat Ives. Published on August 06, 2015.

Jon Stewart has spent countless moments on "The Daily Show" picking on -- or, to be more accurate, tearing apart -- Arby's and the quality of its food. So Arby's didn't let his departure go unremarked, even if it meant buying two 30-second commercials during Mr. Stewart's second-to-last show on Wednesday night.

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Nat Ives

Nat Ives is executive editor at Ad Age, which he joined in 2005 as a reporter on the publishing beat. He previously helped cover the media and ad industries as a news assistant at The New York Times and reported on commercial real estate for Institutional Investor newsletters. He graduated from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2001.

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See Arby's Say Goodbye to Jon Stewart -- in Two Ads During 'The Daily Show'

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