NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Jon Stewart has extended his deal with the U.S. cable channel Comedy Central and will star on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" through 2010.

NEW YORK, July 5 (UPI) -- New Yorker Julian Rubinstein, who wrote "Ballad of the Whiskey Robber," is one of several U.S. authors who has taken audio publishing into his own hands.

REDMOND, Wash., June 7 (UPI) -- To advertise its new operating system Windows Vista, Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. has signed comic Demetri Martin.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- New Yorker Demetri Martin, who gave up law school to pursue comedy, has won United Kingdom's most prestigious comedy award, BBC reported Sunday.