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This apparently is a reference to Big Shoulders Digital Video Productions - a company listed in the credits at the end of the program. But that doesn't mean anything in terms of whether CBS paid for the production or who owned the streaming rights for the production. Big Shoulders has been involved with a number of Colbert episodes over the years, including the taping of the interview with Barack Obama that aired in early May -- when CBS clearly was financing the Late Show. Big Shoulders is a contractor hired by the companies that own the rights to the productions that Big Shoulders works on.