Nikki Finke has broken the news that David Letterman will be paying Late Show employees out-of-pocket until the end of 2007. Per Finke:

"Dave's not doing this to get good press, which is why it hasn't been reported for almost two days," a source tells me. "This is really significant because, as opposed to all of the other shows, this money comes out of Dave's own pocket." When Late Show stopped making new episodes last week, CBS ceased paying Letterman's production company on November 5th. And, in case you were wondering, Dave owns Late Show while Jay does not own The Tonight Show as Johnny Carson did.

There you have it: Letterman (and possibly Jon Stewart) are among the good ones.

In other news, keeping up with the whole interactivity aspect of the picket lines c. 2007, Late Show writers are doing a blog. Awesome!