03-31-2022, 12:01 PM
When an entertainer does the commencement speech thing and/or honorary doctorate thing, producing entertainment content around the event is a normal part of the role. Conan O'Brien's 2011 Dartmouth and 2020 Harvard commencement addresses have millions of views on his official YouTube channel which is surely monetized, and more on college channels. Surely too his show did bits around the events.