OLBERMANN to Join AL GORE'S Current.tv, NY Times Reports

[flamingdem]

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/olbermann_to_join_al_gores_currenttv_ny_times_repo.php

TV star Keith Olbermann will join Current.tv, the online and cable TV news media company co-founded by Al Gore, according to a report tonight by The New York Times.

Conservative critics are going to have a field day if the partnership is in fact a reality. The Times reports that Olbermann will take an equity stake in Current, likely the only way a man accustomed to contracts in the tens of millions of dollars range can be effectively compensated by a small, struggling media company. We've covered Current.tv's many innovations for years here at ReadWriteWeb; Current's Twitter annotation of the Presidential debates was incredible, for example. Launched more than 5 years ago, the company has got to getting worried about turning tech smarts into money. Olbermann may or may not be able to help with that.

[Me.]

1. I'm Betting KO Will Have The Last Laugh On Those Nasty Critics

[Tx4obama]

2. More info on the link below

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4725031

[sabrina 1]

3. The media is changing. I hope he does this. Maybe it will be the

beginning of a new kind of news organization, one that tells the truth, does investigative reporting and reports facts. Now both of them should join forces with Wikileaks and the bad guys will not have control over the media anymore.

[LooseWilly]

6. Bad guys won't have control anymore... until they overturn Net Neutrality...

then Comcast and AT&T will be well positioned to take back control...

Luckily, we can trust the Obama WH to make sure the FCC doesn't fold... :crazy:

uhh... yeah...

[Matariki]

4. Do they have full episodes or news online?

Or only on cable?

[eShirl]

9. they have video on their website

http://current.com/

[SoCalDem]

5. Current is major suckage.. I hope Keith gets to redesign it & staff it

I'll watch if he can remake it to be watch-able:)

[Renew Deal]

7. That's a pretty big step down.

Huffington Post actually would have been better.

[grasswire]

8. an equity share?

He could own the network eventually.

This is a huge opportunity all around.

[patricia92243]

10. It will be interesting to see if he puts them on the map like he did MSNBC. n/p

[pacalo]

11. I'm disappointed. Cox doesn't provide it, but I will write a request for them to carry it.

[malaise]

12. Great news

Go Keith!