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Oppressed Minority Keith Olbermann Finally Gets a Voice
Hamilton Nolan · 06/17/11 12:11PMKeith Olbermann Is Already Insulting His New Boss Al Gore
John Cook · 06/07/11 02:47PMKeith Olbermann Officially Announces His Marriage to Al Gore
John Cook · 02/08/11 12:25PMIt's official: As had been rumored for hours, Keith Olbermann is bringing his special brand of self-righteous haranguing to Current TV, Al Gore's weird TV thingie that no one watches. On a phone conference call today, Olbermann revealed that he will host an hour-long newscast five nights a week for Current and will serve as the network's "Chief News Officer."
The Best of Baby Preachers
Aman Ellis · 02/26/10 05:13PMWhile most kids are busy playing with G.I. Joes and Barbies, these future Sarah Palin enthusiasts have gladly sacrificed their hopes for a normal childhood for the sake of our amusement. The good folks at Current put together this compilation.
Hearst Is Amazingly Not Broke
Hamilton Nolan · 11/11/09 02:52PMHillary Clinton Asks North Korea to Forgive Reporters for Non-Crime
Ryan Tate · 07/10/09 08:49PMNorth Korea Shock: US Reporters Admit to Slanders, Calumnies
Hamilton Nolan · 06/16/09 08:27AMThe Internet Screws(?) Foreign Reporting
Hamilton Nolan · 06/15/09 08:41AMReporters Hired, Fired, Mired, Tired
Hamilton Nolan · 06/09/09 01:01PMAl Gore May Smooch North Korea to Save Jailed Journalists
Hamilton Nolan · 06/05/09 08:35AMCurrent's Strategy of Silence
Hamilton Nolan · 06/04/09 11:17AMCurrent Stays Silent as Its Reporters Stand Trial in North Korea
Hamilton Nolan · 06/04/09 08:31AMNo More Hero Journalists!
Hamilton Nolan · 04/13/09 12:57PMWhy Isn't Current Covering Its Own Reporters Arrested in North Korea?
Hamilton Nolan · 04/01/09 04:45PMCurrent TV's official body count: 30 gone, 30 shuffled
Paul Boutin · 11/11/08 05:40PMThis just in: Current TV's director of public relations sent us an email designed to be printed in its entirety. (Thanks for that. Since Valleywag fired everyone else, I spend way too much time editing.) Current didn't just cut staff, they reshuffled a couple dozen employees. Instead of the economy, Current blames "a new, innovative programming strategy." That's gotta make everyone feel better. A tipster tells us, "The few spared [in San Francisco] are being made to choose between unemployment or a move to L.A." Here's the statement:
Current TV cuts 32 or more
Paul Boutin · 11/11/08 02:44PMCurrent, the cable channel and user-generated-video website backed by Joel Hyatt and Al Gore, is laying people off. "My wife works in the LA office (at least for now!)," emails a tipster. "At least 10 gone from there...." No word from Current's San Francisco headquarters yet, but you know where to send it. Update: A tipster says 32 have been cut from the San Francisco office. "'Bloodbath' is the word being used!" he adds.
A Chinese video to remind you how awesome your life is
Paul Boutin · 11/10/08 04:00PM60 Minutes did a segment on Chinese people who live and work among "e-waste," the recyclable-yet-toxic remains of discarded consumer electronics devices. An Engadget reader dug up this longer, more yucky Current documentary. I'm going to get a sandwich, so I can fall to my knees and thank God for it.
Digg's Kevin Rose interviews former Digg suitor Al Gore
Owen Thomas · 11/07/08 01:00PMIt only takes hearing so many jokes about Al Gore inventing Twitter to figure out that the former vice president has signed up for the microblogging service. Wisely, he's not really participating in the site, just using it to market his websites and announce his interview with Digg founder Kevin Rose, which airs tonight on Current, the Gore-backed cable channel. Current and Digg have been teaming up for a series of election-related events, including a party on election night. But Rose and Gore's acquaintance goes back almost two years.In late 2006, Gore's Current made an offer for Digg which valued the social-news startup at $100 milion or more. Wonder if Rose and Gore discussed business at all in this interview. As VentureBeat recently pointed out, Digg's traffic is flat, and it hasn't significantly increased its valuation since Rose and Gore's 2006 chat.
Current broadcasts worst election coverage ever
Owen Thomas · 11/04/08 11:00PMWant to watch North Carolina gyrate to a hip-hop beat? Tune into Current, Al Gore's user-generated cable channel. I don't mean people dancing in the streets; I mean an outline of North Carolina pulsating. The channel is carrying, on live TV, headlines you could read on Digg and messages you could read on Twitter, along with video snippets from current viewers. Other than that, it's offering the same kind of exit-poll projections you could get on CNN, but in hot pink and cyan instead of the traditional red-blue-gold color scheme. Digg founder Kevin Rose pops up occasionally with live updates from a San Francisco night club where Current, Digg, and Twitter are hosting an election-night party. It's Web 2.0 in your living room — and it makes me wish I could Brillo-pad the "vision" out of "television."