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Al Gore’s Current TV putting itself up for sale
Founded in 2005 by Al Gore, Current TV quickly made a name for itself as a go-to source for environmental incoherence, Democrat lunacy, and far-left diatribes. If providing an outlet for liberal kooks was the goal, it succeeded admirably. However, if it was trying to attract viewers, well, it’s had some difficulty. Now, it’s up for sale.
CEO Joel Hyatt recently told the New York Post that “Current has been approached many times by media companies interested in acquiring our company. This year alone, we have had three inquiries. As a consequence, we thought it might be useful to engage expertise to help us evaluate our strategic options.”
That’s big-time TV exec speak that roughly translates as “We’re getting ready to dump this turkey.”
The network began its life by focusing on young, high school and college age, liberals. Predictably, its early crusade against global warming failed to attract eyeballs, so it began to reinvent itself as a standard, left-wing, talking head channel – packed with a host of zany pundits that even MSNBC had rejected.
Chief among these was Keith Olbermann who, after being fired from MSNBC due to his horrible personality, took his show “Countdown” to Current in 2011. There, he experienced the same kind of ego-driven controversies that have plagued him at every network in his career. The acquisition of Countdown was supposed to save the struggling net but, a few months after he started, Olbermann started to implode. He began insulting his bosses, famously referring to the station as “amateur hour,” and was fired seven months ago.
Aunt Liz
October 27th, 2012
Ah ha ha HAAAA!
persecutor
October 27th, 2012
Another inconvenient truth!
Joe
October 27th, 2012
Never watched it… won’t miss it.
Doc
October 27th, 2012
I’ll give you 3 carbon credits for it. Would you take a BEER FART as a down payment?
bitterclinger
October 27th, 2012
Oh, sweet revenge! If only Beck would buy it!
moarkdave
October 27th, 2012
Nobody wants to buy it with the programming and rhetoric that it has.
They want to buy it because of the satellite and cable spots that it has.
It is in 60 million homes — most do not even know it is there, buried in their lineup. The cable and satellite companies pay the network 12 cents per household (per month). That is over $80 million in revenue that comes in from that alone (not counting advertisers). If you wanted to start your own cable channel and start from scratch, then it would be impossible to get those numbers for years and years (if you ever could). It is more cost effective to buy an existing channel and it’s contracts.
Hopefully whoever buys it, puts on shows about how oil, gas and coal are good for our country.
moarkdave
October 27th, 2012
@bitterclinger
If Beck had not done the deal with Dish Network, he would probably jump at the chance. But I doubt they will now. Although, I hope the new owners give him a show.
FreeMan & Sarah Voting Early & Often
October 27th, 2012
I’ll take it for a million bucks.
The Station and the million is a good deal, how can I turn an offer like that down.
MAJ Mike
October 27th, 2012
I’ll offer the same price that was paid for Newsweek.
Navy Squid
October 27th, 2012
I hear it is being bundled with Time magazine – $1.98 for both, no questions asked!
dba_vagabond_trader
October 27th, 2012
Boo hoo, what will the polar bears do now? Sad Goracle.
Roadmaster
October 27th, 2012
Lefties NEVER figure it out, do they? Cure-rant Tee Vee failed for the same reason Air America did – nobody in their right mind wants to watch/listen to their humorless, anti-American, capitalist hating, Marxist/socialist drivel.
Liberals are truly insane, doing the same thing and now DEMANDING a different result. And when the rest of us ignore them, they stamp their nasty little feets and call us Nawzzies and waycysts.
Corona
October 27th, 2012
Lemon currant?
Doc
October 27th, 2012
Really…If I WERE to buy it, I’d turn it over to my friend FLAMING HETERO so he could run oppossing programming to that POLE SMOKER CHANNEL LOGO! You know the one for LBGTD or what the fuck ever those freaks want to be called. You know…QUEERS!
Seems like every time I turn on my TV and start to surf my Direct TV takes me to some FAG TV…I spend about $120 a month to watch 3 channels that are different than the shit my wife watches, and she watches about 5…I think it’s time for a change.
Nutjob
October 28th, 2012
Nothing would be more pleasing then to see that fat POS carbon spewing left wing idiot go broke.
Death_By_Farts
October 28th, 2012
I hope they bring back Keith to MSNBC as a guest on election night so we can watch him meltdown with Chris, Butch, Shultz, and the rest of the resident retards…
Carlos The Jackal
October 28th, 2012
Maybe PBS could buy it for Sesame Street…
!
October 28th, 2012
why would anyuone watch crunt tv
HollyW
October 28th, 2012
According to a report in the Daily Rash, Al Gore has become a priest and is building an ark. http://www.thedailyrash.com/al-gore-becomes-a-priest-plans-to-build-ark
High Kommissar
October 30th, 2012
Just strap his fat ass to a gourney face down and let the Alien Queen work him over….just deserts for the fat assed freak Gore.