Editor’s Note & Update: Glenn Beck, founder of The Blaze, said the following this week to clarify potential interest in buying Al Jazeera America: “Not one dime will ever go to pay a state that harbors and infects the rest of the world with twisted ideology that leads to terror — not a dime.” It […]
Al Jazeera America, which launched with much fanfare in 2013 after paying Al Gore and his partner an estimated $500 million for their failing Current TV network, announced on Wednesday that it will be shutting down at the end of April. In addition to the money that the Qatari government paid Gore, Al Jazeera invested at least […]
Al Jazeera America, which had hopes of challenging the other cable news networks with more in-depth programming, has taken a giant step backward with the announcement that it has canceled its morning programs and is dropping its 4 p.m. news hour. It will also be moving its 6 p.m. coverage to 7 p.m., according to The […]
Al Jazeera America, which was sued last month by former Current TV owners Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, has counter-sued the pair in an ongoing dispute over escrow funds. Gore and Hyatt sued Al Jazeera America alleging that the network was improperly withholding tens of millions of dollars placed in escrow when they sold Current […]
Al Jazeera America (AJA) dismissed the claims of Current TV founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, who sued the network last week for refusing to turn over any of the estimated $65 million that was being held in an escrow account that was created when Al Jazeera agreed to buy Current TV last year. In […]
Former Vice President Al Gore is suing Al Jazeera, charging that the network has withheld tens of millions of dollars that are owed to Gore and his partners from the sale of Current TV last year. Al Jazeera agreed to pay Gore and his shareholders, which includes Comcast, $500 million for the struggling network. They […]
Al Jazeera America, which will be celebrating its first anniversary next week, is considering another round of layoffs, as the network’s ratings continue to sag. According to TV Newser, Al Jazeera America CEO Ehab Al Shihabi told the staff during a meeting last week that there may be further layoffs. A network spokesman told TV […]
Making her first appearance at the semi-annual Television Critics Association conference in California, Al Jazeera America president Kate O’Brian told the assembled critics that despite the challenges, the network is on track to achieving its goals. “We are trending in the right direction,” O’Brian said, adding that the network will “get there” in the U.S. […]
Al Jazeera America, which is set to launch on Tuesday, will have far fewer commercials than other cable TV news networks. According to Ad Age, Al Jazeera America will initially be airing just six minutes of commercials per hour, compared to the 15 to 17 minutes on other cable news channels. During a press call […]
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on his return to ESPN and his rocky detour into political commentary, Keith Olbermann didn’t mince any words when it came to describing Al Gore, his former boss at Current TV: When you’re working for somebody whom you admired politically, who turns out to be a clod, the […]