Accuracy in Media

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 […]

Current TV, which is best known for its association with Al Gore, announced on Friday that its owners are considering putting it up for sale. According to reports in the New York Post and Reuters, Current CEO Joel Hyatt issued a statement about a potential sale. “Current has been approached many times by media companies […]

Current TV, which hired Keith Olbermann with great fanfare last year after his firing by MSNBC, decided on Friday that they too had had enough of the volatile anchor and sent him into the ranks of the unemployed. The network, which was co-founded by Al Gore, thought that they had scored a major coup when […]

Current-TV CEO Joel Hyatt criticized the major cable news networks, taking specific aim at MSNBC, which targets the same liberal audience as Current, by calling the network a “confused and inauthentic brand.” Hyatt was in Washington yesterday to help kick off Current’s new morning show featuring Bill Press, and then sat down with FishbowlDC to […]

Viewers who initially checked into the new Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Current TV have been checking out in large numbers as evidenced by the show’s ratings dropping to a new all-time low. According to TheWrap, even though Countdown had a slight bump in total audience numbers in the last week it was still significantly below […]

Current TV CEO Mark Rosenthal who has run the network since 2009 is stepping down and will be replaced by founder and former CEO Joel Hyatt according to Adweek. “During Mark’s tenure, Current has become a focused cable network with a world-class leadership team, a new brand identity, a move towards long-form, ratings-driven factual programming, […]