The WSJ reported that Al-Jazeera, the Pan-Arab news channel
that struggled to win space on American cable television, has acquired Current
TV, boosting its reach in the U.S. nearly ninefold to about 40 million homes.
With a focus on U.S. news, it plans to rebrand the left-leaning news network
that cofounder Al Gore couldn't make relevant.
The former vice president confirmed the sale Wednesday,
saying in a statement that Al-Jazeera shares Current TV's mission "to give
voice to those who are not typically heard; to speak truth to power; to provide
independent and diverse points of view; and to tell the stories that no one
else is telling."
The acquisition lifts Al-Jazeera's reach beyond a few large
U.S. metropolitan areas including New York and Washington, where about 4.7
million homes can now watch Al-Jazeera English…
Read all about it at http://online.wsj.com/article/AP2f20f6d0b656499fbb08dca5d28cf1c2.html
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