[PAA-Discuss] Keith Olbermann Is Likely to Join Current TV

[Juli3 at aol.com]

_http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/02/07/report-keith-olbermann-is-likely-to
-join-current-tv/_ 
(http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/02/07/report-keith-olbermann-is-likely-to-join-current-tv/) 
 
The New York Times' Media Decoder column is reporting that former MSNBC  
"Countdown" host and liberal firebrand _Keith Olbermann will announce his next 
career move_ 
(http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/olbermann-said-to-be-going-to-current-tv/)  on  Tuesday, and speculation is running high 
he'll be joining public affairs  channel, Current TV.

"Neither Mr. Olbermann, his representatives, or  executives from Current TV 
would comment on the move, but they did not deny that  the channel, which 
counts former Vice President Al Gore as one of its  founders, will become at 
least one partner in Mr. Olbermann's future media  plans," wrote Bill Carter 
and Brian Stelter.

Olbermann reportedly would  receive an equity share in the 5-year-old 
company. Media Decoder described  Current TV as a low-profile channel that now 
runs series such as "This American  Life." Before that, it relied on 
submissions from video  journalists.

Access to Current TV is limited to about 60 million homes  and is available 
only on the digital tier of cable channel systems. At MSNBC,  which 
Olbermann left in January after a storm relationship, his nightly audience  
numbered 1 million.  
Carter and Stelter conclude that "the addition of Mr. Olbermann, the former 
 sports anchor who made himself a progressive star at MSNBC, would surely 
elevate  the channel, bringing it attention it has never before received. The 
channel  also wears its liberal politics on its sleeve."
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