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David Bohrman, a TV news veteran and former president of Current TV, is fronting the Political Voices Network, a new left-leaning OTT service ramping up to stream coverage of the 2018 midterm elections and the 2020 presidential race. The Political Voices Network aims to be for the Left what Fox News and upstarts like…

A month after the former VP and ex-Current TV CEO Joel Hyatt went after Al Jazeera America for $65 million held in escrow, the Qatar-backed outlet has rippingly responded. Stressing that they had legitimate claims to the funds to handle various distribution schisms, AJAM's redacted September 18 counterclaim calls the…

While Al Jazeera insisted that the initial complaint last week from the ex-VP and former Current TV CEO Joel Hyatt be sealed, a now-heavily redacted version sheds light on what exactly the $65 million in escrow that AJ won't hand over to Al Gore and crew from last year’s $500 million sale is being used for: pricey…

UPDATE, 7:15 AM: “The lawsuit and statement simultaneously issued by Al Gore's celebrity trial lawyer were designed to grab headlines with misleading accusations like 'fraud' and 'price discount,'" Al Jazeera said in a statement over the former Veep’s fraud suit against the Qatari-owned news outlet over its purchase…

Time Warner Cable made it official this morning:  Al Jazeera America, the Qatar-owned news channel that launched in the U.S. on  August 20, will be added to its lineup beginning — today. That bring to nearly 55 million the number of homes in which the channel will be available in the U.S. Throw your mind back to…

Less than two weeks before its scheduled launch, and days after bailing on a scheduled appearance before a couple hundred journalists to take questions at Summer TV Press Tour 2013, Al Jazeera America announced Kathy Davidov had joined the network as head of its in-house documentary film unit, and that Neal Scarbrough…

One week after ESPN announced it had signed Keith Olbermann to host a weekday late-night show on ESPN2, the guy who'd been savaging the place since it showed him the door nearly two decades back came to the Summer TCA Press Tour and said the reunion was practically inevitable and it had been a great place to work…

Al Jazeera America today announced its first four news anchors, including Richelle Carey, former weekday anchor for CNN's HLN. Carey will join Jonathan Betz, Morgan Fogarty and Del Walters presenting live news throughout the day from Al Jazeera America's studio in New York City. Betz is a former field reporter and…

It’s the possible beginning of the end for a media consultant’s lawsuit against Al Gore and Current TV. John Terenzio wants $5M from his suit alleging that he was instrumental in Current’s $500M sale to Al Jazeera earlier this year — and that the former VP and his cable channel squeezed him out of the deal. But on…

Al Jazeera America confirmed this morning it had signed a deal with former CNN star Soledad O'Brien to contribute to the network as "special correspondent.” O'Brien's production company, Starfish Media Group will produce hourlong documentary specials for the cable network. "I look forward to beginning a relationship…

UPDATE, 4:54PM: A day after a deal was reach in Keith Olbermann's $50 million lawsuit against Current TV, the former TV host and his former employer have issued a short joint statement officially confirming the settlement: "The parties are pleased to announce that a settlement has occurred, and that the terms are…

Things got a little too warm when Al Gore took to the stage at the SXSW Interactive festival Saturday to talk about The Future — that is, his new book subtitled Six Drivers Of Global Change as well as the NRA, the internet and global warming, natch. AllThingsD editor Walt Mossberg took the opportunity to call the…