What Happened To Current TV and Why – Keith Olberman or Not
He said, she said… Apparently, Keith Olberman is going to be on Letterman tonight to give ‘his side of the story’. Apparently, Olberman compares himself to a “$10 million chandelier in need of a suitable house. Current was not...
Read moreKeith Olbermann Goes To Current TV
Current event? It would seem that Keith Olbermann, formerly host of Countdown, MSNBC’s top rated show is going to go to Current TV. As one of the founders of Current (the original Current TV was based on my idea),...
Read moreWhy Current TV Failed… and what they’re not doing about it
Currently in trouble…. OK Before I start, full disclosure. I am a shareholder in Current TV Which makes me hope that new CEO Mark Rosenthal’s strategy for success will work. But I am not so sure. The intitial idea...
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It’s a gusher! On January 10, 1901, the world changed forever. Captain Anthony F. Lucas was trying his luck drilling for oil in east Texas. The landscape was hot and dry, dotted with salt domes, the remnant from some...
Read moreThe Curious Case of Josh Wolf
photo credit: Steve Rhodes http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/131920107/ The definitive citizen journalist We first met Josh Wolf many years ago in San Francisco when we were setting up Current TV. We were looking for ‘volunteers’ for this radical new idea and Wolf...
Read moreCurrent TV Restructures
A different kind of melting… A few years ago, I owned a video bar/cafe in the East Village called DV Dojo. Â It was across the street from CBGB and it was like an Internet cafe, except I gave out...
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