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A television consultant claims that former Vice President Al Gore and others at Current TV stole his idea to sell the struggling network to Al-Jazeera.

David Letterman cross-examined Al Gore on the sale of Gore’s TV network — Current TV — to Al Jazeera, the Arab-owned media company. Watch …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Al Gore, who takes aim in his new book at the corporate media for “suffocating the free flow of ideas,” on Tuesday defended the sale of… More

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Post-vice presidential life has been very good to Al Gore. Thanks to the $500 million sale of his liberal news station Current TV to Al Jazeera… More

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Glenn Beck says Al Gore refused to consider selling him Current TV before selling the channel to Al Jazeera, a network that Beck says “hates America.”… More

With its $500 million purchase of left-leaning Current TV, the Pan-Arab news channel Al-Jazeera will soon be seen in tens of millions of U.S. homes. It’s a steep price, but the acquisition helps the network in its aims to quickly spread its message to more Americans.

What’s so funny about the vice presidency? Julia Louis-Dreyfus explained that to us in a wide-ranging interview about her new HBO comedy series “Veep.”

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom is getting a new platform for sharing his made-in-San Francisco values — a national cable television talk show. Current TV, the… More

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Keith Olbermann is moving his grievances with his former bosses at Current TV from the airwaves to the courtroom, suing the network for more than $50… More

Fired firebrand Keith Olbermann says he first felt he’d made a mistake joining Current TV within 10 days of the start of his show on the Al Gore-owned cable channel last summer.