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LionInWinter Donating Member (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:14 AM
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Gore to launch liberal network
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Former U.S. vice president Al Gore plans to announce Tuesday that he has acquired cable television channel NewsWorld International from Vivendi Universal to launch a new liberal network, a person familiar with the matter said.

http://money.cnn.com/2004/05/04/news/international/gore_vivendi.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes
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orestes Donating Member (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:16 AM
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1. wow, thats great
last I heard the deal had gone south, glad to see this lastest development.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 05:09 PM
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19. Hi orestes!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:16 AM
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2. This has been on again, off again...
I'm pulling for it, but I will believe it when the network actually goes on the air.
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:17 AM
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3. please let this be true
:)
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:17 AM
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4. Who saved the day??? A big investor dropped out last month.
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:19 AM
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5. Hope Al Has the Foresight and Management Skills to Go Slow
and make changes gradually. As AAR shows, it's very hard to start a network from scratch.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:20 AM
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6. Turn On, Tune In, and
get yourself some Fair & Balanced news. For a change.
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:22 AM
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7. Good luck to him
It could be a great thing if it happens.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:25 AM
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8. Thanks for taking the only good station I get
Fuckers...NWI is my only tv resource for international, truthful news! :mad:
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:27 AM
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9. good, i hope to get a show
i'm too good Looking for radio.
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TheDonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:29 AM
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10. Good news!!!
You go Gore.
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Stuckinthebush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 11:39 AM
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11. When will it be on the air?
God, we need it now!

I wonder how many Southern cable companies will not carry it. If mine doesn't, I'm going to raise holy hell.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:11 PM
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12. only thing is, NWI is one of the real sources of
news in many a cable system... CBC is common fare for example
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PROGRESSIVE1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:58 PM
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18. "CBC is common fare"??? What are you saying?
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 05:49 PM
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21. In other words,
most of the programming on News World International is from CBC.

I am pissed about this, since NWI is my favorite news source, the only one I could stand to watch during the Iraq invasion.

What's this about making it a "youth-oriented station"? If they have inept programmers, the content could strike young viewers as really forced and lame.
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West Coast Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:16 PM
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13. More details
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040504/ap_en_tv/gore_tv

from the article:


Following its acquisition by Gore's company, INdTV Holdings, the programming will continue to be provided by CBC. The announcement was made Tuesday during the National Cable and Television Association convention in New Orleans.


"This will not be a political network," Gore said in a statement. "These stories will be in a voice that young people recognize and from a point of view they identify as their own."


Gore will serve as chairman of the board and said he will devote most of his time to the network.

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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:17 PM
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14. Vivendi was just bought by GE
so this is really interesting news
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:21 PM
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15. Go Al Go!
:party:
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Mr.Green93 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:23 PM
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16. is he hiring?
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 12:24 PM
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17. good-give janeane a show on that one, too
Edited on Tue May-04-04 12:26 PM by ann_coulter_is_a_man
i need a visual

and hire the good people air america either missed or didn't have room for, like malloy, werbe, and hightower

and bring back phil donahue
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AlGore-08.com Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 05:18 PM
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20. Dupe thread (Also, this is a confirmed sale, Gore announced it)
Original thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x529774
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-04-04 06:44 PM
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22. Previously posted
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x529774
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