{"id":1714,"date":"2013-01-03T02:02:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T07:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2013-01-03T02:02:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T07:02:51","slug":"current-tv-already-removed-from-time-warner-cable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/01\/03\/current-tv-already-removed-from-time-warner-cable\/","title":{"rendered":"Current TV Already Removed from Time Warner Cable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"CurrentTWC\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mediabistro.com\/tvnewser\/files\/2013\/01\/CurrentTWC.jpg?resize=338%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"200\">At least one large cable system has removed Current TV from the lineup following Al Jazeera\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s $500 million acquisition of the network. Late today NYT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <strong>Brian Stelter<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/01\/02\/al-jazeera-said-to-be-acquiring-current-tv\/?hp\">spoke with<\/a> reps from Time Warner Cable in New York City who said a clause in their contract allows them to remove the channel, adding, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are removing the service as quickly as possible.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The plug was pulled following <strong>Eliot Spitzer<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs 8pm show. It was Spitzer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/fishbowlny\/michaels-restaurant-celebrities-78_b62131\">who told our<\/a> <strong>Diane Clehane<\/strong> a few weeks ago, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Nobody\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s watching, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m having a great time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Stelter reports former VP <strong>Al Gore<\/strong>, a 20% owner of Current, stands to make $100 million on the deal. He and majority owner <strong>Joel Hyatt<\/strong> will sit on an advisory board as Al Jazeera launches a new channel for an American audience which is expected to include about 60% of coverage from Al Jazeera English, which is also in limited distribution in the U.S. Time Warner Cable is not planning to carry the new channel.<\/p>\n<p>New Career Opportunities Daily: The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/joblistings\/?c=rss\">best jobs in media<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>via TVNewser <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/tvnewser\/current-tv-already-removed-from-time-warner-cable_b160817\">http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/tvnewser\/current-tv-already-removed-from-time-warner-cable_b160817<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one large cable system has removed Current TV from the lineup following Al Jazeera\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s $500 million acquisition of the network. Late today NYT\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Brian Stelter spoke with reps from Time Warner Cable in New York City who said a clause in their contract allows them to remove the channel, adding, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are removing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/01\/03\/current-tv-already-removed-from-time-warner-cable\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Current TV Already Removed from Time Warner Cable&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[757,6,227],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-reader","tag-chris-ariens","tag-ifttt","tag-tvnewser"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2skW4-rE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}