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Al Jazeera America Finds a Leader in ABC News Vet

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With a little less than a month to go before its launch, Al Jazeera America has selected ABC News veteran Kate O’Brian to serve as its president.


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First Mover: Joy Behar

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Specs Age 70 New gig Host, Current TV’s Joy Behar: Say Anything Old gig Host, HLN’s The Joy Behar Show

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Dish Network Doubling Down on Auto Hop

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If you were wondering whether or not Dish Network is considering backing away from its Auto Hop feature in the wake of programmer outrage and litigation, wonder no more: no.

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Al Gore to Host Current TV’s Convention Coverage

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Current TV is finally using its most obvious asset on the air. Al Gore, who co-founded the network with Joel Hyatt, will lead coverage of the 2012 Republican and Democratic [...]

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Joy Behar Heads to Current

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It's called The Joy Behar Show (maybe), but it's not on HLN. The host of The View and longtime afternoon news personality, Behar is headed to Current with the title of [...]

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Information Diet: Joel Hyatt

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Specs Age 62 Accomplishments Co-founder and CEO of Current Media; former National Finance Chair for the Democratic Party Base New York and San Francisco