With Current TV Purchase, Al-Jazeera Buys Opportunity For New Viewers
from National Public Radio
January 4, 2013
Current TV, despite having one of the most paltry audiences in American cable, was recently sold to Al-Jazeera for $500 million. Robert Siegel speaks with Brian Stelter, media reporter for The New York Times, about what Al-Jazeera gets in the deal.
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