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AL GORE GETS A TV STATION
EFLAn investor group headed by former Vice President Al Gore launched a cable news network for young adults Tuesday by buying Newsworld International from Vivendi Universal Entertainment for an undisclosed sum. Newsworld International is a 24-hour channel broadcasting international news produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. that now has about 14 million North American households. Gore said the network will be "an independent voice in this industry" with a primary target audience of people between 18 and 34 "who want to learn about the world in a voice they recognize and a view they recognize as their own." "This is not going to be a liberal network, a Democratic network or a political network," Gore said at a news conference..... [no of course not, it will be all three- possibly also a geeky network] Posted by: mhw 2004-05-04 |
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