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The Media Equation: At Current TV, Keith Olbermann Is Trapped Inside His Show

Monday, January 9th, 2012

A mere six months into their partnership, Keith Olbermann and Current TV are communicating through lawyers — just in time for the primaries.

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TV review: Olbermann’s ‘Countdown’ returns — it’s as if it never left

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Olbermann. You might have missed him, but rest assured, nobody missed him on television as much as he missed himself being on television. The steely stare, the Frankenstein shoulders, the grape necktie, the imperious certitude, the central vent unit strenuously set to blow at medium blast, the zings ricocheting back and forth in the echo chamber, which is now a much smaller echo chamber. “As I was saying . . . ,” the 52-year-old liberal commentator started off, in jest, as his barely rejiggered nightly “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” show returned Monday night on the seldom-seen Current TV network . Here, Olbermann gets to call all the shots — what gets covered, what gets said, who gets attacked. He will have to answer to no voice other than his own. Read full article > >

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TV review: Olbermann’s ‘Countdown’ returns — it’s as if it never left

TV review: Olbermann’s ‘Countdown’ returns — it’s as if it never left

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Olbermann. You might have missed him, but rest assured, nobody missed him on television as much as he missed himself being on television. The steely stare, the Frankenstein shoulders, the grape necktie, the imperious certitude, the central vent unit strenuously set to blow at medium blast, the zings ricocheting back and forth in the echo chamber, which is now a much smaller echo chamber. “As I was saying . . . ,” the 52-year-old liberal commentator started off, in jest, as his barely rejiggered nightly “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” show returned Monday night on the seldom-seen Current TV network . Here, Olbermann gets to call all the shots — what gets covered, what gets said, who gets attacked. He will have to answer to no voice other than his own. Read full article > >

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Olbermann Rakes in $10M at Current TV

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Keith Olbermann can make the big bucks even without MSNBC. The man who called a president “idiot-in-chief” revealed that he’ll be making $10 million a year to bring Countdown with Keith Olbermann to startup Current TV-and could make up to $100 million…

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Olbermann Said to Be Going to Current TV

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

11:02 a.m. | Updated – Keith Olbermann, the former MSNBC anchor, will host a prime time program for Current TV, the low-rated cable channel co-founded by Al Gore. The one-hour program will begin sometime in the spring. Mr. Olbermann will also become the chief news officer for Current, the company said in a news release Tuesday. “We are delighted to provide Keith with the independent platform and freedom that Current can, and does uniquely offer,” Mr. Gore said in a statement. read more

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Olbermann to Announce New Show

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Where will he go next? Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann will announce his next television venture at a press conference on Tuesday morning, and speculation is that he’ll end up at Al Gore’s Current TV in some capacity. One person briefed on the plan…

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Alec Baldwin: The New Olbermann?

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Jack Donaghy always was a man of many talents. Sources tell PopEater that MSNBC is considering Alec Baldwin to fill the shoes left empty when Keith Olbermann abruptly announced his resignation Friday. Baldwin has long expressed an interest in entering…

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Olbermann Breaks Silence

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

You can’t keep Keith Olbermann quiet for long. The former Countdown host broke his three-day silence Monday, taking to Twitter to thank his friends for his support. “My humble thanks to all the Friends of Keith for the many kind words,” he wrote. “The…

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Exit Deal Blocks Olbermann from TV

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Don’t expect to see Keith Olbermann on another news network in the near future or to watch him pull a Conan on MSNBC: He agreed to stay off television for six to nine months as part of early exit from the network, and he is also forbidden to discuss…

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Olbermann Split Came After Years of Tension

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Underlying the decision to part ways with Keith Olbermann were years of behind-the-scenes conflicts.

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Media Decoder: Olbermann’s MSNBC Exit Was Weeks in the Making

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

The deal includes limits on when Keith Olbermann can next lead a show and give interviews about the decision.

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Keith Olbermann leaves MSNBC

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

After eight years together, Keith Olbermann and MSNBC are parting ways. The prime-time host made the surprising announcement at the end of his “Countdown” show on Friday.

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Media Decoder: Olbermann Leaves ‘Countdown’ on MSNBC

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

MSNBC and Keith Olbermann have ended their contract, the network said Friday night.

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BREAKING – Keith Olbermann: "This is the Last Edition of Countdown" (Video)

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Keith Olbermann announced tonight that his show “Countdown,” a mainstay of progressive media, would end after Friday’s broadcast. In a statement, MSNBC said the network and Olbermann “have ended their contract.” “The last broadcast of ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ will be this evening,” the statement said. “MSNBC thanks Keith for his integral role in MSNBC’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.” read more

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Keith Olberman | Special Comment: Violence and Threats Have No Place in Democracy (Video)

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

The political rhetoric of the country must be changed to prevent acts of domestic terrorism. In the aftermath of the shooting of 19 people in an attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Countdown’s Keith Olbermann reminds Americans that “violence, or the threat of violence, has no place in our democracy.”