Wait... what if Olbermann and Jeff Zucker are starting a Liberal network

[MannyGoldstein]

Probably not, but a boy can dream, can't he?

[Fluffdaddy]

1. Yeah right

Dream one. There's no market for another "Liberal network"
Sad but true

[mmonk]

5. When the right is the owner.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Ooops, meant Zucker, my bad.

[mmonk]

17. I was responding to the right wing meme there is no market

for liberal networks. The rightwing has been able to increase control of the media through ownership, not demand.

[Eric J in MN]

2. Mort Zuckerman of US News and World Report? NT

NT

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Jeff Zucker, late of MSNBC, friend of Keith Olbermann

--d!

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Is the "Current" one still around? I believe "Free Speech" is as well.

[SoCalDem]

7. Current is shit.. they killed ICTV ( a good news venue)

to put on "young-edgy-fun" news & now it's reruns of 3rd rate movies & goofball "podcast-y" stuff..

[Donnachaidh]

8. Current TV has devolved into total crap

Whatever grand scheme was introduced in the beginning has devolved into garbage -- viral video and endless replays of crap.

[mitchtv]

9. also Link tv

is around

[Shagbark Hickory]

10. I think they'd start the network then he'd quit but sometimes people don't do

logical things.

[jtrockville]

18. His contract with NBC likely contained non-compete language.

[applegrove]

11. Someone here suggested he is going to try and start up a Huffington Post

type website. Huffington Post is worth hundreds of millions I think.

[Tx4obama]

12. We already have HuffPo we don't need another one, but...

but we DO need a REAL liberal TV network.
A network that does NOT have Joe Scarbourough or Pat Buchanann on it at all.
I really hope that Keith finds some billionaires to fund a new network!
That would be AWESOME :)

Wonder what they'd call it?

PLN - Professional Left Network
TTT - Talking The Truth
FUR - Fuck You Republicans

Okay, I'm not good at making things up, anyone else got a good name? :)

[azul]

13. Nicolas Berggruen is prehaps considering such an enterprise:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x208893

[Tx4obama]

14. Well that is a very interesting article, because ....

it mentions the Carlyle, and I read earlier today that Keith had dinner at the Carlyle last night after his show!
If they are going to start a new network, I'd love to send 'em my resume`.

p.s. Dear Mr. Nicolas Berggruen, if you are a reader here at DU you may send me a private message :)
p.s.s. I love lobster, can speak Italian, I'm totally free to move anywhere in the world, and I know how to live out of a backpack.

[Tx4obama]

16. Ooops... that's a mistake - KO ate at the Gramercy Tavern in Manhattan. n/t

[Cleita]

15. We don't need a liberal network. We need

one with journalistic integrity that reports the unvarnished factual truth in the news backed with credible sources. Of course that would seem liberal to lying liars cable news network.