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Egalitarian Thug

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20. The evidence is Current TV's impending demise. They have refused to leverage the web, the entire

Reply to WillyT (Reply #19)

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 02:01 PM

Dec 2012

management staff comes from the world of established TV, they have yet to explore alternative methods of generating funding sources, they have almost zero appeal to young audiences, and so on.

I don't understand your reference to Cenk (I know who he is) & the dinners, I put that down to the fact that I, like so many other, particularly young people, do not watch TV.

There's an old saying in business; The surest way to bankruptcy is to expend your resources gaining an ever increasing share of an ever shrinking market. Current TV is not even expanding their share of that shrinking market.

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Does anyone know what is going on with Current TV? [View all] senseandsensibility Dec 2012 OP

Couldn't say. My husband and I stopped watching after they got rid of Olbermann. calimary Dec 2012 #1

You're not missing anything. They're now showing a docu-drama senseandsensibility Dec 2012 #2

When people decide to start up a network, they think it will be easier to program than it SoCalDem Dec 2012 #25

I did as well Samantha Dec 2012 #10

did they move Jennifers time slot? psychmommy Dec 2012 #3

I don't know, but she is my favorite, too. senseandsensibility Dec 2012 #4

I haven't seen Jennifer for a couple weeks julian09 Dec 2012 #6

I have seen her show on about 5 p.m. n/t RebelOne Dec 2012 #11

Yes, she's in an earlier slot. tosh Dec 2012 #27

money problems johnsolaris Dec 2012 #5

Sorry to hear this. senseandsensibility Dec 2012 #7

They had a good line up from 7pm to 11pm julian09 Dec 2012 #8

They should have kept Keith Olbermann. At least they'd have viewers. calimary Dec 2012 #12

I bet they wish they still had all that money they spent on Olbermann's set DefenseLawyer Dec 2012 #17

CHA-CHING! Chipper Chat Dec 2012 #28

Kick in hopes that the week-end posters know senseandsensibility Dec 2012 #9

I Sometimes Wonder If It's The "Herding Cats" Theory... WillyT Dec 2012 #13

Sure. It is dying from bad management and a lack of vision. Because of this, it is also starving Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #14

Or... They Tell The Uncomfortable Truth... WillyT Dec 2012 #15

I think you're onto something senseandsensibility Dec 2012 #16

Sorry, no. I think we're talking about different things. They sort of tried Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #18

Well First Off... I Would Like To See Some Corroborating Evidence... Second... WillyT Dec 2012 #19

The evidence is Current TV's impending demise. They have refused to leverage the web, the entire Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #20

Current is like RIM and Kodiak Ruby the Liberal Dec 2012 #22

Valerie Jarrett senseandsensibility Apr 2016 #29

Heard they are trying to sell it, so it seems they've stopped trying. n/t Cleita Dec 2012 #21

link to related thread alp227 Dec 2012 #23

Current TV -- maybe they can sell it to the shopping catalog company? FarCenter Dec 2012 #24

Not to mention............ ThirdCultureBias Dec 2012 #26