Comments on: In the wake of Al Jazeera, The Young Turks declares its Current independence http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/ Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: maclcome x http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/#comment-1305808 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:17:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=599203#comment-1305808 News World International was so much better than current

]]> By: Michael Curley http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/#comment-1305804 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:35:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=599203#comment-1305804 Psy made 1.3 million on his billion hits, TYT will not be able to generate the revenue to be relevant. Furthermore saying TYT are one of currents most popular shows is a joke, considering no one watches Current and its ratings were a joke. The reason they were able to command such a large saleprice is soley becasue of their access to cable markets, nothing to do with strong ratings.

]]> By: 30aTV @30abuzz http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/#comment-1297201 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:52:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=599203#comment-1297201 maybe if they werent left of the world they could get more traction. Climate change is mans fault and big business is suppressing you stories and discussion sure gets old fast

]]> By: Laurence Glavin http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/#comment-1296146 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:42:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=599203#comment-1296146 Since Al Jazeera IS a foreign-owned entity, I believe Al Jazeera CAN’T buy, own and operate a full-power TV station in the US. But it may be possible to enter into an agreement with a TV station operator to broadcast some, most or all of it content. I’ve read that KCET-TV in Los Angeles carries some Al Jazeera programming for example. The US has an actual LAW that requires cable TV providers to offer over-the-air stations receivable in their area, so that’s one way Al Jazeera could be seen in many places whether Cox, Time-Warner or Comcast likes it or not. And it would be cheaper than buying a cable channel that could be dropped without consequence.

]]> By: Fritz Brothers http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/#comment-1295648 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:25:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=599203#comment-1295648 Bad move politically for Gore. I will follow these guys wherever they go. Great show, keep up the good work. The people need someone to carry the word.

]]> By: Ann Glover http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/#comment-1295121 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 04:12:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=599203#comment-1295121 Cool. Al Jazeera is not an Islamist controlled news media. It is quite even. Just because it has a Mid Eastern name means nothing. You, the average U.S. citizen, should check it out.

]]> By: Aaron http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/#comment-1294912 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:22:17 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=599203#comment-1294912 He’s talking about the live stream of the show on Youtube, not the Current show.

]]> By: Dennis McDonald http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/#comment-1294725 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:56:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=599203#comment-1294725 I was not even aware Young Turks was available on “tv” since I only see it on YouTube.

That said, I look forward o the Al Jazeera influence given the paucity of real world news available via the main TV networks here in the U.S.

]]> By: Steven Klasz http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/#comment-1294614 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:58:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=599203#comment-1294614 Actually since Olbermans departure from Current TYT has been growing at the rate of 229% a year now averaging a 4% share (4% of 109 million viewers in the 7pm hour). Where did you get your statistics? http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/05/05/what-shame-spitzers-current-tv-ratings-plummet-olbermanns-puny-numbers

]]> By: Aaron http://gigaom.com/2013/01/05/in-the-wake-of-al-jazeera-the-young-turks-declares-its-current-independence/#comment-1294270 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:25:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=599203#comment-1294270 The problem is that Cenk is using the 15.5 million unique viewers as if it’s the size of his audience. TYT has 13.7k videos on Youtube ranging from a multitude of topics. Billions of people have access to Youtube, so it’s not surprising that 15.5 million people watched at least one Young Turks video in a month. He really should provide his average views per video to better gauge the size of his committed audience. Right now the Young Turks average 66,903 views per video.

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