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Happy New Year!
I am bogged down with the evil reinsurance work, but here's a semi-hopeful tidbit for the day - it doesn't quite compare to my dream of Turner and Soros taking abck CNN, but it might be pretty cool - after all, we had low expectations from the Air America too. What? you don't listen to Air America?? Well get the hence and
stream!

This is from the Washington Post. There's more good stuff there but you need to register.

Al Gore's INdTV: The People's Programmer

By Richard Leiby
Tuesday, January 4, 2005

Tuning in to Gore TV: Little is publicly known about the cable news network planned by almost-president Al Gore except that it will be called INdTV (say it like "indie"), aims to wow the youth market, has set up shop in San Francisco and is supposed to launch this year. But what kind of shows will it carry?

We've received a glimpse of some of the programming envisioned by INdTV execs, who just sent out an e-mail to prospective "digital correspondents," seeking edgy video submissions to serve as pilots. Gore's programming gurus say they hope to "democratize television" by relying on Generation Y contributors and "real-life video."

Admittedly, Al Gore TV does not sound riveting.