Today is another sobering day for the tech and media world. CurrentTV has confirmed that 80 people are being let go, leaving the company with 300 employees worldwide. We heard multiple reports of significant layoffs …
Read Original Story: Current TV Staff Suffer A “Major Bloodbath” As 80 Employees Lose Their Jobs – TechCrunch (blog)
CurrentMedia is revising its strategy. Less short-form video. Less in-house production. More 30- and 60-minute shows. More acquisition of shows from outside companies. Chief Operating Officer Joanna Drake Earl told …
Read Original Story: Current Media Revising Strategy, Moving Away From Short-Form and Daily In … – BayNewser
Less than three months after taking over as chief executive of CurrentTV, former MTV Networks President Mark Rosenthal has decided the network’s short-form programming approach is a non-starter. The cablechannel, which was founded by AlGore and got …
Read Original Story: Current TV's cuts acknowledge a strategy that didn't catch fire – Los Angeles Times
When AlGore’s CurrentTV was launched in 2005, it was intended to be (and occasionally heralded as) a “new breed of television,” a revolutionary step in the democratization of the medium, a heady mix of crowdsourcing and …
Read Original Story: Al Gore's Current TV Cuts Staff, Shifts Format – TheWrap
by Caroline mccarthy Maybe it hasn’t worked so well to mesh the short-video-clip culture of the Web with traditionalcable news: CurrentMedia, the edgy cable company co-founded by former Vice PresidentAlGore, announced Wednesday it has laid off 80 …
Read Original Story: Current Media lays off 80, cancels shows – CNET News
CurrentTV, the San Francisco cable and Internet video channel co-founded by former Vice PresidentAlGore, on Wednesday cut 80 workers and announced a big shift in its programing strategy. CurrentMedia Inc. said the company is moving CurrentTV away …
Read Original Story: Gore's Current TV cuts 80 workers – San Francisco Chronicle
Roughly 90 days into Mark Roshenthal’s tenure as CEO of CurrentMedia, the company’s cable network is dropping short-form programming and some of its in-house originals in favor of more traditional show lengths and acquisitions. …
Read Original Story: Current TV Moves Away From Signature Short-Form Programming; 80 Jobs Cut – paidContent.org
CurrentTV has confirmed that 80 people are being let go, leaving the company with 300 employees worldwide. Most of the layoffs are in CurrentTV’s LA office where much of the San Francisco company’s production had been moved. According to a NewTeeVee …
Read Original Story: Layoffs, cancellations at Al Gore's Current TV – San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco’s CurrentMedia canceled some of its television shows and will lay off 80 people out of its 300-strong workforce. The company was started in part by former US vice presidentAlGore. In a statement, the business said the layoffs are part …
Read Original Story: Gore's Current Media will lay off 80 people – San Francisco Business Times
CurrentTV, the cable news channel founded by AlGore, is overhauling its staff, cutting 80 positions. Among those leaving is David Neuman, who oversaw programing for the network. The network is moving away from original in-house productions and …
Read Original Story: Current TV to cut 80 jobs and refocus network – Los Angeles Times
