Time magazine reports that Rupert Murdoch made Current what it is today and could be in the future:
"It's no small irony that the biggest boon to the venture came from none other than media baron Rupert Murdoch, whose Fox News Channel Gore once called a 'fifth column' that has turned 'daily Republican talking points into the definition of what's objective.' Chances are, Current TV would never have got even this far had Murdoch not given it NWI's existing slot on his DirecTV satellite system, which accounts for 14.5 million of the nearly 20 million households Current reaches. It's a big start toward the 50 million Gore hopes to attain in five years. 'Rupert Murdoch right now is the biggest contributor to the possible success of Current,' says John Higgins, business editor of Broadcasting and Cable magazine."
