Pan-Arab Al-Jazeera buys Current TV from Al Gore

Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 | 11:23 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — With its purchase of left-leaning Current TV, the Pan-Arab news channel Al-Jazeera has fulfilled a long-held quest to reach tens of millions of U.S. homes. But its new audience immediately got a little smaller. The nation's second-largest TV operator, Time Warner Cable Inc., dropped Current after the deal was confirmed Wednesday, a sign that the channel will have an uphill climb to expand its reach. "Our agreement with Current has been terminated and we will no longer be carrying the service. We are removing the service as quickly as possible," the company said in a statement. Still, ...

AP Television Writer David Bauder in New York and AP writer Adam Schreck in Baghdad contributed to this report.

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