May 5, 2004
By KEN BELSON
NEW ORLEANS, May 4 — Former Vice President Al Gore and a group of investors announced Tuesday that they bought Newsworld International, a 24-hour cable news channel, from Vivendi Universal Entertainment. They said they would turn it into a news channel intended for young adults.
The move, announced at the cable industry’s annual convention here, comes amid rapid growth in television programs designed for ever-narrower political, social and demographic groups.
Mr. Gore said the programming would not carry a heavy political message but would be influenced by what younger viewers wanted to watch. He said the intent was to provide an alternative to networks owned by large corporations.
It was an alternative to networks owned by large corporations. I’d given up on news programmes until I discovered this one and its international perspectives, something that is sorely missing in today’s seen-through-the-eyes-of-America-only media. Now I suppose the search is back on.