0Media QuakesThe ex-MSNBC anchor announced Tuesday he’s launching a nightly show on Al Gore’s Current TV—and will control the channel’s news and opinion programming. Howard Kurtz on Olbermann’s gamble. Plus, the 13 biggest media quakes.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:51PM EDT / Published Nov. 12, 2010 12:46PM EST NPR Loses a CEO After Two Scandals Keith Olbermann Hitches Up With Al GoreAP Photo AOL Pays Cash for the HuffPostAP Photo (2) Gawker Founder Elizabeth Spiers to Run the New York ObserverGetty Images; AP Photo Stephen Drucker Out at Town & Country Despite Numbers SurgeGetty Images (2) Newsweek and The Daily Beast Get Hitched!Mike Theiler / Newscom; Robin Platzer / Getty Images NBC Taken Over by Comcast, Late Night WarsAP Photo, Getty Images (2) New York Times Magazine Bounces Mentor for UnderlingFrazer Harrison / Getty Images; Neal Slavin; Peter Kramer / AP Photo The Hollywood Reporter Gets a Scoop: A Marquee EditorFrank Franklin II / AP Photo Great Ratings Couldn’t Save ABC’s ChiefReed Saxon / AP Photo A King Is DethronedPeter Kramer / AP Photo; Matt Sayles / AP Photo CNN Anchor Finds Limit to Free SpeechGustavo Caballero / Getty Images Lou Dobbs Gets Picked Up AgainKaren Bleier, AFP / Getty Images Juan Williams Starts a FirestormRichard Drew / AP Photo
NPR Loses a CEO After Two Scandals Keith Olbermann Hitches Up With Al GoreAP Photo AOL Pays Cash for the HuffPostAP Photo (2) Gawker Founder Elizabeth Spiers to Run the New York ObserverGetty Images; AP Photo Stephen Drucker Out at Town & Country Despite Numbers SurgeGetty Images (2) Newsweek and The Daily Beast Get Hitched!Mike Theiler / Newscom; Robin Platzer / Getty Images NBC Taken Over by Comcast, Late Night WarsAP Photo, Getty Images (2) New York Times Magazine Bounces Mentor for UnderlingFrazer Harrison / Getty Images; Neal Slavin; Peter Kramer / AP Photo The Hollywood Reporter Gets a Scoop: A Marquee EditorFrank Franklin II / AP Photo Great Ratings Couldn’t Save ABC’s ChiefReed Saxon / AP Photo A King Is DethronedPeter Kramer / AP Photo; Matt Sayles / AP Photo CNN Anchor Finds Limit to Free SpeechGustavo Caballero / Getty Images Lou Dobbs Gets Picked Up AgainKaren Bleier, AFP / Getty Images Juan Williams Starts a FirestormRichard Drew / AP Photo