The Qatar based news outlet Al Jazeera announced this week that they have purchased Current TV, a poorly rated channel co-founded by Al Gore, giving them access to a much broader American audience.

Al Jazeera, the Arab broadcaster funded by the government of Qatar, will launch a new network out of New York City, and expand its presence here in the states. The move marks the end for Current TV which has long failed to acquire much of an audience. Al Gore and the station’s founder and CEO Joel Hyatt issued a statement yesterday saying, “We are proud and pleased that Al Jazeera, the award-winning international news organization, has bought Current TV.”

As of right now Al Jazeera’s channel is available only in select markets but the acquisition of Current could allow them to reach nearly 60 million homes. Unfortunately not all cable carriers are happy about the hand over. Time Warner Cable released a statement yesterday saying that they have terminated their relationship with Current and will no longer be carrying the channel.

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For the first time in 40 years Dick Clark will not be hosting the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and his former co-host and successor Ryan Seacrest is feeling the loss. Seacrest sat down with Good Morning America to talk about a loss that was felt around the nation this year.

“Surreal is probably the most appropriate word,” Seacrest explained. “You think back 40 years ago he started the tradition…I not only watched him, I used to watch him and study how he hosted these shows.” In honor of his late co-host, Seacrest and the rest of the Rockin’ Eve crew will pay tribute to Dick Clark during tonight’s broadcast. “He was kind of like my guidance counselor. He’d always make you feel like you were his good friend,” Seacrest said in regards to Clark. “He was like that in person as well.”

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