21 July 2011 8:21 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
The politically progressive radio talk show host doesn't have specific plans to return to TV now that he has been dumped from MSNBC Live. But Uygur says he "would work on another cable news channel -- I’d work at MSNBC again" as long as it would "be on my terms." For now his only concrete plan with Current is to appear tonight on Countdown With Keith Olbermann. But Uygur added in a press conference this morning that he "might have news for you in a little while about (his weekday show, The Young Turks, on) You Tube." Uygur says that "I'm a new media guy....my plan is to dominate media from new media, not old media." Uygur continued the blasts at MSNBC that he began last night in a video saying that the news network is "obsessed with access (to newsmakers), and you have to play ball to get access. »
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