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"LOS ANGELES  \u2014 Former Vice President Al Gore is suing Al Jazeera America, saying the news network is withholding tens of millions of dollars that it owes for buying Current TV from him and other shareholders for $500 million last year.\nDavid Boies, Gore's attorney, said in a statement that Al Jazeera America \"wants to give itself a discount on the purchase price that was agreed to nearly two years ago.\"\nSee also: Al Jazeera Calls for 'Day of Action' for Detained Journalists\nAl Jazeera America did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\n[see also slug=\"al-gore-al-jazeera\"]\nBoies says the suit was filed in Delaware Court of Chancery on Friday.\nThe Qatar-owned news channel began sending out its signal to more than 45 million homes last August after hiring a slew of U.S. TV news veterans like Soledad O'Brien and John Seigenthaler.\nFounded in 2004 and co-owned by the former Vice President, Current TV had been in discussions with media companies to discuss a possible sale since October 2012. Current was carried by a large number of cable and satellite distributors, such as Time Warner and Comcast; so much so that it reached roughly 60% of the 100 million U.S. households with TVs. But the channel struggled to find its footing and has been plagued by low viewership figures since its inception."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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