did Gavin Newsom, host of The Gavin Newsom Show, who was reported to have planned on leaving the network earlier. On Sunday, January 6, Eliot Spitzer announced that he had left the network and his weekday show Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer. It was announced in an article in Politico at the time of the purchase that Bill Press didn't expect to continue his show with Al Jazeera once the change officially took place. Press also didn't expect Stephanie Miller to continue her show on Al Jazeera. Press said he would look for TV coverage to replace Current but expected having trouble finding a replacement. On August 1, 2013, Press announced that his show's simulcast would move to Free Speech TV on September 3, 2013. Stephanie Miller announced later after a hiatus from television syndaication that her show would also move to Free Speech TV in January 2014. In a January 22, 2014 article in Politico Al Jazeera spokesman Stan Collender said the network's launch would be pushed back to within six months, and would create "multiple hundreds of new jobs" and new bureaus around the country. They announced the hiring of 105 total jobs for the new network, with 98 in New York and seven in Washington, D.C. On July 3, 2013 Ali Velshi announced on his Twitter account that the network would replace Current on August 20, 2013. The last live show on Current was Viewpoint with John Fugelsang, ending on August 15, 2013. Al Jazeera America launched and replaced Current on August 20, 2013, at 3:00pm EDT. On August 16, 2014, Al Gore launched a lawsuit against Al Jazeera Media Network claiming a residual payment of $65 million of the sale proceeds held in an escrow account, due in 2014, remained unpaid. In September Al Jazeera Media Network launched a lawsuit against Al Gore Al Jazeera America shut down on April 12, 2016, citing the "economic landscape and the highly competitive nature of the American media market, as reasons to shut down the channel. After use by three networks since 1994, the channel space folded after Al Jazeera failed to sell it to another network. Remains Al Jazeera maintained Current TV's former San Francisco headquarters as the headquarters for its all online digital channel AJ+ until late 2018 which included use of the former The War Room studio and its podcast network Jetty. The building was also home