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Keith Olbermann gains more clout!

"Countdown" has "put MSNBC back on the map," said NBC News President Steve Capus. "It is as creative a broadcast as there is going today."

NBC News announced Thursday that Olbermann had agreed to four more years at the MSNBC prime-time show "Countdown." He began the show in 2003, and his contract was due to expire in March.

Besides feuding with Fox News Channel's O'Reilly, Olbermann has become a liberal hero. He has seen his ratings increase since launching a series of anti-President Bush commentaries late last summer.

SF Gate