Al Jazeera America to shut down in April

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  • Adam
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    • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
    • 16885
    #1

    Al Jazeera America to shut down in April




    Al Jazeera America, which went on the air in 2013 -- and is partly funded by the ruling family of Qatar -- announces it is shutting down at the end of April, citing the "economic landscape of the media environment."

    The network said in a statement that "Al Jazeera America will cease operation by April 30, 2016," explaining that "while Al Jazeera America built a loyal audience across the U.S. and increasingly was recognized as an important new voice in television news, the economic landscape of the media environment has driven its strategic decision to wind down its operations and conclude its service."

    Ray Suarez, a D.C.-based host at the channel, said in an email to Fox News Latino: “We put a good product on the air, with strong content from around the world that you can't see anywhere else. But ... being good isn't enough on its own in 2016.”
    Well, Al Gore and Peyton Manning now have something in common: neither of them will be getting money out of Al Jazeera America.
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    • Billy Jingo
      I shave with Occam's Razor
      • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
      • 18663
      #2
      I never got the TV station. But I streamed their stuff. Their documentaries are good. Not Frontline good but close.

      When events happen in the Middle East such as the Arab Spring, I stream them since nothing else comes close to the reporting.
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        • Lady Marva
          Senior Member
          • Wednesday, June 17, 2015
          • 13321
          #3
          Kinda like the Big Liberal stations. Too funny.

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            • Tom Servo
              Area Man
              • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
              • 5898
              #4
              I'll miss their Arab centric view on news, but their presentation was even more dull than CNN, and their documentaries were impossible to record because the descriptions never seemed to match the actual content of the shows.

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                • scott
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                  • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                  • 15799
                  #5
                  Their editorial choices were silly. They were the MSNBC of Qatar.
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