Employees of the network were informed of the news at an all-staff meeting on Wednesday, according to a Politico report. It seems that the decision comes as a effect of the business model of the channel and the economic situation of the nation.
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Funded by the government of Qatar, the New York-based English-language affiliate of Doha-based Al Jazeera channel was plagued by low ratings, drawing about 35,000 viewers per night at its height.
Al Jazeera America is said to be shutting down by April 30, although the network will be expanding its “global digital services”, Anstey wrote in the same memo. AT&T, a major cable-system owner, dropped it from its channel lineup over a contract dispute, cutting off access to several million homes.
An undercover reporter with Al Jazeera secretly recorded pharmacist Charlie Sly confessing he sent human growth hormone (HGH) and other drugs to Manning’s wife, Ashley Manning.
Within a few months of entering into the news industry, Al Jazeera America’s profiles quickly rose among consumers and peers in the industry – in the light of its unrivaled journalism. “We have increasingly set ourselves apart from all the rest”, he added.
The freshman network launched in August 2013, a metamorphosis after a purchase of Al Gore’s Current TV.
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – The Al Jazeera America cable news network said Wednesday it will shut down two and a half years after its launch, a victim of a rough business environment and political headwinds it could not conquer. In fact, during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a United States missile hit Al Jazeera’s Baghdad office, killing a reporter and injuring another, leading to accusations that the U.S. had targeted the office. Al Jazeera also could not overcome suspicion among some potential viewers about its motives bred in the years after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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The announcement of AJAM’s closure coincides with a decision by its global parent company to commit to a significant expansion of its worldwide digital operations into the USA market.
