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Al Jazeera to close in America: the future will not be broadcast

  • Written by The Conversation
imageAl Jazeera's American experiment lasted less than three years.Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Yesterday came the surprising announcement that Al Jazeera America (AJAM), the not even three-year-old US news franchise of the Arab media giant, was shutting down. Come April this year, up to 800 journalists may be looking for work and more than US$2 billion of...

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