Al Jazeera America to Shut Down
- 8 years ago
Al Jazeera's big bet on becoming a player in U.S. cable news is coming to an end.
The cable news outlet is being shut down on April 30, Al Jazeera's CEO Al Anstey announced on Wednesday.
“I have witnessed and worked alongside some of the most talented people any organization could wish for.
Since its launch in 2013, the work done by the team at Al Jazeera America has been recognized with nearly every major award an American news organization can receive," Anstey stated.
AJAM's end comes less than a year after it faced a huge crisis in 2015, when CEO Ehab Al Shihabi left amid accusations of sexism and anti-Semitism — not to mention the network's crippled ratings.
That narrative did not change after his departure.
AJAM wrapped 2015 with a mere 7,000 average primetime viewers in the news demographic of adults 25-54, essentially a scratch.
The cable news outlet is being shut down on April 30, Al Jazeera's CEO Al Anstey announced on Wednesday.
“I have witnessed and worked alongside some of the most talented people any organization could wish for.
Since its launch in 2013, the work done by the team at Al Jazeera America has been recognized with nearly every major award an American news organization can receive," Anstey stated.
AJAM's end comes less than a year after it faced a huge crisis in 2015, when CEO Ehab Al Shihabi left amid accusations of sexism and anti-Semitism — not to mention the network's crippled ratings.
That narrative did not change after his departure.
AJAM wrapped 2015 with a mere 7,000 average primetime viewers in the news demographic of adults 25-54, essentially a scratch.