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News channel Al Jazeera America shuts down

By Take Two Staff
Published Jan 14, 2016
America Tonight in the network's studio space in Washington, DC. Al Jazeera America, a cable news network that launched on August 20, has 12 bureaus in major cities in the US, three broadcast centers, a headquarters in New York City, and around 900 journalists and staff.
America Tonight in the network's studio space in Washington, DC. Al Jazeera America, a cable news network that launched on August 20, announced it would be shutting down later this year
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News channel Al Jazeera America shuts down

Only two and a half years after its launch, the cable news channel Al Jazeera America is shutting down.

The network announced yesterday that it will be going off the air by the end of April.  

We'll talk about the impact it could have on employees and on the industry with David Folkenflik, Media Correspondent for NPR.