{"id":68918,"date":"2016-01-14T03:59:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T08:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=68918"},"modified":"2016-01-14T03:59:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T08:59:38","slug":"al-jazeera-to-close-u-s-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/01\/14\/al-jazeera-to-close-u-s-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Jazeera to close U.S. branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_68919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68919\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/4Kv4e12V.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-68919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68919\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/4Kv4e12V.jpeg\" alt=\"Al-Jazeera America logo (Twitter photo)\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/4Kv4e12V.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/4Kv4e12V-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/4Kv4e12V-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Al-Jazeera America logo (Twitter photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES &#8211; Al-Jazeera America will shut down its cable TV and digital operations by April 30, the company announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was &#8220;driven by the fact that our business model is simply not sustainable in light of the economic challenges in the U.S. media marketplace,&#8221; said Al-Jazeera America CEO Al Anstey.<\/p>\n<p>In an email to all employees, Anstey said the decision was no reflection on the work of the staff. &#8220;You are the most talented team any organization could wish for,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the Al-Jazeera Media Network said in a statement that it will expand its digital content and distribution services, including in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\">&#8220;As audiences increasingly turn to multiple platforms, including mobile devices, for news and information, this expansion will allow U.S. and non-U.S. consumers alike to access the network&#8217;s journalism and content wherever and whenever they want,&#8221; the network said on its website. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES &#8211; Al-Jazeera America will shut down its cable TV and digital operations by April 30, the company announced &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":68919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[9230],"class_list":["post-68918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-uploads","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}