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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | United States |
| Network | Al Jazeera |
| Headquarters | Manhattan Center New York City, New York |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Al Jazeera Media Network |
| Key people | Kate O'Brian President Al Anstey Interim CEO |
| Sister channels | Al Jazeera English AJ+ beIN Sport |
| History | |
| Launched | August 20, 2013 |
| Replaced | Current TV |
| Closed | April 12, 2016 |
| Replaced by | Al Jazeera English |
Al Jazeera America was an American pay television news channel owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network. The channel was launched on August 20, 2013, to compete with CNN, HLN, MSNBC, Fox News, and in certain markets RT America. It was Al Jazeera's second entry into the U.S. television market, after the launch of beIN Sports in 2012. The channel, which had persistently low ratings, announced in January 2016 that it would close on April 12, 2016,[1] citing the "economic landscape".[2]
Al Jazeera America was headquartered and run from studios on the first floor of the Manhattan Center in New York City.[3][4][5] It also had a total of 12 bureaus located in places such as Washington, D.C., at the channel's D.C. studios at the Newseum and Al Jazeera's D.C. hub, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Dallas, Denver, Miami, and San Francisco (former headquarters of Current TV and current headquarters of online channel AJ+).[6][7]
The channel was the sister channel of Al Jazeera's international English language news channel Al Jazeera English. Although operated and managed completely separately with America's management based in the United States, the two shared United States studios and bureaus, such as the D.C. hub, and Al Jazeera America ran some of Al Jazeera English's programming and many of its live newscasts alongside its own.
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- ^ Enda, Jodi; Guskin, Emily (May 28, 2013). "Al Jazeera America's biggest challenge: 'getting people to show up'". Pew Research Center. Retrieved August 20, 2013.