Mar
31
3 Jailed Journalists Deny Ties to Brotherhood in Egypt
Posted in: UncategorizedThree men who worked for Al Jazeera’s English-language news channel appeared to sway a judge, but their case was suspended and they were sent back to jail.
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Jan
31
Egypt Tries to Reassure Journalists From Abroad
Posted in: UncategorizedThe government told foreign correspondents that they are free to work in Egypt after prosecutors accused 20 journalists for Al Jazeera television of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Jan
29
20 Al Jazeera Journalists Face Charges in Egypt
Posted in: UncategorizedEgyptian prosecutors said that the journalists, all employees of the Al Jazeera television network, worked to help and spread propaganda for the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Jan
01
Egypt Says 3 Journalists Will Be Held 15 More Days
Posted in: UncategorizedThe journalists from Al Jazeera English face charges that include belonging to a terrorist group and harming Egypt’s reputation abroad.
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Dec
30
Egypt Detains Journalists It Says Aired ‘False News’
Posted in: UncategorizedThe arrests of people working for the Al Jazeera English news channel appeared aimed at deterring journalists from reporting on the Muslim Brotherhood’s continuing protests.
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Oct
24
Time Warner Cable Reaches Agreement to Distribute Al Jazeera America
Posted in: UncategorizedThe contract is vital for Al Jazeera because Time Warner Cable supplies television to millions of households in New York and Los Angeles, essential markets for cable channels.
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Oct
05
Currents: An Outsider Looks at Life in America
Posted in: UncategorizedAl Jazeera America may represent something quite new in the media business: the foreign gaze for domestic consumption.
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Aug
21
Al Jazeera Makes Limited American Debut
Posted in: UncategorizedThe news channel, which replaced Current TV on Tuesday, lost some viewers when it was dropped by AT&T U-verse and could not be streamed over the Internet.
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Aug
19
Egypt Lashes Out at Foreign News Media’s Coverage
Posted in: UncategorizedA correspondent for Al Jazeera is arrested while other journalists are scolded for failing to portray the crackdown in the government’s terms: as a war against violent terrorists.
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Aug
19
Al Jazeera America Promises a More Sober Look at the News
Posted in: UncategorizedWhen the cable news channel begins broadcasting on Tuesday, “there will be less opinion, less yelling and fewer celebrity sightings,” its chief says.
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Jul
22
ABC Veteran Is Al Jazeera America’s New Leader
Posted in: UncategorizedKate O’Brian, who spent 30 years working for ABC, has been named president of the forthcoming international news channel financed by the emir of Qatar.
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Jul
09
Leaked Report Cites Pakistan’s Failings Before U.S. Killed Bin Laden
Posted in: UncategorizedA report that cited “collective incompetence” of the country’s security forces was leaked after Pakistani authorities had suppressed it for months.
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Jul
07
Egypt’s New Leaders Press Media to Muzzle Dissent
Posted in: UncategorizedThe authorities shuttered some television stations, and the tone of some state news media also seemed to shift, to reflect the interests of those now in charge.
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May
26
American Al Jazeera Channel Shifts Focus to U.S. News
Posted in: UncategorizedTo counter skepticism about its Al Jazeera America cable channel, the Qatar-based network is building a sizable news organization to cover the United States.
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Apr
28
Iraq Suspends Al Jazeera and Other TV Channels
Posted in: UncategorizedAll but one of the channels are aligned with Sunni financial backers, and the Iraqi government said the channels were inciting sectarian conflict.
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Apr
05
Media Decoder Blog: Al Jazeera Hires First Anchor for New U.S. Channel
Posted in: UncategorizedAli Velshi, currently the chief business correspondent and an anchor for CNN, will host a half-hour business program on Al Jazeera America.
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