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Al Jazeera America
President of Al Jazeera America, she joined the network after 30 years with ABC News
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Kate O'Brian
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FROM Kate O'Brian
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Can Al Jazeera America's Business Model Succeed? A promotional video shows bickering politicos on Fox News and MSNBC, quotes favorable comments from Hillary Clinton and the narrator ends by saying, "You have the right to know what's happening… and the right to make up your own mind." Al Jazeera America is a 24-hour cable news channel that launched in the US on Tuesday. It's owned by the royal family of Qatar, which used its oil fortune to pay $500 million for what used to be Current TV. It's has hired 400 journalists, including well-known anchors, and opened 12 bureaus in the US. We talk with Kate O'Brian, president of the latest thing in cable TV and a veteran of 30 years with ABC News.
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