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| Al Jazeera America circling the bowl |
| 2014-04-14 |
| Via FrontPagemag's better writers, Daniel Greenfield By comparison, BorderlandBeat.com, to which Ranturg.com is loosely associated, draws 6,000 readers daily. Cable channel Al Jazeera America, which launched less than a year ago, is slashing expenses and laying off staff as it struggles to gain a foothold in the US. "They're not making their numbers or the revenue they thought," said a source. "They have a really convoluted background of people in from Qatar [headquarters]. They really don't get the US market." Al Jazeera America is averaging just 15,000 total viewers, roughly half those who tuned in to its predecessor, Current TV, according to Nielsen figures. The channel draws fewer than 6,000 viewers in the 25-to-54-year-old target audience for news. Thanks to the deep pockets of the owners, Al Jazeera America spent freely in a bid to challenge its all-news TV competition. It hired 800 journalists, including former ABC news-gathering chief Kate O'Brian, and blanketed the US with a dozen bureaus. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #13 Inshalla! |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2014-04-14 22:03 |
| #12 Zenobia---Like your limericks! You inspired the twisted muse in me. Heh. A man was standing behind a dog seated at a desk in front of a typewriter. The man was reading the dog's typing with a frown. The dog looked up at the man and said, "Sure, it's doggerel. What did you expect?" |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-04-14 20:33 |
| #11 besides: Limericks kick ass. :o) |
| Posted by: badanov 2014-04-14 20:10 |
| #10 I thought the same thing, ZF until I saw it was Rantburg's Alaska Paul. Competition is good even if it is for a spot of "doggerel". |
| Posted by: badanov 2014-04-14 20:10 |
| #9 First read the headline as "Al Jazeera: America Circling the Bowl" and thought, "get a load of these froggy bastards." A fleeting moment of admiration, like. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-04-14 19:57 |
| #8 Hah! What was a strange little deja vu goes vertigo moment. "Heyyyyy, I didn't post those!" Aha! The sincerecist flattery! When limericists fire as a battery, Will doggerel lovers All take off their covers Or head for the nearest hard-hattery? |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-04-14 19:54 |
| #7 Al Jazeera has started to tank With a news model that really stank With viewers too few For Jiihadi world view As Gore laughed his way to the Bank |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-04-14 19:18 |
| #6 Ain't that just too bad. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-04-14 16:13 |
| #5 Oh gee darn.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-04-14 15:35 |
| #4 I understand Dan Rather is available. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-04-14 11:04 |
| #3 Top 3 viewers of al jizz America: Whitehouse press room Al gore family room Air Force One |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-04-14 10:33 |
| #2 "They really don't get the US market." Yep, that's it - can't be the famed Al Jazeera reputation for jihadi newsworthiness, no siree! |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-04-14 09:26 |
| #1 so will the Tidy Bowl (TM) get flushed? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2014-04-14 01:48 |