Ending a novel experiment that some saw as doomed from the start, Al-Jazeera America, the US television news arm of the Arab based network, announced it would be signing off in April following a disappointing rollout and inability to attract viewers.
Al-Jazeera America began its run two and a half years ago by hiring some top-notch journalists with long backgrounds at established US broadcast networks. In recent months, however, there were some high-profile exits - publicity around which seemed only to exacerbate what industry observers saw as an intractable branding problem. Courtesy Deadline Hollywood.