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March 29, 2016

Al Jazeera Fires 500 Employees, Mostly at Qatar Headquarters
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In other media news, the Al Jazeera Media Network has fired about 500
employees, most of them at its headquarters in Qatar. This comes after
Al Jazeera announced in January it was shutting down its U.S. offshoot,
Al Jazeera America.
Topics:Journalism

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