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Al Jazeera Fires 500 Employees, Mostly at Qatar Headquarters

HeadlineMar 29, 2016

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.

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