Monday, March 28, 2016

Al-Jazeera to Slash 500 Jobs, Most from Qatar Headquarters



Al-Jazeera to Slash 500 Jobs, Most from Qatar Headquarters
by Breitbart News 27 Mar 2016
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based broadcaster, said Sunday it is slashing about 500 jobs a little more than two months after announcing the closure of its U.S. offshoot.

The cutbacks come as 2022 World Cup host Qatar refocuses its spending priorities amid a steep drop in prices for oil and gas, the backbone of the OPEC nation’s economy.

The Al-Jazeera Media Network described the cuts as part of a “workforce optimization initiative” tied to an evolving media landscape.

They will enable Al-Jazeera to “maintain a leading position and continue our recognized commitment to high quality, independent and hard-hitting journalism around the world,” acting Director General Mostefa Souag said in a statement.

The network did not make officials available for comment, but confirmed it currently employs about 4,500 people. Most of those losing their jobs are based in Qatar.

Al-Jazeera began as an Arabic-language news channel in 1996 with backing from Qatar’s then-emir, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. It now has multiple channels, including an international English-language service, and boasts more than 70 bureaus worldwide.

It struggled to crack into the U.S. market, however. It announced in January it was shutting down its Al Jazeera America cable news network, launched in October 2013, after struggling to attract viewers and convince cable and satellite companies to carry it.

Like other major energy producers, Qatar is under pressure from a steep slide in oil prices that has pushed crude to less than $40 a barrel from more than $100 in the summer of 2014. Several prominent Qatari employers have cut jobs in recent months, and authorities in January hiked subsidized gasoline prices by at least 30 percent.

Even with cutbacks in government spending, Qatar expects to run a budget deficit of more than $12 billion this year.

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Qatar, Saudi Arabia & the United Arab Emirates are members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

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Larry J. Schweiger is a trustee at the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, and a director at the Climate Reality Project.
Sherwood L. Boehlert was a trustee at the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, and is a director at the Climate Reality Project.
Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and was a co-founder & chairman for Current Media, LLC.
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Qatar was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Brookings Institution (think tank), Qatar, Saudi Arabia & the United Arab Emirates are members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Qatar Foundation International was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Friends of Saudi Arabia was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
United Arab Emirates was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Hillary Rodham Clinton was a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.
Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International.      
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
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Teresa Heinz Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to John F. Kerry, and the vice chair for the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.
Larry J. Schweiger is a trustee at the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, and a director at the Climate Reality Project.
Sherwood L. Boehlert was a trustee at the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, and is a director at the Climate Reality Project.
Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and was a co-founder & chairman for Current Media, LLC.
Current TV is a division of Current Media, LLC.
Al Jazeera acquired Current TV.
Laura Ling is a journalist for Current TV, was freed as result of the 2009 humanitarian mission to North Korea, and William J. Clinton negotiated her release from North Korea.
Euna Lee was a journalist for Current TV, was freed as result of the 2009 humanitarian mission to North Korea, and William J. Clinton negotiated her release from North Korea.
William J. Clinton led team for the 2009 humanitarian mission to North Korea, negotiated Laura Ling & Euna Lee’s release from North Korea, the spokesman for the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, an adviser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
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Qatar Foundation was a funder for the RAND Corporation (think tank).
Leonard D. Schaeffer is a trustee at the RAND Corporation (think tank), and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Teresa Heinz Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), married to John F. Kerry, and the vice chair for the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.

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