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.
OPEC
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).
Note: Hamad
bin Khalifa al-Thani was the emir of Qatar,
is the founder of the Qatar Foundation
International, and the founder of Al
Jazeera.
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.
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.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and the Climate
Reality Project.
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.
Douglas J. Band was
a team member for the 2009 humanitarian
mission to North Korea, the deputy assistant to the president for the William J. Clinton administration, William J. Clinton’s counselor, and a
director at the USA Bid Committee Inc.
Don
Garber was a director at the USA Bid
Committee Inc., a director at the United
States Soccer Foundation, and is the commissioner for the Major League Soccer.
Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid
The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid was a bid by Qatar to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The bid has come under FBI investigation for bribery and corruption, leading to
the resignation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter. With a population of 2 million
people, Qatar will be the first Arab state to host the World Cup.[1] Sheikh
Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, son of Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani the then
Emir of Qatar, was the chairman of the bid committee.
William J. Clinton
led team for the 2009 humanitarian
mission to North Korea, negotiated Laura
Ling & Euna Lee’s release
from North Korea, 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.
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.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the Climate Reality
Project, the Human Rights Watch,
and Amnesty International.
Syrian
Electronic Army reportedly hacked the Human
Rights Watch, Amnesty International,
and the Qatar Foundation.
Bashar al-Assad
is supporting the Syrian Electronic Army
a hacker group, the president of Syria,
and permitted the rise in Syria of the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).
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.
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.
Bush-Clinton
Katrina Fund raises funds to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Thad W. Allen
oversaw the emergency response for Hurricane
Katrina, was a senior fellow at the RAND
Corporation, and is the EVP for Booz
Allen Hamilton.
Booz Allen
Hamilton was a funder for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
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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