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Aug 20, 2013

M(*T)MMM # 400 --Cable War Broadside

 "With a staff of 900,  including 400 newsroom employees, it is one of the most significant investments in television journalism in modern times."
                                                                                                         New York Times story


No, not NBC nor CBS nor FOX...but Al Jazera America, coming to a cable system near you this afternoon. And they're promising a much harder edged news product. 
     The NPR show "On The Media" had an interesting report about it over the weekend. Listen online here. 

[The Monday (*and sometimes Tuesday) Morning Media Memo is a regular feature of TimLennox.com]
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  1. Jay CroftTuesday, August 20, 2013 12:02:00 PM

    Now taking bets on whether the Alabama legislature will try to pass legislation banning local stations from broadcasting this network.

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