The final days of Al Jazeera America

Al Jazeera America's employees didn't see it coming. They thought they had more time. The cable news channel was always a gamble. Everyone knew that -- the anchors, the producers, the engineers. And in retrospect, the channel was probably doomed from the get-go. But the business plan called for seven to ten years of huge subsidies before reaching the "crossover point" of profitability, according to senior executives.
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