re: #331 Dr Lizardo

And now it’s apparently official. Al Jazeera has acquired Current TV, and will use it as a springboard for Al Jazeera America.

[Link: mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com…]

Pam Gellar to completely freak out shortly.

Looks like it was updated. Some new info:

Current’s programming will continue for about three months. Then an international feed of Al Jazeera English will be simulcast on the channel. Sometime later in 2013, the rebranded Al Jazeera news channel, with 60 percent American programming, will start.

Al Jazeera intends to open new bureaus across the United States to support the American programming. The news operation currently has bureaus in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Miami, and Chicago.