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Article: Al Jazeera looks to U.S. for viewers
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Eric Pfanner The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
05-19-2008
Al Jazeera looks to U.S. for viewers
Byline: Eric Pfanner The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 2
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS
PARIS --
The English-language offshoot of Al Jazeera, the Arabic television news network, is pushing for a "breakthrough" that would make the channel available to American TV viewers and help it move beyond a turbulent start-up phase, according to its new managing director, Tony Burman.
The hiring of Burman, a former editor in chief of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, was announced last week by Al Jazeera English, whose first year and a half of broadcasting has been marked by ...