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Roger Goodell about to make Packers the NFL's next Patriots
Wanna see a bunch of kindly cheeseheads turn into a bitter mob to match any collection of Patriots fans complaining about Bleepin' Goodell being wicked haahsh on Tommy? The NFL's...
Two Al Jazeera employees sentenced to death in Egypt
CAIRO -- An Egyptian court has sentenced six people, including two Al-Jazeera employees, to death for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network...
Al Jazeera employees go out with boozy farewell bash
Al Jazeera America, the money-losing cable network, went dark on Tuesday at 9 p.m. Many of the out-of-work staffers convened at Studio 450 in Hell’s Kitchen for a party that...
Al Jazeera America is no more – but its debts are still very real
Al Jazeera America signed off the air for good on Tuesday — but could still be on the hook for millions it promised to distribution partners, The Post has learned....
Al Jazeera America to fold after just two years
Al Jazeera America, the thinly viewed cable news network, dropped a bombshell on Wednesday — it is shutting down its US operation in April. AJA, owned by the oil-and-gas rich...
Papa John's addresses report linking Manning to HGH
Papa John’s Pizza (PZZA) reiterated its commitment to longtime endorser Peyton Manning on Tuesday, hours after an Al Jazeera report linked the Denver Broncos quarterback to a clinic that purportedly...
Why this Peyton Manning mess is likely to just blow over
The NFL will investigate a televised report that Peyton Manning and four other players took human growth hormone, a pseudo-steroid or unprescribed painkillers, although the chances any will face punishment...
Egypt sentences Al-Jazeera journalists to 3 years prison
CAIRO -- An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced three Al-Jazeera English journalists to three years in prison, the latest twist in a long-running trial criticized worldwide by press freedom advocates...
Al Jazeera chief ignores network's turmoil in staff letter
Al Jazeera America president Kate O’Brian celebrated the network’s second anniversary last week with a rousing letter to her staff. O’Brian thanked them for their hard work — but, not...
Katrina survivors share stories of courage
Aug. 29 marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating natural disasters in US history. The storm was also a big TV event, as news anchors...
Al Jazeera trashes Americans in Fourth of July video
https://youtu.be/qRYW_I60xoM An American-based branch of the Qatar-owned TV news channel Al Jazeera put out an insulting Independence Day-pegged video mocking Americans as obese, porn-watching, pill-popping, gun-toting racists. The 1¹/₂-minute video...
DirecTV ups its lawsuit against Al Jazeera America by $46M
DirecTV is upping the heat by $46 million in its lawsuit against Qatar-backed Al Jazeera America, according to a report. A June 11 court filing previously under seal reveals that...
Al Jazeera America has pro-Arab, anti-women agenda: suit
The hits keep coming for the ratings-challenged Al Jazeera America. The former head of the network’s documentary unit filed suit on Thursday claiming it was rife with bias against women...
Call it 'Fail Jazeera' -- why the network is imploding
For Al Jazeera, May is the cruelest month. In just the past four weeks, two ex-employees have filed separate lawsuits totaling some $100 million, three executives have resigned from its...
Al Anstey aims to right Al Jazeera America
Al Jazeera America’s new British-born boss, Al Anstey, is arriving in New York this weekend and is set to address the troops as he attempts to right a news organization...
Al Jazeera America ousts CEO amid newsroom turmoil
Al Jazeera America’s controversial interim CEO Ehab Al Shihabi has gotten the boot. The company has hired Al Anstey to take his place, AJA said in a statement on Wednesday....
Al Jazeera America news boss steps down
Al Jazeera America news boss Marcy McGinnis resigned from the news channel Monday, sources confirmed. McGinnis, a former CBS News top executive, confirmed in a letter to staff that she no...
Ex-Al Jazeera staffer says he was fired for complaining about 'anti-Semitic' boss
An ex-Al Jazeera America network staffer was canned after complaining that his boss was a sexist in the newsroom and went on “anti-American and anti-Semitic” rants about how “whoever supports...
Al Jazeera America angers staffers with shift in direction
Al Jazeera America is showing its true colors — and they’re not red, white and blue. A host of staffers are upset that the cable news outfit — which made...
Journalists arrested for flying drone over Paris
French police arrested three al-Jazeera TV journalists on Wednesday for allegedly flying drones from a park on the edge of Paris, law enforcement sources said. The arrests follow a series...