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Al Jazeera targets Spain amid dropping viewer numbers in its heartland

Al Jazeera targets Spain amid dropping viewer numbers in its heartland

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Apr 04, 2013
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By James M. Dorsey

State-owned Qatari television network Al Jazeera is exploring the acquisition of Spain’s La Liga premier soccer league rights in a bid to expand its budding global sports franchise, tweak its business model in a world in which pan-Arab television is on the decline and compensate for mounting criticism of its coverage of popular revolts…

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