- say, maybe they could move to 30 Rock....
[WSJ]
Al Jazeera in Site Hunt
Broadcaster Looks at Former New York Times, Other Offices for U.S.
Operations
Al Jazeera has taken a look at the former New York Times building as part
of its hunt for a New York headquarters for the U.S. cable channel it
plans to launch in July, according to multiple people familiar with the
matter.
The Doha-based broadcaster, which is backed by the royal family of Qatar,
has tapped real-estate services firm CBRE Group to assist its search,
according to people briefed on the matter. The iconic building at 229 W.
43rd St. is one of several spaces that it has considered since announcing
its plans for the new channel in January, the people said.
....
In January, Al Jazeera bought Current TV, the struggling cable channel
co-founded by former vice president Al Gore, and announced plans to launch
a new U.S.-based channel. Since then, Al Jazeera has been seeking to add
new journalists, placing ads for more than 100 jobs in New York and
Washington.
Although at the time of the January announcement Al Jazeera said it
planned to double its U.S. head count to more than 300, the total number
will be as many as 700, according to a person familiar with the situation.
It isn't clear how many of them would be based in New York.
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