Under Pressure, Qatar May Sell Jazeera Station
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U.S. relations with Qatar are strained over the country's sponsorship of Al Jazeera, the provocative television station that is a big source of news in the Arab world.
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ST. LOUIS - Pulitzer Inc. said Sunday that company officials are considering selling the newspaper publisher to boost shareholder value.
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By Sanjay Suri  LONDON, Sep. 21, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- The appearance of an English- language service from Al Jazeera television will mark more than expansion of a company; it will come as one of the biggest challenges yet to Western news providers, academics say.
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ST. LOUIS The newspaper publisher Pulitzer Inc. has said that company officials are considering a possible sale of the firm to improve shareholder value.
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The newspaper publisher Pulitzer is considering whether to sell, which could attract bids of up to $1.5 billion, bankers close to the negotiations said over the weekend.
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An Arab television station says hostage Margaret Hassan is facing a new threat -- a possible transfer to a deadly militant group. Al-Jazeera television cites a newly-released videotape from the people currently holding Hassan.
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A new Mideast radio station is attracting both Palestinians and Israelis. How a format created during South Africaâs apartheid era is offering a fresh forum in a troubled region.
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The Iraqi government, according to its spokesman this weekend, has a vested interest in a peaceful settlement in Najaf. The spokesman might easily have added that among those with a similar interest may now
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Muslim tycoons should buy stakes in   global media outlets to help change anti-Muslim attitudes   around the world, ministers from Islamic countries heard at a   conference in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
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Qatar's state investment fund is set to win the auction of Nasdaq's 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange Group after lodging a bid of 2.8 billion pounds ($5.6 billion), the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.
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In the upper reaches of Madison Square Garden, the satellite news channel Al-Jazeera perches in a media skybox right next to Fox 5 News.
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The critical illness of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was reported near death as this page went to press, is a pivotal event that could quickly lead to increased turmoil in the ever-troubled Middle East, but could offer hope for a long-term
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HELSINKI, Sep 25 (IPS) - The name of Al-Jazeera appeared out of the blue,  and before anyone knew it Arab media had gone global.
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An opposition-aligned TV station forced off the air by President Hugo Chavez is considering taking its programming to cable, the channel's top executive said.
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Qatar, which is hosting the Asian Games   this year, plans to bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, a senior   Qatari official said on Wednesday.
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Qatar is near a deal to buy a stake in the London Stock Exchange from Nasdaq Stock Market, which would propel the emirate into the vanguard of global financial markets, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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More than 200 companies qualified to bid in the upcoming auction of public airwaves that could raise as much as $15 billion for the U.S. Treasury. But it's not clear whether any of those companies will fulfill one of the key goals of the auction -- to attract a bidder that would build a wireless...