WATCH: Al Jazeera's Big US Play

TIME: 10:00am-10:50am EST

Al Jazeera, one of the world's biggest media companies, is launching a new cable channel in the US. On Friday, June 28, American Public Media’s Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal asks Ehab Al Shihabi, executive director for international operations for Al Jazeera and the senior executive in charge of developing Al Jazeera America, why? And who will watch?

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