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Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted. Al Jazeera Media Network which focuses on news and current affairs. Work on the channel started in December 2012, shortly after Al Jazeera established an office in San Francisco. The channel then had a soft launch on June 13, 2014. A full launch followed on September 15, 2014.

Al Jazeera Media Network originally planned to launch an Internet-only TV channel in 2010 as part of its social media strategy but later became pre-occupied with the Arab Spring. Also with the purchase of Current TV to use for Al Jazeera America, AJMN acquired Current’s former headquarters in San Francisco which was perfect for the type of channel Al Jazeera wanted to build being in the new media mecca of the San Francisco Bay Area and the building being already fitted to accommodate an online operation due to the original format of Current as a user-generated channel with heavy Internet integration. After months of research and numerous pilots, the AJMN executive management were convinced of the project and providing funding and resources to scale. San Francisco to launch sometime in 2014.

Community along with a new-look website with an updated logo. In July 2014, the channel created a fellowship program and issued a call for fellows from five regions of the world in North America, South America, The Middle East, Europe, The Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa. In August 2014, the channel branched out to Instagram. Español soft-launched in April 2015 to start testing content in a different language.

They are the ninth largest video producer on the platform overall. Facebook, making the network’s Facebook page one of the most engaged news brands in the world. As of April 2018, its Facebook page had obtained over ten million ‘likes’ from users. In 2018, the English version of the channel moved its operations to Washington D. United States with the Trump Administration charging that the channel has engaged in political activities, backed by the royal family of Qatar. Al Jazeera’s other cable and satellite news channels, though it shares the network’s current 68 bureaus with the other channels.