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New Al-Jazeera service taking shape

Al-Jazeera has appointed the former director of CNBC Europe to head up the commercial operations of its new English-language channel as it gears up for launch later this year, reports Dominc Timms on media.guardian.co.uk. The Doha-based broadcaster confirmed it had hired Lindsey Oliver as the new channel continues a recruitment drive to sign up around 300 staff.

The former Hill and Knowlton executive, Charlotte Dent, has also joined as the head of public relations.

The Al-Jazeera International managing director, Nigel Parsons, said the service would launch before Christmas, broadcasting across the globe from key news centres in London, Doha, Washington and Kuala Lumpur.

Steve Clarke, al-Jazeera International's director of news, said the arrival of Al Anstey and Nick Walshe - formerly top foreign news executives at ITN - to take up senior roles would speed plans to get the English-language service off the ground.

"Together we will work to bring the English-speaking world an alternative voice in news and to provide both a regional voice and a global perspective to a potential world audience of over one billion English speakers."
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