Al Jazeera Hires First Anchor for New U.S. Channel
By BRIAN STELTER
Al Jazeera on Thursday hired its first new anchor, Ali Velshi of CNN, for its forthcoming cable channel in the United States, and confirmed that the channel would be called Al Jazeera America.
Mr. Velshi, currently the chief business correspondent and an anchor for CNN, will host a half-hour business program in prime time once the new channel replaces Current TV. Neither he nor a spokesman for the channel said they knew exactly when the channel would start, but the transition is expected to happen later this year.
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