
Arab news network Al Jazeera launched an English language network almost half a year ago. But the network hasn't had much luck getting on air in the United States, where many broadcasters consider Al Jazeera to be biased against America and Israel.
So what does Al Jazeera do? They go and partner up with YouTube, creating
an online channel for their material. The channel went live today, and while the introductory video has been watched a couple thousand views, most of the actual news stories have only been clicked on a few times so far.

Page Six in the
New York Post is reporting that Diane Sawyer will take over for Charlie Gibson as anchor of ABC's
World News after the 2008 presidential election, at least according to industry insiders. Gibson took the job in June knowing that he'd step down after that election, but his replacement wasn't named. The choice of Sawyer is curious, since she's only about two-and-a-half years younger than Gibson (but
looks a whole heck of a lot better). You'd think ABC would go younger with the next anchor.
Anyway, the article goes on to speculate what Sawyer will do in the meantime. One theory is that she'll take over hosting duties for
Nightline, with Kate Snow, Daryn Kagan, or Campbell Brown taking over for her on
Good Morning America. But, remember the source, folks: Page Six's batting average on things like this is around utility-infielder level, so take this whole thing with a lump of salt.
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