Ehab Al Shihabi
| Ehab Al Shihabi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 Amman, Jordan |
| Residence | New York City |
| Citizenship | United States, Jordan |
| Alma mater | University of Jordan (BA) University of Jordan (MBA) Georgetown University (MSc) |
Ehab Al Shihabi (born 1970) was the Executive Director of international operations for Al Jazeera Media Network and the former Chief Executive Officer of Al Jazeera America.[1][2][3][4][5] As of November 2015, he serves as Advisor to the Director General, Al Jazeera Media Network.[6]
Shihabi was hired by Al Jazeera Media Network in 2006 to be the Deputy Managing director at Al Jazeera English. In 2011 he was named the Executive director of international operations Al Jazeera Media Network. Before Al Jazeera he was a media consultant at a variety of firms. He was one of the principal people involved in the process of buying Current TV and setting up Al Jazeera America (reaching 60 million homes), as well as Al Jazeera Türk and Al Jazeera Balkans.[7][8]
Shihabi stated in regards to the launch of Al Jazeera America, "It’s going to be run by American talent and staff for the American audience",[9] adding there would be "less opinion, less yelling and fewer celebrity sightings".[1][9] He defined the channel as providing "accurate, in-depth, unbiased news stories".[10] Bob Meyers, president of the National Press Foundation, titled Jazeera's launch as "transformative".[1]
Shihabi had been largely involved in the business aspects of Al Jazeera America such as the budget for the channel and helping in securing carriage agreements with television carriers and making the channel available on different platforms such as carrier TV Everywhere platforms, in other words continuing its branding and awareness campaigns, while expanding its cable distribution and online presence.[10] Since January 2013, 900 people were hired for the new venture, a great part from other networks such as CNN and ABC, including John Seigenthaler and Kate O'Brian.[11][12][3]
Shihabi served as CEO of Al Jazeera America until May 2015, when Mostefa Souag, the Acting Director General of Al Jazeera Media Network, announced he was to be replaced by Al Anstey, following revelations of a lawsuit against the network by a former employee.[13][14] According to CNN, he was relocated to Doha and according to Politico was to serve as the company's COO.[12][15][16] During his tenure, Al Jazeera America's ratings grew for three continuous quarters, and topped at three million unique viewers in the first two weeks of July 2014.[17] This, however, hasn't been enough according to some, describing its 30 thousand daily viewers as too low, or even "minuscule", and stating its online presence as deficient, even though some praised its content's quality.[10][18][19][20][21]
Personal
Shihabi was born in Amman, Jordan in 1970. He is both an American and Jordanian citizen. He earned his BSc in Management from the University of Jordan in 1993. He then went on to earn his MBA from the University of Jordan in 1996 before earning his MSc in Leadership and Strategy from Georgetown University in 2006.[8][7] He has a wife and two children.
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