This is a sad end to a line of good news services in the US.<p>My ex gf and I used to be regular viewers of Newsworld International. They showed excellent international news programs and a lot of broadcasts from CBC. We were disappointed when Current took over and watched the switchover as NWI&#x27;s cast signed off the last time and Current started.<p>Current turned out to be pretty interesting. They were aiming for a younger demographic and were among the first cable networks to really integrate an online presence. It wasn&#x27;t the same as NWI but had good things going on and we enjoyed watching. When I moved to SF I even worked there for a short period and got to experience the energy of the team at the time.<p>We used to watch Al Jazeera online too. They&#x27;ve always had really good journalism and frequently would have better coverage of American issues than any mainstream news media here.<p>When AJ bought Current, it didn&#x27;t really make a lot of sense to me as a product. I think AJ wanted to make a move into American cable news, but the department responsible for that wasn&#x27;t the ones handling their existing online English content. They wanted Current for the cable tv slot, in much the same way Current wanted the slot from NWI. I don&#x27;t know a lot about the industry, but I think this is something like limited numbers of liquor licenses and taxi medallions in cities.<p>So Al Jazeera shut down the Current office here in SF and opened a news room in DC. They didn&#x27;t do anything with the online presence Current and AJ already had, and actually made it harder to get the old English content here.<p>Now they&#x27;re shutting down and so ends a line of good international news in the US.