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Torin Douglas Media correspondent

This is where you can find my latest updates about the programmes, personalities, business and politics of the media world

18:08 UK time, Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Al Jazeera sees its model copied

The broadcaster Al Jazeera is celebrating.

It is 15 years this month since it launched the original Al Jazeera Arabic channel, and five years since its English-language network brought its coverage to the centre of Washington and other western capitals.

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About Torin

As media correspondent, has interviewed four BBC director generals, five BBC chairmen and a dozen Cabinet ministers responsible for broadcasting and press issues.

Covered the royal family’s “annus horribilis” in 1992 and the ongoing debate over press and privacy; the death of Diana, Princess of Wales; the birth of BSkyB and the growth of the Murdoch empire; and the rapid expansion of media choice in the digital age.

Helped launch Marketing Week and Creative Review magazines, wrote media columns for The Times, the Economist and the Independent, and presented LBC Radio’s media show.

Born in September 1950, Torin graduated from the University of Warwick in 1972.

Joined the BBC as media correspondent in 1989.

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