Ali Velshi Joins Al Jazeera America

Al Jazeera America has found a primetime host. 

The CNN chief business correspondent Ali Velshi will join Al Jazeera America to develop a half-hour show, the network announced Thursday.

STORY: Al Gore's Current TV Sold to Al Jazeera

“I’m thrilled to be joining Al Jazeera America, an organization that puts quality, fact-based journalism first,” said Velshi in a release. “It’s a tremendous opportunity and I look forward to taking advantage of the extraordinary U.S. news-gathering capabilities the channel is building and working with such a diverse and talented group of colleagues to tell compelling stories that matter to Americans."

The channel stated that it hopes that Velshi's show will start as weekly but become a daily program by the end of the year. Velshi anchored Your Money  on CNN, World Business Today on CNN International and has been with the network since 2001.

"Al Jazeera America will be bringing respected, independent reporting to its viewers and that’s exactly the type of coverage Ali Velshi is known for," said Ehab Al Shihabi, executive director of Al Jazeera international operations, in the release. 

Al Jazeera purchased Current TV in January to create an English-language channel that will be headquartered in New York. 

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Ali Velshi Joins Al Jazeera America

Al Jazeera America has found a primetime host. 

The CNN chief business correspondent Ali Velshi will join Al Jazeera America to develop a half-hour show, the network announced Thursday.

STORY: Al Gore's Current TV Sold to Al Jazeera

“I’m thrilled to be joining Al Jazeera America, an organization that puts quality, fact-based journalism first,” said Velshi in a release. “It’s a tremendous opportunity and I look forward to taking advantage of the extraordinary U.S. news-gathering capabilities the channel is building and working with such a diverse and talented group of colleagues to tell compelling stories that matter to Americans."

The channel stated that it hopes that Velshi's show will start as weekly but become a daily program by the end of the year. Velshi anchored Your Money  on CNN, World Business Today on CNN International and has been with the network since 2001.

"Al Jazeera America will be bringing respected, independent reporting to its viewers and that’s exactly the type of coverage Ali Velshi is known for," said Ehab Al Shihabi, executive director of Al Jazeera international operations, in the release. 

Al Jazeera purchased Current TV in January to create an English-language channel that will be headquartered in New York. 

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier Concept Art Reveals The Winter Soldier

Marvel Phase Two is in full effect, kicking off with this summer's Iron Man 3 in May, and followed by Thor: The Dark World in the fall. With both of those films wrapped, Marvel next moves onto Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which is arriving in cinemas April 2014. As cameras prepare to roll on this sequel to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger, we get our first look at concept art from the movie, which reveals a modern Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) engaged in battle with the title character himself, The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan).

Captain America: The Winter Soldier comes to theaters April 4th, 2014 and stars Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Scarlett Johansson, Cobie Smulders, Sebastian Stan, Toby Jones. The film is directed by Anthony Russo, Joe Russo.

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