Terrible news: Mehdi is leaving Al-HuffPo to join Al-Jazeera in DC. After the letter to Mr Dacre didn’t pay off, it looks like the one to AJ did. “Dear Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani”…

Joking apart, we’ll miss you Mehdi. Congratulations.

UPDATE:

Al Jazeera America averaged 17,000 viewers during prime time since the beginning of 2014 according to Nielsen. Not so big in America.

— Media Guido (@MediaGuido) December 18, 2014

For a sense of perspective Al Jazeera America has 1% of the audience that Fox News does…