The Morning Ticker: AJAM Loss, BBC Cuts, Monica Talks

By Chris Ariens 

  • RCN cable has dropped Al Jazeera America from their lineup. RCN has about 67,000 subscribers in markets including Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York.

  • The BBC is cutting up to 500 jobs from BBC News, or about 6% of the workforce. The BBC says it’s looking to find savings of £800m a year, or $1.33 billion, by 2016/17.

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  • Monica Lewinsky has given an interview to the National Geographic Channel. The interview is part of a miniseries called “The 90s: The Last Great Decade?” airing Sunday, July 6.

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