Haim Saban in Talks to Buy al Jazeera Stake?
Egyptian paper breaks news, but we’re skeptical
| 4:00 PM Oct 8, 2009
The Israeli news site Ynet reported this morning that Israel-raised billionaire media mogul Haim Saban—whose investment group owns Univision—is negotiating to buy a 50 percent stake in the Al Jazeera television network from the emir of Qatar. The Ynet item cited a story from an Egyptian news site, Al Mesryoon, which apparently claims that Saban ...