Dan Ilic to head satirical comedy project for Al Jazeera in US to woo younger audience

Comedian Dan Ilic is to produce satirical content for Al Jazeera’s digital platforms in the US in a project designed to attract a younger audience to the news network.

Under the title of senior producer of satire, the Australian writer and comic will travel to San Francisco immediately after Christmas and recruit a team to create and produce content.

The project forms part of AJ+, Al Jazeera’s 12-month-old division to expand its presence in the mobile and social arena.

Ilic, who earlier this year raised $50,000 through crowd-funding to transform his ABC Radio National show A Rational Fear into a digital comedy hub, will produce content skewed towards an American audience but with a “global outlook”.