The record so far
Reports follow one funding path from payer to byline. Data notes compare many. Editorials argue for what should change.
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Drop Site calls itself reader-supported. Open Society funded a Middle East desk with $250,000.
Open Society gave $250,000 in 2024 for a Drop Site News Middle East desk. The site's fundraising calls it reader-supported.
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The local news sites paid for by political money
Metric Media on the right, Courier Newsroom on the left: local mastheads, political money, and the funders researchers have mapped.
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The paid-news inquiry named the methods. Reliance and Adani now own the networks.
In 2010 India's Press Council named cash, equity and advertising as ways to buy coverage. Reliance and Adani now own the networks.
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The Grayzone Editor Paid by Iranian State Media While Working for Russia's Sputnik
Wyatt Reed took Press TV payments in 2020 and 2021 while a Sputnik correspondent, then joined The Grayzone's staff.
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CUSEF paid for journalist trips to China. The firm that ran them described the aim as favorable coverage.
CUSEF paid for journalist trips to China, run by Brown Lloyd James. Its filings, as reported, set the aim as favorable coverage.
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Buckeye Bulletin's Pro-Ramaswamy Pages Linked to California Conservative Donor Network
Meta lists the Lincoln Media Foundation on the Ohio site's social accounts. The foundation was tied to seven similar outlets in 2024.
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