help free the press
Friday, 17 May 2013 05:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miriam_eThis is the coolest project. The Tribune Newspaper company in USA is up for sale. They own lots of papers, including The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun. Scarily, Rupert Mudoch and the Koch Brothers are interested, however some wonderful people have come up with the great idea of keeping it out of those cold, clammy hands and raising the money by crowd-sourcing it.
So, we have a month to raise $660 million. Can it be done? Sure. It has already raised more than $51,000 and it's only just started. Wait til the news spreads and more people find out. I could only afford $20, but if millions contribute along with a few philanthropists then we can free a bunch of newspapers and start to push back against the forces of nasty.
Oh, and the money you contribute? It gets refunded if the target is not reached.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/free-the-press-buy-the-tribune-company
So, we have a month to raise $660 million. Can it be done? Sure. It has already raised more than $51,000 and it's only just started. Wait til the news spreads and more people find out. I could only afford $20, but if millions contribute along with a few philanthropists then we can free a bunch of newspapers and start to push back against the forces of nasty.
Oh, and the money you contribute? It gets refunded if the target is not reached.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/free-the-press-buy-the-tribune-company