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DATELINE: 30/7/07
After seven and a half years, MediaChannel.Org, the United States-based media monitoring network, is threatening to close its doors because of lack of funds.
The website is asking for 1500 readers to each give $25 by 30 June. This will be enough to keep the site going for another three months.
The independent site, mainly funded by reader and member donations, does not have sufficient resources to support its small staff and pay its rent, server fees and utilities.
"The ultimate irony is that MediaChannel has never been better," says co-founder Danny Schechter. "Is traffic is up and its impact strong."
The website has featured coverage on how the US mainstream media led the country into the Iraq war, and hosts news by bloggers from around the world - including Riverbend, a young Iraqi woman who writes about conditions in the country after the war.
To donate visit http://www.mediachannel.org or send a cheque to MediaChannel's fiscal sponsor:
The Global Center, 575 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2200, New York, New York, US 10018
If you have ideas or suggestions, email: dissector@mediachannel.org
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Last modified: Monday, July 30, 2007
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