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Submitted by Megan Tady on Thu, 2006-09-14 17:33.
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UPDATE -- from Bill Densmore -- On Feb. 28, 2006, Ben Melancon writes that TheNewStandard reached its fund-raising goal. -- bill ---------- ORIGINAL POST -------- I'm writing with an urgent message: The NewStandard, one of the only reader-funded, collectively run, hard news sites on the web, will close its doors in three weeks if we do not secure the necessary funding from readers to continue publishing. Maybe you're already a reader of The NewStandard. Maybe you've never heard of it before. Either way, this message is for you, because everyone stands to lose when an alternative to the corporate media is forced to shut down. And I'm hoping you will help save it. The NewStandard is entirely reader funded in order to remain uncompromised and allow them to fearlessly tackle the underreported, misreported, ignored and buried stories of our times, always from a public-interest perspective. As The NewStandard struggles for a financial footing, the Far Right's "alternative" media operations barrel onward into the hard-news field, regularly starting new websites. If The NewStandard ceases publication, conservative and fundamentalist websites will continue to expand into online hard news, just as corporate behemoths presently rule the print and broadcast news realms. In order to survive, The NewStandard needs to raise another $5,000 in recurring monthly donations. You can donate anything upward from $3 a month. The average donation is around $12 a month. If you already donate, and you still want to help, forward this email far and wide, or even consider increasing your monthly donation. Please click here: https://secure.peoplesnetworks.net/members/ and pledge what you can. It will truly be a sad day if readers do not rally around The NewStandard to save it. If we fail, it'll be the end of one of the country's most principled news outlets. In Solidarity, Megan Tady Great job with MGP-ForumSubmitted by TishGrier on Thu, 2006-09-28 20:30.Well, Ben, you did a great job with the MGP Forum! Tish G. --- Benjamin Melançon wrote: > Sorry about that test. It wasn't expected to work! |
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NewStandard makes fund-raising goal, Melancon says
Submitted by Benjamin Melançon on Thu, 2006-09-28 18:43.Sorry about that test. It wasn't expected to work!
By the way, the NewStandard - http://newstandardnews.net/ - made its
goal for monthly reader donations.
And the Knight Brothers 21st Century News Challenge -
http://www.newschallenge.org/ - is still looking to give out $5M.
I put in a very small proposal for a 'related items' extension to the
Drupal content management system, http://drupal.org/node/86292 -- I
hope to put in at least one more to work on far less buggy e-mail &
forum integration ;-/
And I promise not to post to this list for six months. I *do* want to
see news from all of you...
- ben :: Agaric Design Collective :: http://AgaricDesign.com
Benjamin Melançon wrote:
> Test of post.
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