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MDIF Impact Dashboard 2026

1 September 2026

The Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) publishes its 2025 Year in Review, marking 30 years of investing in independent media and public interest information infrastructure.

Magdalena Skrzypek appointed Director of Communications and Impact as Peter Whitehead retires

31 August 2026

Magdalena Skrzypek has been appointed Director of Communications and Impact at Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF). She takes over from …

MDIF Year in Review 2025

29 July 2026

The Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) publishes its 2025 Year in Review, marking 30 years of investing in independent media and public interest information infrastructure.

News outlets are launching subscriptions in unlikely markets and succeeding. What’s stopping you?

21 July 2026

Independent media outlets in markets considered unlikely for journalism supported by reader revenue are proving that subscriptions can work when …

Pluralis invests in Romanian media company ZYX Publishing Group

14 July 2026

Pluralis B.V., a Netherlands-based investment vehicle managed by MDIF, has signed an agreement to acquire a 17% minority stake in …

How NYU uses MDIF to teach impact investing

4 June 2026

As founder and Executive Director of Transform Finance, Andrea Armeni had followed the work of MDIF for a decade and …

What African newsrooms still don’t understand about Gen Z

3 June 2026

By Sibahle Zuma Like most people my age, I don’t wake up to the old-age tradition of buying a newspaper …

On the announced sale of stakes in media operating under the Vijesti brand: It is neither settled nor done

29 May 2026

Joint Statement of the Minority Shareholders We are the minority shareholders of the two Montenegrin companies that publish and broadcast …

Amplify programs: Making media investment-ready

22 May 2026

By Bilal Randeree, Chief Program Officer, MDIF Across many markets, smaller independent media face the same structural problem. Editorial quality, audience …