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An important drop in an enormous ocean

22 January 2013

It was a freezing morning in Prague on that 27 January 1996, when I waited for a phone call from …

SME, Slovakia: MDLF’s first loan

22 January 2013

On the first workday in January 1993 in the new Slovak Republic, the board of the state-owned company Smena removed …

Sasa Vucinic on TED

20 January 2013

Why a free press is the best investment. MDIF Co-founder and former Managing Director Sasa Vucinic talks to the TED …

MDIF profiled in Financial Advisor magazine

9 January 2013

As news media in the US and Europe come under increasing pressure, Financial Advisor looked at how MDIF (formerly MDLF) …

Timeline: How Nepalese radio used Facebook to build online audience

1 January 2013

In less than three years, Ujyaalo 90 Network went from having no website and little social media presence to being …

Media Forum draws to a close

5 December 2012

The Media Forum in Jakarta closed after two days of insightful, practical and sometimes passionate discussion of the impact of …

News businesses gather in Jakarta for Media Forum 2012

1 December 2012

More than 100 of our clients, investors and staff met in Jakarta, Indonesia, today at the opening of the Media …

Ukrainian news executive detained as officials pressure independent media

2 November 2012

In the week running up to the 28 October Ukrainian parliamentary elections, MV-Holding, publisher of flagship newspaper Melitopolskije Vedomosti, was …

MDIF, responsAbility and Bank Vontobel launch third Press Freedom Voncert

31 October 2012

MDIF (formerly MDLF) has partnered with independent asset manager and leading social investment company responsAbility and Swiss private Bank Vontobel …