Independent media supporting civil society and new voices. Debt and equity for radio TV, etc.

Aquisition and warehousing of non commercial radio assets in the US, rooting them in community-based nonprofit ownership. Ford and Calvert Foundations are lead investors with $4.5 million; $1.5 million Ford junior tranche and $3 million Calvert senior tranche, by early 2006. Fund will total $50mm+ over the next 5 years over mutliple closings quarterly starting Q1 2007.

Sponsorships avaiable for socially responsible investors to sponsor a growing, biweekly radio show and podcast, Corporate Watchdog Radio. Currently on seven radio and web stations, podcasting,mobile phone and iTunes. Growth anticipated in 2007. We began as a volunteer effort in November 2005 by attorney/filmmaker Sanford Lewis and journalist Bill Baue. We need the resources of sponsorship to keep growing and enhancing quality of our programming, including paid technical staff for some aspects of programming. Your sponsorship of $1000 for a month can help us reach and expand our podcast subscribership comprised of CSR investors, activists and analysts, and help us to educate the general investing public of radio listeners on SRI/CSR issues. At the same time you can increase your name recognition and leadership on these issues in regions that are progressive and receptive to SRI. Stations and entities which have told us that they're broadcasting,podcasting or webcasting our show include:WXOJ-LP in Northampton,MA 103.3 fm, WOOL-LP in Bellows Falls 101.1 fm, VT, The Journey Radio, webcasting from St. Louis, Missouri at thejourneyradio.org, WRCT in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 88.3fm, KWMD in Anchorage and Kasilof, Alaska 90.7 fm, WRFU in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 104.5 fm, KZFR, Chico, California 90.1 fm, Radio Free Moscow in Moscow, Idaho, podcasting from KPFTi.org in Houston, Texas (one of five flagship Pacifica stations) http://www.kpfti.org/category/corporate-watchdog-radio/m available on cellphone on the Mobile Broadcast Network (MBN), Call 615.727.9201 and enter our code: 1912, and available on iTunes, CSR-news.net and on the web at corporatewatchdogradio.org. Weekly broadcast on WMUA, Amherst, MA resumes late January/early February 2007. Contact: Sanford Lewis - 413 549-7333 or sanfordlewis@corporatewatchdogradio.org

NewsTrust is non-profit, non-partisan and encourages both media literacy and civic engagement. Founded in 2005 and based in Mill Valley, California, NewsTrust is funded through grants and private donations and sponsored by The Global Center, a 501(c)(3) educational foundation based in Manhattan. So far, we have invested $500k to start this citizen initiative, launch our beta site and test it with our community. To date, we have received support from a wide range of donors, from the Ayrshire and Tides Foundations, to Craig Newmark (Craigslist), Doug Carlston (Public Radio International) and other private donors. To support the full NewsTrust service on a national scale, we are looking to raise a total of $3 million over a three-year period. We expect funding to come from foundations, private donations and business partnerships. Several major foundations have requested a full proposal from NewsTrust for their respective digital media and journalism initiatives. They have told us that we are on their short list of candidates for these initiatives. Though we are non-profit and initially funded through donations, we plan to run the venture as a sustainable business, and to generate revenue in the online market to support this project. Revenue streams include online advertising, premium memberships and content sales, as well as revenue sharing or service fees from our partners.

NewsTrust is non-profit, non-partisan and encourages both media literacy and civic engagement. Founded in 2005 and based in Mill Valley, California, NewsTrust is funded through grants and private donations and sponsored by The Global Center, a 501(c)(3) educational foundation based in Manhattan. So far, we have invested $500k to start this citizen initiative, launch our beta site and test it with our community. To date, we have received support from a wide range of donors, from the Ayrshire and Tides Foundations, to Craig Newmark (Craigslist), Doug Carlston (Public Radio International) and other private donors. To support the full NewsTrust service on a national scale, we are looking to raise a total of $3 million over a three-year period. We expect funding to come from foundations, private donations and business partnerships. Several major foundations have requested a full proposal from NewsTrust for their respective digital media and journalism initiatives. They have told us that we are on their short list of candidates for these initiatives. Though we are non-profit and initially funded through donations, we plan to run the venture as a sustainable business, and to generate revenue in the online market to support this project. Revenue streams include online advertising, premium memberships and content sales, as well as revenue sharing or service fees from our partners.