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CIMA profiles Sasa Vucinic
Center for International Media Assistance profiles MDLF's co-founder and managing director in inaugural ‘media visionaries' report Read more
MDLF clients provide news to 32 million people
The Media Development Impact Dashboard 2009 reveals that more people than ever before get their news from MDLF clients Read more
Kenneth Anderson steps down as MDLF Chair
Bernard Poulet takes helm as Ken Anderson rotates off Board after 12 years as Chair
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Global: MDLF chairs WAN press freedom roundtable
Several MDLF clients joined the panel of the Press Freedom Roundtable at the 62nd World Newspaper Congress, a session chaired by our Managing Director Sasa Vucinic Read more
Georgia: Security forces try to blackmail journalist
Attempt to threaten Batumelebi's head of investigative journalism fails as newspaper turns incident into international story
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Track record
From 1996 to 31 December 2009, MDLF has provided $94.6 million in affordable financing, including:
• $82.3 million in loans and equity investments;
• $1.1 million in technical assistance grants;
• $10.7 million in other grants;
• $0.5 million through Digital Kiosk, the secure payment service for independent media.
MDLF has financed 206 projects for 72 independent media companies in 24 countries and has written off only 1.98% of the total loaned and invested.
MDLF ended December 2009 with a portfolio of approximately $38.3 million in outstanding loans and investments.
