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We provide affordable debt and equity financing supported by technical assistance to media companies that provide the news, information and debate that people need to build free, thriving societies.Harlan has managed debt and equity investments in over 50 news outlets on five continents. He has extensive experience of working in emerging and frontier markets as an impact investment manager and attorney. He was MDLF’s Deputy Managing Director from 1998 until his appointment as CEO in 2011. Before joining MDIF, Harlan served from 1996 to 1998 as Deputy General Counsel of the Open Society Institute/Soros Foundations Network.Prior to that, he practiced law in the New York and Los Angeles offices of Morrison &amp; Foerster, specializing in international litigation, intellectual property and new media law.  He received his JD from Columbia University School of Law in 1989, and holds a BA in International Relations and Asian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.MDIF manages its investments through a fund structure that includes private equity, debt and hybrid funds. With a current portfolio of more than $100 million, all of our funds provide financing to independent media in countries where access to free and independent is under threat. They include: Emerging Media Opportunity Fund I EMOF I is a $12.9 million private equity fund, providing early- to mid-stage growth capital to independent media companies in select emerging and frontier markets. It has deployed capital in countries including India, Brazil and Indonesia to a portfolio that includes rapidly growing digital players and younger startups. EMOF I is now closed to investors.MDIF Media Finance I MMF I is a $6 million blended-value loan fund providing affordable loans to independent media in OECD-DAC countries. It has invested in companies in countries including Malawi, Serbia, Ukraine and India. In a ground-breaking partnership, MDIF and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) provide investors with 55% first-loss protection. The fund pays a coupon of 4% to investors. MMF I is now closed to investors. MDIF Media Finance II MMF II operates on identical terms to MMF I, providing investors with a 4% coupon and a 55% first-loss guarantee. MMF II is currently open to investors. MDIF General Fund MDIF’s original evergreen fund currently invests in more than 20 countries. Since 1996 it has provided more than $100 million in debt and equity investments to leading independent media in 40 countries. The fund is currently open to investors. Digital News Ventures MDIF launched Digital News Ventures in 2012, a $3.8m seed fund focused on information and news-related startups. DNV invested equity in young media companies experimenting with innovative approaches to delivering news, encouraging public debate or increasing the sustainability of independent media businesses. Placing investments in 16 companies in ten countries around the world, DNV is closed to investors.Listen to more Causeartist podcasts <a href="https://www.causeartist.com/podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a>We are powered by: <a href="https://www.impactinvestor.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ImpactInvestor</a> - Discover Impact Investors from around the world. 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Harlan Mandel // CEO of Media Development Investment Fund

This week's episode is with Harlan Mandel, CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF), an organisation that has funded independent media globally to the tune of $220 million. The organisation's mission is to help supply capital to independent media organisations in countries where democracy is under threat from autocratic regimes. MDIF's work has becoming increasingly important in countries like Hungary and Poland where 'media capture' is taking place as the state seeks to control the media by having state-controlled companies buy media companies and by levying taxes on advertising.

This week's episode is with Harlan Mandel, CEO of the <a href="http://mdif.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF),</a> an organisation that has funded independent media globally to the tune of $220 million. The organisation's mission is to help supply capital to independent media organisations in countries where democracy is under threat from autocratic regimes. MDIF's work has becoming increasingly important in countries like Hungary and Poland where 'media capture' is taking place as the state seeks to control the media by having state-controlled companies buy media companies and by levying taxes on advertising.

24: #24 Harlan Mandel, MDIF

Its taken me a while to figure out how to introduce today’s topic. Not because its totally radical - but rather, because my brain is freaking out that its something I have to introduce in the year 2017. So, I’ve decided the best approach is just to dive right in:  Today’s topic is, essentially, freedom of the press.  Now, while I don’t spend my day to day life in the United States, I’m definitely an American. And something that is just a part of who I am is an understanding that we need freedom of speech and freedom of the press to ensure human flourishing. I think there’s a fairly decent consensus on this around the world.  As I’ve watched events unfold over the past year related to US politics, and how it has impacted individuals’ ability to distinguish between fact and fiction and, more importantly, destroyed people’s ability to have even the simplest conversations, I’m left wondering if Mike Judge didn’t have an amazing crystal ball when he made Idiocracy.  Now, I personally remain optimistic we’ll all come out of this moment in time better for it. But the fact that it feels like we’ve stumbled backwards into the 1940s in so many ways is heartbreaking.  My guest for today’s 165th Terms of Reference Podcast is Harlan Mandel. He’s the CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund of MDIF. Their work focuses on supporting independent media around the world and they do this through a variety of investment vehicles.   The work of MDIF has been transformative across the globe. I think today’s conversation is important because we talk about how an organization like MDIF supports freedom of the press, how they have evolved over the past 20 years - especially with the advent of digital everything, how events in the US are reverberating across the world, and much more.

Its taken me a while to figure out how to introduce today’s topic. Not because its totally radical - but rather, because my brain is freaking out that its something I have to introduce in the year 2017. So, I’ve decided the best approach is just to dive right in: Today’s topic is, essentially, freedom of the press. Now, while I don’t spend my day to day life in the United States, I’m definitely an American. And something that is just a part of who I am is an understanding that we need freedom of speech and freedom of the press to ensure human flourishing. I think there’s a fairly decent consensus on this around the world. As I’ve watched events unfold over the past year related to US politics, and how it has impacted individuals’ ability to distinguish between fact and fiction and, more importantly, destroyed people’s ability to have even the simplest conversations, I’m left wondering if Mike Judge didn’t have an amazing crystal ball when he made Idiocracy. Now, I personally remain optimistic we’ll all come out of this moment in time better for it. But the fact that it feels like we’ve stumbled backwards into the 1940s in so many ways is heartbreaking. My guest for today’s 165th Terms of Reference Podcast is Harlan Mandel. He’s the CEO of the Media Development Investment Fund of MDIF. Their work focuses on supporting independent media around the world and they do this through a variety of investment vehicles.  The work of MDIF has been transformative across the globe. I think today’s conversation is important because we talk about how an organization like MDIF supports freedom of the press, how they have evolved over the past 20 years - especially with the advent of digital everything, how events in the US are reverberating across the world, and much more.

TOR165 - Investing In Freedom Of The Press with Harlan Mandel of MDIF