US: Newseum lands $52 million donation

Posted by Maddie Hanna on May 24, 2006 at 12:31 PM

Eight news organizations donated $52 million yesterday to the Newseum, the Washington, D.C. museum dedicated to the news industry — one of the largest combined media gifts in history, The Washington Post reported. The building is not yet finished, and the gift will go toward a $100 million capital campaign.

The donors:
The New York Times and Ochs Sulzberger family, $10 million
News Corp., the empire of Rupert Murdoch, $10 million.
The family of H.M. “Hank” Greenspun, late founder of the Las Vegas Sun, $7 million
NBC Universal, $5 million
Time Warner, $5 million
Hearst Corp., $5 million
ABC News/Walt Disney Co., $5 million
The Pulliam family, descendants of Eugene C. Pulliam, whose publishing empire included the Indianapolis Star and Arizona Republic, $5 million

Source: The Washington Post

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