Charities’ Tie to MTV Angers Nonprofits

CHARITIES' TIE TO MTV ANGERS NONPROFITS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Stephanie Strom]
MTV has begun testing a social networking Web site called ThinkMTV.com that is intended to encourage activism among young people. It has the financial support of four foundations, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Case Foundation. But the foundations’ alliance with a for-profit venture has upset leaders of several similar nonprofit sites, some of whom have unsuccessfully sought support from the same foundations in the past.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/us/27activism.html?ref=todayspaper
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