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Nonprofit news outlets are often scared that selling ads could jeopardize their tax-exempt status, but IRS records show that’s been rare

  • Written by Katherine Fink, Associate Professor of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts, Pace University
imageVolunteer Bonnie Ralston hosts a show in the Allegheny Mountain Radio studio in Monterey, Va., in September 2025.Pierre Hardy/AFP via Getty Images

Although advertising revenue largely sustained the news media in the 20th century, it’s been harder to come by in the digital age. News media outlets just aren’t as important these days for...

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