Between 2016 and 2020, George Soros's Open Society Foundations gave at least $131 million to 253 media groups including the Committee to Protect Journalists, ProPublica, The Marshall Project, and NPR affiliates. Since 2003, Soros has spent over $52 million directly funding media properties, journalism schools, and investigative journalism organizations. In 2022, Soros Fund Management became the largest shareholder in Audacy, the second-largest radio company in the US with 230+ stations. He also invested in Crooked Media (Pod Save America). The Media Research Center documented direct ties to 30+ mainstream news outlets.