The Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) provides affordable financing and technical assistance to independent media companies to support freedom of expression and dissent, the fight against disinformation, government accountability, and the creation of new media business models to distribute high quality information. To date, MDIF has supported more than 143 independent media outlets across 46 distressed democracies, investing $285M in a wide range of media actors that reach over 330 million people annually with high quality news and information. MDIF does not exert any editorial influence on the companies in which it invests.