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A lot of the other media organisations are owned by big overseas conglomerates. And we really need our own grassroots voices."
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In November 2024, we published an Open Letter transparently outlining the threats to The Spinoff's survival. Since then, our audience has responded in ways that make spotlighting them now the right thing to do.
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