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John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Knight Studio, Knight Studio on Pennsylvania Avenue and Knight Conference Center - $25 million

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation promotes journalism excellence worldwide and invests in the vitality of U.S. communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Since 1950, Knight Foundation has made nearly $400 million in grants to support journalism.

The Annenberg Foundation

Walter and Leonore Annenberg Theater, $15 million

The Annenberg Foundation is the successor corporation to the Annenberg School at Radnor, Penn., established in 1958 by Walter H. Annenberg. It exists to advance the public well-being through improved communication. As the principal means of achieving its goal, the foundation encourages the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge. Walter H. Annenberg (1908-2002) enjoyed a distinguished career as a publisher, broadcaster, diplomat and philanthropist. Leonore Annenberg is president and chairman of the Annenberg Foundation. She was chief of protocol for the United States during Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

The New York Times – Ochs-Sulzberger Family

The New York Times–Ochs-Sulzberger Family Great Hall of News, $10 million

The New York Times Company, a media company with 2005 revenues of $3.4 billion, publishes The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe and 15 other daily newspapers. The company also owns nine network-affiliated television stations and two New York radio stations. Over the years, The New York Times Company's properties have been awarded many journalism awards, including 116 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization. Along with the Times Co., Arthur O. Sulzberger and his sisters, Judith P. Sulzberger, Ruth S. Holmberg and Marian S. Heiskell, pledged their support of the Great Hall of News.

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Bloomberg

Bloomberg, Internet, TV and Radio Gallery

Bloomberg L.P., founded by Michael R. Bloomberg in 1981, is a global information services, news and media company, headquartered in New York and serving customers in more than 150 countries. The company's mission is to promote transparency in the financial markets through the Bloomberg Professional service and Bloomberg's media services. Bloomberg's media platforms include the global Bloomberg News service, the 24-hour Bloomberg Television and Bloomberg Radio services, the Bloomberg.com financial news Web site, Bloomberg Markets magazine and Bloomberg Press books for investment professionals.

News Corporation

News Corporation News History Gallery, $10 million

News Corporation is a diversified international media and entertainment company with operations in filmed entertainment, television, cable network programming, direct broadcast satellite television, magazines and inserts, newspapers, book publishing and more. Among its holdings are 20th Century Fox Film, FOX Broadcasting Company, Fox News Channel, STAR TV in Asia, Sky Italia and 175 newspapers, including the New York Post and The Times and The Sunday Times of London.

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Comcast Corporation

Comcast, $8 million, 9/11 Gallery

Comcast Corporation is the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. With 24.1 million cable customers, 13.2 million high-speed Internet customers, and 4.6 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content. Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten Comcast SportsNet networks and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet business.

The Greenspun Family of Las Vegas

Hank Greenspun Terrace on Pennsylvania Avenue, $7 million

H.M. "Hank" Greenspun (1909-1989) had a celebrated career as a leading public advocate and crusading founder and publisher of the Las Vegas Sun daily newspaper. Under his leadership, the Sun was one of the first newspapers to denounce the unfairness and lack of proof underlying Sen. Joe McCarthy’s accusations of communist influence in the U.S. government. His son, Brian, is the CEO of the Greenspun Corporation and the editor of the Las Vegas Sun.

Cox Enterprises

Cox Enterprises First Amendment Gallery, $6 million

Cox Enterprises is one of the nation’s leading media companies and providers of automotive services, with 2006 revenues of $13 billion and more than 80,000 employees. Major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications, Inc. (cable television distribution, telephone, high-speed Internet access and other advanced broadband services); Cox Newspapers, Inc. (newspapers, local and national direct mail advertising and customized newsletters); Cox Television (television and television sales rep firms); Cox Radio, Inc. (broadcast radio stations and interactive Web sites); Manheim (vehicle auctions, repair and certification services and web-based technology products) and Cox Auto Trader (automotive publications and a majority stake in AutoTrader.com).

Hearst Corporation

Hearst Corporation Orientation Theaters, $6 million

Hearst Corporation is one of the nation's largest diversified communications companies. Its major interests span more than 175 magazines, including Cosmopolitan and O, The Oprah Magazine; 12 daily newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle and San Francisco Chronicle; 28 television stations through Hearst-Argyle Television which reach a combined 18% of U.S. viewers; ownership in leading cable networks, including Lifetime, A&E, The History Channel and a portion of ESPN; as well as business publishing, Internet businesses, television production, newspaper features distribution and real estate.

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ABC News

ABC News Changing Exhibits Gallery, $5 million

ABC News/Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with four business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment and consumer products. ABC News is responsible for all of the ABC Television Network's news programming on a variety of platforms: television, radio and the Internet. ABC News reaches an average audience of more than 215 million people in a given month.

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NBC News

NBC News Interactive Newsroom, $5 million

NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production and marketing of entertainment, news and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a motion picture company, television production operations, a television stations group and theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General Electric, and 20% owned by Vivendi Universal.

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The Pulliam Family

Pulliam Family Great Books Gallery, $5 million

The Pulliam family's links to journalism go back to 1909 when Eugene C. Pulliam (1889-1975) and nine DePauw University classmates started a journalism fraternity (now the Society of Professional Journalists). Pulliam took over editing and publication of the Atchison (Kansas) Champion at age 23, becoming one of the youngest publishers of a daily newspaper in the country. During his career, he owned and operated 46 newspapers including The Indianapolis Star and The Arizona Republic. The six-decade journalism career of his son, Eugene S. Pulliam (1914-1999), included radio news director, reporter, editor and publisher. Today, the family remains active in journalism.

Robert H. and Clarice Smith

Robert H. and Clarice Smith Big Screen Theater, $5 million

Robert H. Smith is chairman of Charles E. Smith Commercial Realty, a division of Vornado Realty Trust, and chairman of Charles E. Smith Residential, a division of Archstone-Smith. His family company is best known for developing and building the Crystal City complex in Northern Virginia. His wife, Clarice Smith, is a Virginia artist, and paints landscapes, florals, still life and equestrian subjects. She has had solo exhibitions at prestigious galleries in Washington, New York, Paris, London and Zurich.

The Bancroft Family

The Bancroft Family Ethics Center

For more than a century, Bancroft family members were stewards and owners of The Wall Street Journal. In 1902, reporter Clarence Barron bought the financial-news firm founded by Charles Dow and Edward Jones. He and succeeding generations of his family built Dow Jones & Company to include the flagship newspaper and its European, Asian and online editions, Barron’s and Smart Money magazines, MarketWatch, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones Financial Information Services, Factiva and Ottaway Newspapers. In the Newseum, the family is honored to affirm its deep belief in the First Amendment and the importance of news ethics. The Jessie B. Cox Charitable Lead Trust, Jane C. MacElree, Elizabeth Steele, Martha and Dana Robes, Leslie Hill, Charlotte Hill and Kate and Phil Harrison have given their support for The Bancroft Family Ethics Center.

Time Warner

Time Warner World News Gallery, $5 million

Time Warner Inc. is a leading media and entertainment company, whose businesses include interactive services, cable systems, filmed entertainment, television networks and publishing.

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