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Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia (www.rollingstone.com)
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[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

“People will come up to me during fundraising season and ask if Wikipedia’s in trouble,” said Andrew Lih, an associate professor of journalism at American University and the author of “The Wikipedia Revolution.” “I have to reassure them that not only is Wikipedia not in trouble, but that it’s making more money than ever before and is at no risk of going away.”

In the fiscal year that ended last June, WMF reported net assets in excess of $77 million.

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[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

that was 8 years ago, have anything more up-to-date?

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It still exists in our capitalist world so probably even more now

[–] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

Just look at the data Wikimedia releases themselves.