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MEDIA LINE LTD

EIN 52-2276084 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2024
$1,929,362
Expenses 2024
$1,591,186

Program services were 88.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A30
Classification
1200
Street
1325 AVE OF TH AMER FLOOR 27

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MEDIA LINE SPECIALIZES IN COVERAGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST; ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY AND JOURNALISTIC EDUCATION. BY VIRTUE OF ITS CREDIBILITY AND SUCCESS IN TRANSCENDING POLITICS, THE ORGANIZATION HAS SUCCEEDED IN PROVIDING A SOURCE FOR TEACHING STANDARDS OF JOURNALISM; TRAINING NOVICE JOURNALISTS; CREATING COOPERATIVE ENVIRONMENT AMONG ADHERENTS TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING A RELIABLE SOURCE FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND DECISION-MAKERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MEDIA LINE LTD. PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL SERVICES WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF AUGMENTING THE UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, ITS INFLUENCE AND EFFECT; ENHANCING JOURNALISM, ITS QUALITY AND ATTRIBUTES; WHILE DEVELOPING PRACTITIONERS OF THE FUTURE.

  • 1. NON-PROFIT NEWS AGENCY PROVIDING COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST. WORKING IN PRINT, RADIO, TELEVISION AND INTERNET, THE MEDIA LINE REPORTS FROM THE REGION, PROVIDING NEWS AND INFORMATION THROUGH ITS OWN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THROUGH THE PROVISION OF STORIES TO THE PUBLIC VIA NEWSPAPERS, RADIO NETWORKS AND TELEVISION NETWORKS. THE MEDIA LINE IS DISTINGUISHED BY ITS COMMITTMENT TO PROVIDING CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND TO ITS COVERAGE.2. THE MIDEAST PRESS CLUB, AN INITIATIVE OF THE MEDIA LINE, HAS EMERGED AS A MAJOR FORCE IN ENHANCING THE PROFESSIONALISM OF MIDDLE EAST NEWS COVERAGE; COOPERATION AND COEXISTENCE AMONG JOURNALISTS FROM OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CONFLICT. THROUGH THE MIDEAST PRESS CLUB, JOURNALIST FIND OPPORTUNITES TO WORK WITH COLLEAGUES; TO EXPAND UPON KNOWLEGE AND SKILLS; AND TO NURTURE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF JOURNALISTS COVERING THE REGION. 3. THE MEDIA LINE CONTINUES TO ENHANCE ITS PROGRAM OF INTERSHIP TRAINING. INTERNS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED TO THE MEDIA LINE TO LEARN SKILLS AND DEVELOP RESPECT FOR THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JOURNALISM AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISCIPLINES SUCH AS ADVOCACY OR PUBLIC RELATIONS. INTERNS WHO HAVE TRAINED AT THE MEDIA LINE HAVE RECEIVED RECOGNITION FROM NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.4. THE MEDIA LINE MAKES ITS STAFF OF PROFESSIONALS AVAILABLE TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS WITH AN INTEREST IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, FOREIGN POLICY AND THE MIDDLE EAST IN PARTICULAR. THE MEDIA LINE IS AVAILABLE TO EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS FOR ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING INFORMATION AND AS A LOCATION FOR OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCES.5. THE MEDIA LINE PRESS AND POLICY STUDENT PROGRAM IS AN INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO GLOBALIZE THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE BY CONNECTING TO AN ACTIVE NEWS BUREAU LOCATED IN WHAT IS ARGUABLY THE WORLD'S MOST CONTENTIOUS REGION, STUDYING JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC POLICY UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF VETERAN JOURNALISTS, WHILE EARNING ACADEMIC CREDIT OR PURSUING INDEPENDENT STUDY.

    Expenses $1,412,744 · Grants $1,900

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • FELICE FRIEDSON

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $155,889
    From this org
    $155,889
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,889
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $155,889

  • MICHAEL FRIEDSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL RIDDLE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEFF MIRKIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEONARD ASPER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,929,362
    Expenses
    $1,591,186
    Contributions
    $1,929,362
    Grants paid
    $1,900
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,687,585
    Expenses
    $1,670,203
    Contributions
    $1,687,585
    Grants paid
    $20,650
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,955,121
    Expenses
    $1,846,392
    Contributions
    $1,955,121
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,776,805
    Expenses
    $1,683,673
    Assets (EOY)
    $173,481

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,384,317
    Expenses
    $1,684,917
    Assets (EOY)
    $80,348

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,782,666
    Expenses
    $1,575,607
    Assets (EOY)
    $407,402

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,782,666
    Expenses
    $1,563,595
    Assets (EOY)
    $419,415

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,476,828
    Expenses
    $1,510,299
    Assets (EOY)
    $96,512

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,198,210
    Expenses
    $940,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $104,197

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $926,722
    Expenses
    $630,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $142,233

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $524,547
    Expenses
    $500,371
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,971

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $809,039
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,273

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2016, reinstated 15 May 2016.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.