2024-11-04T13:52:58-06:00 2023-12-31 390974031 WEGNER CPAS LLP 419 N LEE ST ALEXANDRIA VA 223142301 990 2023-01-01 843438375 THE MARKUP NEWS INC MARK 3477174094 PO BOX 1103 NEW YORK NY 10159 NEIL CHASE CEO 3477174094 2024-11-04 1 1 GLENN MILLER CPA P00086726 7035190990 2024-10-31 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z THE MARKUP NEIL CHASE PO BOX 1103 NEW YORK NY 10159 4306050 0 X THEMARKUP.ORG X 2020 NY THE MARKUP IS A NONPROFIT NEWSROOM THAT CHALLENGES TECHNOLOGY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD. TO DO THIS, WE UTILIZE AN UNPARALLELED ROSTER OF ENGINEERS AND JOURNALISTS WHO PURSUE MEANINGFUL, DATA-DRIVEN INVESTIGATIONS AND DEVELOP DIGITAL TOOLS AND BLUEPRINTS SO OTHERS CAN DO IT TOO. 6 6 0 7 0 0 4274548 4273676 0 0 10933 32374 0 0 4285481 4306050 0 0 0 0 4364342 4488267 36667 0 311325 1520207 1134335 5921216 5622602 -1635735 -1316552 5503972 4104173 292322 209075 5211650 3895098 X THE MARKUP IS A NONPROFIT NEWSROOM THAT CHALLENGES TECHNOLOGY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD. TO DO THIS, WE UTILIZE AN UNPARALLELED ROSTER OF ENGINEERS AND JOURNALISTS WHO PURSUE MEANINGFUL, DATA-DRIVEN INVESTIGATIONS AND DEVELOP DIGITAL TOOLS AND BLUEPRINTS SO OTHERS CAN DO IT TOO. 0 0 3106634 0 0 EDITORIAL & GRAPHICS - IN 2023, THE MARKUP PUBLISHED 140 INVESTIGATIONS, REPORTS, AND GUIDES THAT REVEALED HARMS CAUSED BY TECHNOLOGY AND HOW PEOPLE USE IT. OUR JOURNALISM WAS ACTIONABLE AND DROVE REAL-WORLD IMPACT.OUR IMPACT HAS BEEN MONUMENTAL. IN 2023, WE EXPOSED AND OUTLAWED DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION WITH THE HELP OF OUR READERS. OUR NOVEMBER 2022 DATA-DRIVEN INVESTIGATION EXPOSED THAT FOUR MAJOR COMPANIES WERE SYSTEMATICALLY GIVING THE WORST INTERNET DEALS TO NEIGHBORHOODS WITH POORER RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF COLOR, ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BUT WE DIDN'T STOP THERE. IN 2023, WE CREATED AN INTERACTIVE MAP SO PEOPLE COULD SEE WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS WERE SHUT OUT OF FAST INTERNET IN MAJOR CITIES, A DIY GUIDE TEACHING ANYONE HOW TO INVESTIGATE INTERNET SPEEDS AND PRICES WHEREVER THEY ARE, AND A CALLOUT FOR THE PUBLIC TO HELP US FACT CHECK WHAT COMPANIES WERE TELLING THE FCC, ALL WHILE HELPING PEOPLE FIND A BETTER DEAL ON INTERNET. OVER 5,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED. AS A RESULT, IN NOVEMBER 2023, EXACTLY A YEAR AFTER WE PUBLISHED OUR ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION, THE FCC PASSED HISTORIC NEW RULES TO HOLD COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR DIGITAL DISCRIMINATION AND LOS ANGELES BECAME THE FIRST CITY TO BAN DIGITAL REDLINING.OUR 2023 COVERAGE ALSO DEEPLY PRIORITIZED COMMUNITIES. WE LAUNCHED OUR LANGUAGES OF MISINFORMATION SERIES, ABOUT THE INFORMATION NEEDS AND STRUGGLES OF VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANT ENCLAVES, WHICH HAS JUST WON AN AAJA JOURNALISM OF EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR HOW WE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BRIDGED GENERATIONAL GAPS, AND TAUGHT PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS.IN PARALLEL WITH OUR REPORTING WORK, WE CREATED DIGITAL TOOLS THAT ALLOWED READERS TO REPORT WITH US. IN SEPTEMBER 2023 WE LAUNCHED A TOOL THAT ALLOWED ANYONE TO TEST WHETHER X (FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER) WAS THROTTLING LINKS OUT TO OTHER WEBSITES AND FOUND THAT THE SITE WAS PURPOSEFULLY DELAYING ACCESS TO FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, SUBSTACK, AND BLUESKY. A MONTH LATER, WE BROKE THE STORY THAT PATRON WAS ALSO BEING THROTTLED, HURTING CREATORS, AND WE FOUND OUT BECAUSE A READER TESTED THE WEBSITE, AND WE VERIFIED IT. 698714 0 0 PRODUCT & TECHNOLOGY - IN 2023, THE PRODUCT & TECH TEAM FACED NUMEROUS CHALLENGES BUT STILL HAD MULTIPLE MAJOR SUCCESSES. WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH A COMPREHENSIVE REDESIGN OF OUR HOMEPAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE CREATION OF NEW CMS FEATURES TO SUPPORT THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEW HOMEPAGE AND MAKE IT EASY FOR EDITORS TO CHANGE IT EXTENSIVELY IF NEEDED. ADDITIONALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2020, WE MADE EXTENSIVE FEATURE UPDATES TO OUR PREMIERE TOOL BLACKLIGHT. WE UTILIZED OUR SUMMER 2023 COHORT OF INTERNS TO HELP US MANAGE THE WORKLOAD AND THE END RESULT IS A PLETHORA OF NEW FEATURES INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO "SPOOF" SITE SCANS FROM GERMANY, SCAN AS A DESKTOP BROWSER IN ADDITION TO A MOBILE BROWSER, BYPASS OUR CACHE OF ALREADY SCANNED SITES, AND A HOST OF PERFORMANCE UPGRADES. LATER IN THE YEAR ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM DEPARTED FOR A ROLE AT THE FTC, AND THE OTHER ENGINEER WENT ON PARENTAL LEAVE. DESPITE THE HIT IN PRODUCTIVITY, WE WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY HIRE AN EXPERIENCED REPLACEMENT ENGINEER AND SPEND THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR IMPLEMENTING IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES. 125584 0 0 AUDIENCE - IN 2023, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LAUNCH OF OUR WEBSITE REDESIGN, WE CONTINUED TO GROW THE MARKUP'S OVERALL BRAND IMPACT. OUR WORK WAS REPUBLISHED ACROSS OTHER NEWS NETWORKS 1,223 TIMES AND LOCALIZED BY OTHER NEWSROOMS 8 TIMES. OUR TOOLS CONTINUE TO HAVE IMPACT WITH OUR AUDIENCE AS WELL: OVER 13 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE USED OUR BLACKLIGHT TOOL. WE WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED BY LEADERS IN OUR INDUSTRY. WE WON 18 INDUSTRY AWARDS, INCLUDING SEVERAL FROM SOCIETY FOR NEWS DESIGN, SIGMA, SCRIPPS HOWARD, NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, AND THE ONLINE JOURNALISM ASSOCIATION.CHANGE, ONLINE JOURNALISM, AND DEADLINE CLUB. 3930932 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 NY X NABIHA SYED 3477174094 PO BOX 1103 NEW YORK NY 10159 DAVID BOARDMAN CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 STUART KARLE SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 PAUL OHM TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DELE OLOJEDE DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2023) 1.00 X 0 0 0 NICOLE WONG DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANIL DASH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NABIHA SYED CEO 40.00 X 318874 0 50846 JULIA ANGWIN EDITOR-AT-LARGE (THRU FEB 2023) 40.00 X 215309 0 8875 SISI WEI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 40.00 X 300054 0 38105 LAUREN SPIRIG DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2023) 40.00 X 174243 0 78489 RAMSEY ISLER DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT 40.00 X 173460 0 32668 JON KEEGAN INVESTIGATIVE DATA JOURNAL 40.00 X 153138 0 84298 RYAN TATE EDITOR 40.00 X 143569 0 83827 KO BRAGG EDITOR 40.00 X 143527 0 30715 MICHAEL REILLY MANAGING EDITOR 40.00 X 135415 0 64669 JOEL EASTWOOD VISUALIZATIONS ENGINEER 40.00 X 132648 0 84723 1890237 0 557215 14 0 1 0 JUSTWORKS 55 WATER ST NEW YORK NY 10041 PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATION 4941715 G-SQUARED PARTNERS 501 W OFFICE CENTER DR 100 FORT WASHINGTON PA 19034 ACCOUNTING SERVICES 104463 2 4273676 4273676 32374 32374 4306050 0 0 32374 1390922 1085147 234635 71140 2423086 1890403 408751 123932 69246 54023 11681 3542 330452 257807 55744 16901 274561 214202 46316 14043 182902 30186 152716 113297 113297 454303 236839 180286 37178 1300 1300 55559 40144 15415 10576 10576 5459 5459 31025 18158 11812 1055 100486 39789 27797 32900 5933 5933 58898 58898 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 114597 64234 39729 10634 5622602 3930932 1380345 311325 813244 616078 3904942 3137270 715000 267308 65350 63731 29000 9214 5436 19786 5503972 4104173 292322 209075 292322 209075 X 4300273 3352602 911377 542496 5211650 3895098 5503972 4104173 -1316552 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 10419995 6857120 4274548 4273676 25825339 10419995 6857120 4274548 4273676 25825339 14248040 11577299 959 4908 10933 32374 49174 25874513 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 29000 9214 19786 19786 4306050 0 4306050 0 4306050 5622602 0 5622602 0 5622602 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NABIHA SYED CEO 318874 0 0 0 0 0 1785 0 49061 0 369720 0 0 0 SISI WEI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 300054 0 0 0 0 0 10501 0 27604 0 338159 0 0 0 LAUREN SPIRIG DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR (THRU DEC 2023) 174243 0 0 0 0 0 4909 0 73580 0 252732 0 0 0 JON KEEGAN INVESTIGATIVE DATA JOURNAL 153138 0 0 0 0 0 4241 0 80057 0 237436 0 0 0 RYAN TATE EDITOR 143569 0 0 0 0 0 3710 0 80117 0 227396 0 0 0 JULIA ANGWIN EDITOR-AT-LARGE (THRU FEB 2023) 215309 0 0 0 0 0 1306 0 7569 0 224184 0 0 0 JOEL EASTWOOD VISUALIZATIONS ENGINEER 132648 0 0 0 0 0 4642 0 80081 0 217371 0 0 0 RAMSEY ISLER DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT 173460 0 0 0 0 0 5203 0 27465 0 206128 0 0 0 MICHAEL REILLY MANAGING EDITOR 135415 0 0 0 0 0 4433 0 60236 0 200084 0 0 0 KO BRAGG EDITOR 143527 0 0 0 0 0 3797 0 26918 0 174242 0 0 0 FORM 990, PART V, LINE 2A THE MARKUP NEWS, INC. 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