Open MIC is a non-profit organization working to foster vibrant and diverse media through market-based solutions.
Our primary tool is shareholder engagement. We promote values of openness, equity, privacy, and diversity – values that we believe provide long-term benefits for companies, the economy and the health of democratic society.
Open MIC believes shareholders have a right and responsibility to add their voices to discussions affecting both traditional and emerging media forms. We aim to deploy the collective power of investment management and advisory firms, mutual fund companies, foundations, pension funds and advocacy groups to help shape corporate media policies and practices.
Issues
Following months of pressure by Open MIC and a coalition of tech, civil rights and policy groups, Microsoft has now quietly released new rules that will curb predatory lenders on its Bing search engine in the U.S. The policy changes are a win for all Bing users, and particularly for low income users who are the intended targets of misleading ads for predatory financial products and services.