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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2026 · 1H 3M

How a small journalism nonprofit is holding the largest pharma companies to account

from The Business of Content with Simon Owens · host Simon Owens

My newsletter: https://simonowens.substack.com/   For decades, Diane Salvatore helped lead some of America's most recognizable magazine brands, including Consumer Reports, where rigorous product testing and consumer safety were core to the mission. Now, as executive director of the MedShadow Foundation, she's applying that same watchdog mentality to one of the most opaque corners of the marketplace: prescription and over-the-counter drugs.    In a recent interview, Diane walked through how MedShadow operates as a nonprofit investigative newsroom, its expansion into social media video, and its plan to build a donor-supported model that funds independent health journalism.

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