Facebook Pledges $100 Million to Aid Small Businesses Affected by Coronavirus

On Thursday morning, Oprah announced she will be donating $10 million to coronavirus relief efforts.Of that amount to "help Americans during this pandemic," as Oprah put it, $1 million will go to America's Food Fund, which will work with established hunger relief organizations, Feeding America and World Central Kitchen.Oprah announced Thursday morning that she will be donating millions to help relief efforts around COVID-19, or coronavirus.

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By Todd Spangler

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has announced that he is making a $100 million donation to Feeding America to help out food banks during the current health crisis.

Ciara and Russell Wilson are helping those affected by the coronavirus pandemic by donating 10 million meals to Feeding America.

Sony Corp. said Thursday that it will launch a $100 million fund to support those around the world affected by the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Japan’s entertainment and technology giant Sony has unveiled a $100 million fund to support people around the world affected by the coronavirus.

Social media giant Facebook on Monday unveiled an additional $100 million pledge to invest in support of the news industry amid the coronavirus crisis.

By Tom Grater

Social media giant Facebook is investing $100 million to support local news organizations during the coronavirus pandemic, in addition to its previous commitment to spend $300 million over a three-year period.

Social media giant Facebook is investing $100 million, in addition to its previous spend of $300 million, to support the news industry during the coronavirus pandemic.

WarnerMedia will commit “more than $100 million” to help crew members on its shows and movies that have had to pause production during the coronavirus pandemic, CEO John Stankey told employees in a memo Friday afternoon. Stankey also outlined some of the strategic pivots the company has made in recent weeks in order to respond to the crisis, including experimenting with accelerate home viewing, disrupting traditional theatrical windows, with all theaters closed.

Kim Kardashian has followed her sister Kylie Jenner’s lead and pledged $1 million (£830,000) to combat the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Jill Goldsmith

The COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund set up at long-running charitable organization Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to provide financial relief and services for entertainment professionals impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and work shutdown has received a boost from some of the sector's most successful producers.

Netflix has launched a $100 million relief fund for members of the creative community put out of work by the spread of coronavirus. “Almost all television and film production has now ceased globally—leaving hundreds of thousands of crew and cast without jobs,” Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said in a statement.

With a continued lack of clarity about how the government plans to aid those workers hit hardest by coronavirus-related work stoppages, several institutions are pledging money to help those most affected in Hollywood.

Bosses at streaming giant Netflix are doing their bit to help those in the TV and film industry who have lost work because of the coronavirus pandemic with a $100 million (£86 million) support fund.