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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Zuckerberg’s Gift

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week that he and his wife will set aside 99 percent of their Facebook shares over the span of their lifetime for charitable causes. Zuckerberg currently holds more than $45 billion in Facebook shares.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 2, 2015 • 1 min read

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week that he and his wife will set aside 99 percent of their Facebook shares over the span of their lifetime for charitable causes. Zuckerberg currently holds more than $45 billion in Facebook shares. This could potentially be one of the largest philanthropic pledges in history, but does this give Zuckerberg an advantage in shaping public policy?

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    Zuckerberg's Gift, Straight White Men, and The Billboard Creative
    1. 0:00Garcetti in Paris
    2. 9:03LIVE: San Bernardino Shooting
    3. 15:58Zuckerberg’s GiftYou’re reading this
    4. 26:34Straight White Men
    5. 43:25The Billboard Creative
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Benjamin Soskis

      George Mason University

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      Jesse Drucker

      Bloomberg News

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Zuckerberg's Gift, Straight White Men, and The Billboard Creative
    1. 0:00Garcetti in Paris
    2. 9:03LIVE: San Bernardino Shooting
    3. 15:58Zuckerberg’s GiftYou’re reading this
    4. 26:34Straight White Men
    5. 43:25The Billboard Creative
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