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Wisconsin Watchdog reporter James Wigderson tweeted on April 14, 2017, “The Franklin Center is shutting down,” but a few days later, it appeared that Franklin was rebooting.<ref name="damb"/> In a press release on April 17, Franklin announced that Chris Krug, former editor and manager of the Illinois News Network, would be the new President.<ref>Mary Ellen Beatty, [http://franklincenterhq.org/15282/chris-krug-lead-franklin-center-watchdog-org/ Chris Krug to lead Franklin Center and Watchdog.org], ''Franklin Center'', April 26, 2017.</ref> The Illinois News Network is a project of the Bradley-funded [[Illinois Policy Institute]], a [[State Policy Network]] “think tank.”
According to the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', "[[John Tillman]], the CEO of the [[Illinois Policy Institute]], has been named the new chairman."<ref name="mjs"/>
===Bradley Foundation Kept Wisconsin Watchdog Afloat as Franklin Center Struggled Financially===
