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News/Media Alliance

News Media Alliance Political Action Committee

Trade association PAC FEC C00640383

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$7K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $3.3M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

News/Media Alliance reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 4 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV8 of 88/8
  • Computer Industry8 of 88/8
  • Constitution8 of 88/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark8 of 88/8
Government Issues 8 of 8 · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 8 of 8 · 9 more · Show all 16
  • Government Issues8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice8 of 88/8
  • Media (information/publishing)8 of 88/8
  • Postal8 of 88/8
  • Science/Technology8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)7 of 87/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities4 of 84/8
  • Immigration1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 62 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Educate policymakers regarding copyright issues raised by generative artificial intelligence; S. 3813, Copyright Labeling and Ethical AI Reporting (CLEAR) Act; group registration of copyrighted content; copyright registration fees.”
Q3 2026 filing · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
“Advocate for the passage of the Journalist Protection Act; educate policymakers on the importance of the First Amendment protections for the free press including the need for federal anti-SLAPP protections, and advocate for the passage of the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act (PRESS Act).”
Q3 2026 filing · Constitution

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Trade CommissionFTC
  • JusticeDOJ
  • Postal Regulatory Commission
  • U.S. Postal ServiceUSPS
  • CommerceDOC
  • White House Office
  • Office of Science & Technology PolicyOSTP
  • Office of the Vice President of the United States
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • 3 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by News/Media Alliance, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 8 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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See every candidate and member News/Media Alliance gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.

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