NAB Makes Top 10 of Q1 Lobbying Spending

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

The National Association of Broadcasters spent $4,720,000 on lobbying Congress, the FCC and other federal agencies.

That is according to a just-released analysis of lobbying disclosure forms for Jan. 1 and March 31, 2015 by MapLight.

Google was the only other communications/tech lobby on the list, coming in at number five at $5,470,000.

The top spender was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at $13,800,000.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.