Comcast, Verizon Lobbying Outlays Fell in Q1
Tech and telecom entities that reported Q1 lobbying spending this week had a range of large swings in their totals, continuing a trend seen among earlier filers like AT&T, Google and Sprint (see 1904220057). Comcast spent $3.5 million on lobbying,…
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a 17 percent decrease from the year-ago quarter. Facebook spent $3.4 million, roughly flat. Verizon spent $2.57 million, down more than 8 percent. Disney had $810,000, up 8 percent. Fox expended $750,000 on lobbying in its iterations before and after it sold its nonbroadcast assets to Disney, down 23 percent. The transfer of Fox's nonbroadcast assets happened in March (see 1903190049).