AT&T, Google Q2 Lobbying Spending Drops; Facebook, Amazon Increase
AT&T, Comcast and Google were among several tech and telecom companies reporting major drops in their Q2 lobbying expenditures from the same period in 2018, though Facebook and others had major increases. Facebook was the top tech and telecom spender…
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in Q2, reporting $4.1 million -- almost 12 percent up from 2018. Amazon said it spent $4 million, up more than 15 percent from the same period last year. AT&T said it spent $3.31 million during Q2, down more than 27 percent from 2018. Comcast spent $3.18 million in Q2, a decrease of 10 percent from 2018. Google said it spent $2.94 million, a drop of almost 50 percent from last year. Verizon spent $2.44 million, a drop of 17 percent. Charter said it spent roughly the same amount, an increase of 2 percent from the same period in 2018. Apple reported $1.8 million, up more than 11 percent. Fox said it spent $990,000, up more than 43 percent from what the former 21st Century Fox spent in 2018. Cox said it spent $910,000, up 30 percent. Disney said it spent $840,000, down 20 percent from 2018. Sprint spent $740,000, down 7.5 percent from the same period last year. Twitter paid $440,000, up more than 37 percent. NCTA was the top spender among communications groups. It said it spent $3.35 million in Q2, up more than 1 percent from 2018. NAB said it spent $2.96 million, a decrease of 17 percent from last year. CTIA said it spent $2.61 million, up 9 percent from last year. USTelecom reported $500,000 in spending, up 4 percent from 2018. The Information Technology Industry Council reported $370,000, down about 14 percent. NetChoice reported $60,000, up 50 percent.