ViacomCBS, Twitter Increase Q4 Lobbying; Huawei Has Major Drop
NCTA and Amazon were the top telecom and tech lobbying spenders in Q4, indicated new records. ViacomCBS and Twitter had the biggest percentage gains in spending compared with the year-ago quarter. Several entities had major decreases, including Huawei, NAB and…
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Disney. NCTA spent $5.26 million, up more than 10%. Amazon had $4.74 million, up more than 12%. Facebook laid out $4.69 million, an almost 6% increase. CTIA spent $4.6 million and Qualcomm $1.86 million, both up more than 4%. Comcast reported $3.92 million, Charter more than $3 million and AT&T $2.63 million, all up more than 7%. Verizon spent $2.41 million, down over 7%. T-Mobile spent $2.4 million, about even with 2019. NAB expended $2.14 million, a drop of more than 24%. Google reported $2.11 million, Apple $1.45 million and Disney $720,000, all down about 23%. IBM spent just over $1 million, a decrease of more than 6%. Dell spent $910,000, down 14%. ViacomCBS spent $890,000, up more than 25%. Cox reported $830,000, down more than 3%. USTelecom spent $810,000, 8% higher. CenturyLink laid out $520,000, more than 8% lower. Twitter doled out $370,000, up more than 23%. The Competitive Carriers Association at $180,000 was little changed. Huawei spent $20,000, dropping 98%.