Media Companies Spending Big on Lobbying

Amount spent rises dramatically over last year

Big media companies are opening their wallets wider and wider to lobby the federal government on issues in which the firms have a vested interest.

The biggest spender in the first quarter of this year was Comcast, which spent a whopping $5.7 million lobbying the government for the go-ahead to close its deal to acquire NBCUniversal. That's almost double the $3.1 million it spent on lobbying during the same period last year.

News Corp. is also high on the list.

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