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Apple Pumping More Money Into Lobbying

John Paczkowski in News on May 24 at 5:30 am PT

And to think, a decade ago, Apple spent a little over a half a million dollars on Washington lobbying efforts …

Please Welcome Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Brad Smith and Sean Parker to the ZuckerPAC

Mike Isaac in Social on April 26 at 3:00 am PT

Mark Zuckerberg brings more of his powerful friends to the roster of his political advocacy group inside the Beltway.

Google on Track for Another Record High: Lobbying Expenses

Liz Gannes in News on October 24, 2012 at 2:23 pm PT

It’s not just the stock price that has gone up this year.

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Google’s Driverless Car Draws Political Power

Amir Efrati, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 12, 2012 at 2:25 pm PT

Google has been working with a network of local lobbyists and in-house policy experts to woo legislators with demonstrations and rides in its exotic cars.

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Facebook Beats Its Own Quarterly Lobbying Spending Record

Mike Isaac in Social on July 23, 2012 at 1:03 pm PT

Facebook spent $960,000 on lobbying Congress in the second quarter, according to a recent disclosure filing. That’s the most the company has spent on lobbying in a single quarter, as National Journal notes. Among the issues lobbied were various consumer privacy acts, do-not-track legislation and the Global Online Freedom Act. Google also broke its own second-quarter record, spending close to $4 million.

Google’s Q1 Federal Lobbying Receipt: $5M

Liz Gannes in News on April 23, 2012 at 3:45 am PT

Google spent $5.03 million on federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2012, according to a regulatory document filed Friday.

Netflix Says Its PAC Is Not About SOPA

Peter Kafka in Media on April 9, 2012 at 3:12 pm PT

Yes, Reed Hastings wants to influence government. Just like lots of big media and tech companies.

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Google Taps Former Rep. Molinari to Oversee Lobbying

John Letzing, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 23, 2012 at 3:19 pm PT

Google Inc. has tapped former congresswoman and veteran lobbyist Susan Molinari to oversee government outreach in the Americas, adding muscle to the Internet giant’s political presence amid ongoing regulatory scrutiny.

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Google’s 2011 Lobbying Expenses Climb to $9.68 Million

John Paczkowski in News on January 23, 2012 at 3:50 pm PT

Google’s interests in Washington these days are quite a bit broader than they once were: Competition, privacy, patent reform, copyright, H1-B visa reform, renewable energy — the list goes on. No surprise, then, that the company doubled its federal lobbying spending in 2011. According to the latest numbers from the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database, the search sovereign spent $9.68 million in 2011 on federal lobbying — 88 percent more than it spent in 2010.