AKPD Message and Media
AKPD Message and Media is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle AKPD Message and Media was paid $248.88M across 81 client committees, of which $28.22M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$220,668,745 | 757 rows | 88.7% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$28,215,224 | 210 rows | 11.3% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 29, 2004 → Sep 25, 2024
- spans 19.9 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 757
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 81
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
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Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Top buyers
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Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| GONZALEZ, VICENTE TX · House DEM |
$254,301 | 2 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $32,262,882 | 12.96% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $216,621,088 | 87.04% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Money flow through this vendor
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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 8 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Q1 | 2016 | $17K | 3 | REYES FOR ASSEMBLY 2016, SP… 99% | Strategy & Research 53% | $17K | — |
| 2017 | Q1 | 2018 | $2K | 1 | C00573212 100% | Media 100% | $2K | — |
| 2017 | Q3 | 2016 | $51K | 16 | BLEICH FOR LIEUTENANT GOVER… 100% | Other / Unclassified 68% | $67K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2016 | $16K | 3 | BLEICH FOR LIEUTENANT GOVER… 100% | Other / Unclassified 54% | $84K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2018 | $18K | 3 | C00646901 58% | Media 100% | $20K | — |
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $3.4M | 45 | C00657411 98% | Media 99% | $3.42M | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $5.34M | 46 | NEWSOM FOR GOVERNOR 2018, S… 72% | Media 90% | $8.77M | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $6.64M | 66 | C00667964 38% | Media 100% | $15M | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $9.11M | 86 | C00637868 32% | Media 99% | $25M | — |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2018 | $975 | 1 | LEYVA FOR SENATE 2018; CONN… 100% | Media 100% | $25M | -94% |
| 2019 | Q1 | 2020 | $14K | 1 | ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER RHODE… 100% | Media 100% | $14K | +661% |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $908K | 8 | WIN THE ERA PAC 100% | Media 100% | $921K | — |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2018 | $5K | 2 | SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIR… 100% | Media 100% | $25M | -70% |
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $8.81M | 31 | WIN THE ERA PAC 100% | Media 100% | $9.73M | +49295% |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $10M | 37 | WIN THE ERA PAC 94% | Media 98% | $20M | +202% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $37K | 4 | C00726703 100% | Media 100% | $20M | -99% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $13M | 24 | SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIR… 72% | Media 100% | $33M | +102% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $4.54M | 40 | C00637868 39% | Media 80% | $38M | -50% |
| 2021 | Q1 | 2020 | $8.01M | 18 | SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES FIR… 100% | Media 100% | $46M | +821758% |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2020 | $3K | 1 | KEEP CALIFORNIA GOLDEN 100% | Media 100% | $46M | — |
| 2021 | Q3 | 2022 | $62K | 3 | RUSSELL, KEN 54% | Media 100% | $62K | -93% |
| 2021 | Q4 | 2022 | $126K | 4 | GONZALEZ, VICENTE 88% | Media 100% | $188K | -99% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $2.26M | 26 | C00657411 66% | Media 100% | $2.45M | -78% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $16M | 26 | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 83% | Media 99% | $18M | +43177% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $25M | 55 | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 86% | Media 100% | $43M | +86% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $20M | 88 | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 67% | Media 93% | $63M | +340% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2022 | $3.19M | 6 | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 100% | Media 100% | $67M | -60% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $70K | 2 | SCHIFF, ADAM 77% | Media 100% | $70K | — |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2022 | $35K | 1 | SORIA FOR ASSEMBLY 2022 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $67M | — |
| 2023 | Q2 | 2024 | $16K | 1 | ADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND MOB… 100% | Media 100% | $86K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $254K | 2 | GONZALEZ, VICENTE 100% | Media 100% | $340K | -99% |
Stations this firm's clients buy from
Stations this firm's clients buy from top 15 + 27 additional stations · $81,611,433 · Los Angeles, CA dominant market
Broadcast stations that committees who pay AKPD Message and Media also pay directly on their Schedule B filings. We can't prove AKPD Message and Media routed money to these stations, but the concentration signal reveals the market network this firm's clients spend on.
| Station | Market | Network | Total client spend | Buys | Activity window |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KABC-TV | Los Angeles, CA | ABC | $67,147,705 | 6 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KCBS-TV | Los Angeles, CA | CBS | $2,351,228 | 6 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KGO | San Francisco, CA | ABC | $1,186,167 | 5 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KNBC | Los Angeles, CA | NBC | $1,141,142 | 5 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KTLA | Los Angeles, CA | NBC | $1,103,555 | 5 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KCRA-TV | Sacramento, CA | NBC | $988,113 | 14 | May 2022 → Sep 2024 |
| KOVR-TV | Sacramento, CA | CBS | $838,345 | 16 | May 2022 → Sep 2024 |
| KPIX | San Francisco, CA | CBS | $797,640 | 5 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KTVU | San Francisco, CA | Fox | $728,748 | 5 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KFMB-TV | San Diego, CA | CBS | $582,169 | 10 | May 2022 → Oct 2024 |
| KNSD-TV | San Diego, CA | NBC | $519,456 | 12 | May 2022 → Oct 2024 |
| KXTV | Sacramento, CA | NBC | $513,644 | 10 | May 2022 → Feb 2024 |
| KNTV | San Jose, CA | NBC | $442,786 | 6 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KFSN-TV | Fresno, CA | ABC | $398,586 | 5 | Oct 2022 → Oct 2022 |
| KTTV | Los Angeles, CA | Fox | $382,968 | 5 | May 2022 → Oct 2022 |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $135,483,305 | 596 | $227K | 61.4% | CALIFORNIANS FOR TRIBAL SOV… 38% | 20mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $81,007,694 | 107 | $757K | 36.7% | OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE 27% | 3y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $2,410,414 | 20 | $121K | 1.1% | 980020 67% | 3y ago |
| Digital | $1,737,612 | 26 | $67K | 0.8% | 980020 52% | 3y ago |
| Software & Tech | $8,500 | 1 | $9K | 0.0% | OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE 100% | 14y ago |
| Travel & Events | $7,071 | 6 | $1K | 0.0% | MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSO… 57% | 8y ago |
| Contributions & Transfers | $135 | 1 | $135 | 0.0% | FOR VETERANS DRUG PRICING, … 100% | 9y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
| Client | Cycles | All-time spend | Txns | First paid | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C00657411 | 3 | $10,110,644 | 76 | 2018-01-11 | 2022-05-13 |
| 980020 | 4 | $2,996,551 | 15 | 2016-10-18 | 2022-11-04 |
| GONZALEZ, VICENTE | 3 | $1,716,177 | 17 | 2020-08-03 | 2024-09-25 |
| MILLION MORE VOTERS, SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION, AFL-CIO | 3 | $1,229,446 | 12 | 2010-06-01 | 2022-05-27 |
| CARBAJAL, SALUD O. | 3 | $1,181,672 | 26 | 2018-08-01 | 2022-11-08 |
Geographic concentration
Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.
| State | Total spend | % of revenue | Clients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $167,158,336 | 75.8% | 40 | |
| Unknown | $27,843,216 | 12.6% | 20 | |
| DC | $20,357,537 | 9.2% | 8 | |
| TX | $3,052,225 | 1.4% | 6 | |
| RI | $1,995,664 | 0.9% | 3 | |
| FL | $110,739 | 0.1% | 1 | |
| MA | $79,307 | 0.0% | 2 | |
| WA | $71,721 | 0.0% | 1 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.