GREAT AMERICAN MEDIA INC.
GREAT AMERICAN MEDIA INC. is a media vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle GREAT AMERICAN MEDIA INC. was paid $576.17M across 6 client committees, of which $559.69M 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 |
$16,483,064 | 72 rows | 2.9% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$559,690,247 | 1,858 rows | 97.1% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Mar 7, 2009 → May 6, 2026
- spans 17.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 72
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 6
- 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
Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.
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Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DSCC C00042366 |
$44,667 | 4 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DSCC C00042366 |
$44,667 | 4 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DSCC C00042366 |
$135,292 | 5 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| DSCC C00042366 |
$24,361,286 IE $24,184,280 · SB $177,006 |
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By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $90,537,328 | 15.71% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $485,635,984 | 84.29% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Money flow through this vendor
Where their ad buys point
IE payers (left) → races the buys targeted (right) · independent-expenditure filings onlyNo activity in the last 1 months.
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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 | Q2 | 2018 | $35K | 1 | DSCC 100% | Media 100% | $35K | — |
| 2017 | Q4 | 2018 | $64K | 1 | DCCC 100% | Media 100% | $99K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $3.05M | 9 | A STRONGER OHIO 84% | Media 100% | $3.15M | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $10M | 21 | A STRONGER OHIO 85% | Media 100% | $13M | — |
| 2019 | Q3 | 2020 | $5K | 1 | DCCC 100% | Media 100% | $5K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $163K | 2 | DCCC 100% | Media 100% | $167K | -95% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $173K | 4 | DCCC 100% | Media 100% | $340K | -98% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $10K | 1 | DSCC 100% | Media 100% | $10K | — |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $71K | 1 | DSCC 100% | Media 100% | $82K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $929K | 11 | CONOLE FOR CONGRESS 68% | Media 100% | $1.01M | +472% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $1.41M | 13 | CONOLE FOR CONGRESS 78% | Media 100% | $2.42M | +715% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $42K | 1 | DSCC 100% | Media 100% | $42K | -97% |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $91K | 1 | DSCC 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $91K | — |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $45K | 4 | DSCC 100% | — | $135K | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $16,347,772 | 67 | $244K | 99.4% | A STRONGER OHIO 68% | 22mo ago |
| Strategy & Research | $90,625 | 1 | $91K | 0.6% | DSCC 100% | 13mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH | $11,085,834 | 67.3% | 1 | |
| RI | $2,429,906 | 14.7% | 1 | |
| NY | $1,726,548 | 10.5% | 1 | |
| DC | $863,528 | 5.2% | 2 | |
| TX | $377,248 | 2.3% | 1 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.
| Reason | Date | Filer | Category | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largest all-time | 2018-10-19 | A STRONGER OHIO | Media | NONFEDERAL MEDIA BUY | $1,834,447 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-10-29 | A STRONGER OHIO | Media | NONFEDERAL MEDIA BUY | $1,501,028 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-11-01 | A STRONGER OHIO | Media | NONFEDERAL MEDIA BUY | $1,000,841 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-10-19 | A STRONGER OHIO | Media | NONFEDERAL MEDIA BUY | $988,825 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-11-02 | A STRONGER OHIO | Media | NONFEDERAL MEDIA BUY | $841,739 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-06-18 | DSCC | Strategy & Research | MEDIA CONSULTING | $90,625 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-08 | DSCC | — | STRATEGIC CONSULTING SERVICES | $14,667 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-21 | DSCC | — | STRATEGIC CONSULTING SERVICES | $10,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-06 | DSCC | — | STRATEGIC CONSULTING SERVICES | $10,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-08 | DSCC | — | STRATEGIC CONSULTING SERVICES | $10,000 |