HEARST TELEVISION
HEARST TELEVISION is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle HEARST TELEVISION was paid $487K across 13 client committees, of which $101K 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 |
$386,687 | 24 rows | 79.3% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$100,768 | 6 rows | 20.7% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Nov 5, 2018 → Mar 3, 2025
- spans 6.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 24
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 13
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.
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 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| TERRY, RANDAL ALLAN MR. US · President UN |
$450 | 1 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| FELDMAN, STEVEN NC · House LIB |
$11,500 | 2 |
| TERRY, RANDAL ALLAN MR. US · President UN |
$2,414 | 5 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $360,152 | 73.88% |
| Republican | $3,616 | 0.74% |
| Non-partisan | $123,687 | 25.37% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 5 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $1K | 1 | C00657650 100% | Media 100% | $1K | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $279K | 1 | OUR FREEDOM, OUR FUTURE 100% | Media 100% | $279K | — |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $29K | 3 | C00702399 60% | Media 100% | $308K | — |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $14K | 4 | C00653733 65% | Media 93% | $322K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $26K | 4 | C00653733 83% | Media 100% | $349K | +1842% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $2K | 1 | COURAGE TO ACT 100% | Media 100% | $2K | -86% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $3K | 2 | MARYLAND REPUBLICAN STATE C… 100% | Media 100% | $5K | -89% |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $18K | 1 | LUNA FOR JUDGE 2024; BOBBY 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $18K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $13K | 5 | FELDMAN, STEVEN 88% | Media 100% | $31K | +559% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $442 | 1 | TERRY, RANDAL ALLAN MR. 100% | Media 100% | $31K | -85% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $450 | 1 | TERRY, RANDAL ALLAN MR. 100% | Media 100% | $450 | — |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media | $367,680 | 22 | $17K | 95.1% | OUR FREEDOM, OUR FUTURE 76% | 15mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $19,007 | 2 | $10K | 4.9% | LUNA FOR JUDGE 2024; BOBBY 95% | 2y 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE | $279,351 | 72.2% | 1 | |
| Unknown | $66,204 | 17.1% | 6 | |
| CA | $18,000 | 4.7% | 1 | |
| NC | $11,500 | 3.0% | 1 | |
| MD | $7,242 | 1.9% | 2 | |
| TN | $2,414 | 0.6% | 1 | |
| WI | $1,976 | 0.5% | 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 | 2020-01-30 | OUR FREEDOM, OUR FUTURE | Media | TV ADS | $279,351 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-02-09 | LUNA FOR JUDGE 2024; BOBBY | Other / Unclassified | — | $18,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-06-02 | C00702399 | Media | MEDIA SERVICES | $17,353 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-10-30 | C00653733 | Media | TELEVISION ADVERTISING | $13,949 |
| Largest all-time | 2020-05-29 | C00695965 | Media | MEDIA | $10,361 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-03-03 | TERRY, RANDAL ALLAN MR. | Media | AD BUY | $450 |
| Recent | 2024-09-20 | FELDMAN, STEVEN | Media | TELEVISION ADVERTISING | $6,500 |
| Recent | 2024-09-24 | FELDMAN, STEVEN | Media | TELEVISION ADVERTISING | $5,000 |
| Recent | 2024-09-25 | TERRY, RANDAL ALLAN MR. | Media | AD BUY | $468 |
| Recent | 2024-11-06 | TERRY, RANDAL ALLAN MR. | Media | TV ADS | $442 |