Media Vendors

3,516
Media vendors tracked
$26.58B
in cumulative cycle spend
1485077
Top 2026 buyer ($172.6M)

Media vendors are the media-buying agencies, broadcast placement, and television production. OpenPolitical tracks 3,516 canonical media vendors across $26.58B in cumulative disbursements. The table below shows the top 50 in this category by total cycle spend.

Top 10 media vendors by total cycle spend

Biggest single payment
$18.0M
1485077 → Debra Schommer Media Group · Feb 2026
Fastest-growing vendor (90d)
11.0×
KTLA · $341K → $3.7M
Most service categories served
12 categories
WIX
# Vendor Primary category Total cycle spend # buyers 12-mo trajectory
1 Waterfront Strategies, LLC Media $3.22B 25
2 Sadler Strategic Media, Inc. Media $1.49B 5
3 Main Street Media Group Media $1.08B 8
4 Mentzer Media Services Media $927.3M 40
5 Kabc-TV $838.3M 0
6 Media Buying & Analytics Media $783.6M 2
7 Greenstripe Media, Inc. Media $764.1M 3
8 Buying Time LLC Media $750.5M 90
9 AKPD Message and Media Media $631.6M 26
10 Great American Media Inc. Media $622.8M 4
11 Smart Media Group, LLC Media $564.0M 75
12 Knbc-TV $520.8M 0
13 Crossroads Media LLC Media $507.5M 9
14 Screen Strategies Media Media $505.4M 71
15 Strategic Media Services, Inc. Media $491.3M 59
16 Kcbs-TV $490.7M 0
17 Grassroots Media Media $443.2M 22
18 Canal Partners Media Media $439.6M 62
19 SKDK (SKDKnickerbocker) Media $414.8M 66
20 AL Media Media $388.9M 62
21 Nebo Media Media $387.0M 6
22 Strategic Media Placement Inc. Media $298.7M 115
23 KGO-TV $264.0M 0
24 Ktla-TV $258.0M 0
25 FP1 Strategies, LLC Media $252.5M 130
26 Kcra-TV $249.8M 0
27 Medium Buying, LLC Media $242.4M 39
28 Kttv-TV $238.5M 0
29 Left Hook Media $231.5M 42
30 Kpix-TV $229.4M 0
31 Ktvu-TV $214.3M 0
32 Sage Media Planning & Placement, Inc. Media $206.5M 40
33 KNTV $171.3M 0
34 Milner Butcher Media Group, LLC Media $160.5M 2
35 Kovr-TV $157.8M 0
36 DEL Cielo Media LLC Media $156.4M 6
37 Debra Schommer Media Group Media $149.7M 5
38 Kfmb-TV $147.4M 0
39 Kcal-TV $143.7M 0
40 AX Media Media $139.2M 64
41 Knsd-TV $132.6M 0
42 Srcp Media Media $132.2M 58
43 KXTV $130.5M 0
44 Bluewest Media Media $129.3M 14
45 GEN2 Solutions, LLC Media $123.6M 34
46 Dupont Circle Strategies LLC Media $122.6M 2
47 KABC $116.4M 0
48 KNBC $108.0M 0
49 Multi Media Services, Inc. Media $106.3M 6
50 Spectrum Reach Media $102.5M 40

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This page shows the top 50 media vendors active across the current cycle. Each vendor profile links out to their full client list, monthly spend trajectory, and money-flow analysis. Media is one of 11 service categories OpenPolitical tracks — see the rail above for the rest.