MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC.
MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC. is a print & mail vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC. was paid $8.16M across 9 client committees, of which $507K 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 |
$7,657,725 | 179 rows | 93.8% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$506,624 | 56 rows | 6.2% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Mar 7, 2012 → May 13, 2026
- spans 14.2 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 179
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 9
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MENENDEZ, ROBERT NJ · House DEM |
$85,385 | 5 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENENDEZ, ROBERT NJ · House DEM |
$85,385 | 5 |
| MALINOWSKI, TOM NJ · House DEM |
$73,308 | 3 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 2
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENENDEZ, ROBERT NJ · House DEM |
$85,385 | 5 |
| MALINOWSKI, TOM NJ · House DEM |
$73,308 | 3 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 5
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| MENENDEZ, ROBERT NJ · House DEM |
$88,175 | 7 |
| MALINOWSKI, TOM NJ · House DEM |
$73,308 | 3 |
| SHERRILL, MIKIE NJ · House DEM |
$45,000 | 3 |
| AMERICA'S FUTURE MAJORITY FUND C00695528 |
$28,225 IE $28,225 |
3 |
| GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC C00704247 |
$15,000 | 1 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $7,201,918 | 88.21% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $962,431 | 11.79% |
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 · 7 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Q1 | 2018 | $42K | 6 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $42K | — |
| 2018 | Q2 | 2018 | $321K | 10 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT 49% | Print & Mail 100% | $363K | — |
| 2018 | Q3 | 2018 | $2.84M | 15 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY 93% | Print & Mail 100% | $3.21M | — |
| 2018 | Q4 | 2018 | $1.75M | 16 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY 76% | Print & Mail 100% | $4.95M | — |
| 2020 | Q1 | 2020 | $139K | 6 | DOYLE FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE 73% | Print & Mail 100% | $139K | +234% |
| 2020 | Q2 | 2020 | $202K | 9 | DOYLE FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE 52% | Print & Mail 100% | $342K | -37% |
| 2020 | Q3 | 2020 | $671K | 11 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $1.01M | -76% |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $37K | 5 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $1.05M | -98% |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $105K | 10 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY 66% | Print & Mail 100% | $105K | -24% |
| 2022 | Q2 | 2022 | $227K | 9 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT 93% | Print & Mail 100% | $332K | +12% |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $118K | 7 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY 93% | Print & Mail 100% | $450K | -82% |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $214K | 13 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT 57% | Print & Mail 100% | $663K | +482% |
| 2023 | Q1 | 2024 | $285 | 1 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $285 | — |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2024 | $40K | 4 | SHERRILL, MIKIE 99% | Print & Mail 100% | $41K | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2024 | $30K | 3 | SHERRILL, MIKIE 100% | Print & Mail 100% | $71K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $55K | 5 | SHERRILL, MIKIE 82% | Print & Mail 100% | $126K | -48% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $506K | 21 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT 91% | Print & Mail 100% | $631K | +123% |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $47K | 4 | SHERRILL, MIKIE 96% | Print & Mail 100% | $678K | -60% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $31K | 3 | SHERRILL, MIKIE 96% | Print & Mail 100% | $709K | -85% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $15K | 1 | GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC 100% | Digital 100% | $15K | +5171% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $37K | 1 | MALINOWSKI, TOM 100% | Media 100% | $52K | +23% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $37K | 3 | MALINOWSKI, TOM 99% | Media 99% | $89K | -33% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $85K | 4 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT 100% | — | $174K | -83% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Print & Mail | $7,469,032 | 170 | $44K | 98.8% | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY 71% | 21mo ago |
| Media | $73,308 | 3 | $24K | 1.0% | MALINOWSKI, TOM 100% | 6mo ago |
| Digital | $15,000 | 1 | $15K | 0.2% | GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC 100% | 19mo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY | 4 | $5,269,123 | 69 | 2018-02-01 | 2023-07-11 |
| MENENDEZ, ROBERT | 3 | $928,859 | 45 | 2022-02-04 | 2026-05-13 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJ | $7,304,383 | 95.4% | 6 | |
| PA | $235,495 | 3.1% | 1 | |
| TX | $109,313 | 1.4% | 1 | |
| RI | $8,535 | 0.1% | 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 | 2018-09-27 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY | Print & Mail | ADVERTISING | $714,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-09-13 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY | Print & Mail | ADVERTISING | $484,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-10-16 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY | Print & Mail | ADVERTISING | $400,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-08-29 | DISTRICTS FOR DEMOCRACY | Print & Mail | ADVERTISING | $376,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2018-10-26 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | Print & Mail | MEDIA PRODUCTION SERVICES | $300,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-12-08 | MALINOWSKI, TOM | Media | VIDEO PRODUCTION | $36,801 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-01 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | — | DIRECT MAIL | $32,697 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-13 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | — | DIRECT MAIL | $25,141 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-08 | MALINOWSKI, TOM | Media | VIDEO PRODUCTION | $19,892 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-08 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | — | DIRECT MAIL | $18,063 |
| Recent | 2026-04-28 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | — | DIRECT MAIL | $9,280 |
| Recent | 2026-03-11 | MENENDEZ, ROBERT | — | DOMAIN REGISTRATION | $204 |