MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC.

$8.08M 2025-2026 cycle

MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC. is a print & mail vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC. was paid $8.08M across 9 client committees, of which $507K flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.

Print & Mail ○ Slowing (~4mo since last)
Limited recent activity. Most recent disbursement to this vendor was 4 months ago (Jan 27, 2026). Charts below reflect cycle-to-date totals; the recent windows may be sparse.

Part I Identity

Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.

Source split

$8.08M = $7.57M (Schedule B) + $507K (Independent Expenditures)
Schedule B
direct committee payments		 $7,572,340 174 rows 93.7%
Independent Expenditures
money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them		 $506,624 56 rows 6.3%
Activity span ALL TIME
Mar 7, 2012 → Jan 27, 2026
spans 13.9 years
Disbursements ALL TIME
174
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.

Feb 2025 Jan 2026
$73K across 12 months
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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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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 6 months · top 1

MALINOWSKI, TOM $37K Media · 2 txns MM MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC.
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
MALINOWSKI, TOM
NJ · House DEM
 $36,507 2
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 12 months · top 1

MALINOWSKI, TOM $73K Media · 3 txns MM MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC.
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
MALINOWSKI, TOM
NJ · House DEM
 $73,308 3
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 18 months · top 2

MALINOWSKI, TOM $73K Media · 3 txns GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC $15K Digital · 1 txn MM MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC.
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
MALINOWSKI, TOM
NJ · House DEM
 $73,308 3
GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC
C00704247
 $15,000 1
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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE

Top buyers last 24 months · top 4

SHERRILL, MIKIE $75K Print & Mail · 5 txns MALINOWSKI, TOM $73K Media · 3 txns GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC $15K Digital · 1 txn MENENDEZ, ROBERT $3K Print & Mail · 2 txns MM MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC.
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
Filer Total spend Disbursements
SHERRILL, MIKIE
NJ · House DEM
 $75,000 5
MALINOWSKI, TOM
NJ · House DEM
 $73,308 3
GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC
C00704247
 $15,000 1
MENENDEZ, ROBERT
NJ · House DEM
 $2,790 2
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By party

Revenue by party

100% D
D · 100%
R · 0%
PartyAmount%
Democratic $1,231,280 15.24%
Republican $0 0.00%
Non-partisan $6,847,684 84.76%

Part III Reference tables

Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.

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Cycle-over-cycle trajectory

2018202020222023202420252026 Q1 2018 (2018 cycle): $42KQ2 2018 (2018 cycle): $321KQ3 2018 (2018 cycle): $2.84MQ4 2018 (2018 cycle): $1.75MQ1 2020 (2020 cycle): $139KQ2 2020 (2020 cycle): $202KQ3 2020 (2020 cycle): $671KQ4 2020 (2020 cycle): $37KQ1 2022 (2022 cycle): $105KQ2 2022 (2022 cycle): $227KQ3 2022 (2022 cycle): $118KQ4 2022 (2022 cycle): $214KQ1 2023 (2024 cycle): $285Q3 2023 (2024 cycle): $40KQ4 2023 (2024 cycle): $30KQ1 2024 (2024 cycle): $55KQ2 2024 (2024 cycle): $506KQ3 2024 (2024 cycle): $47KQ4 2024 (2024 cycle): $31KQ1 2025 (2026 cycle): $15KQ4 2025 (2026 cycle): $37KQ1 2026 (2026 cycle): $37K Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q3Q1Q4Q2Q4Q4Q1 $2.84M

current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 7 years

Per-quarter totals
Year Q Cycle Total Txns Top buyer · share Top category · share Cum. (cycle) YoY %
2018 Q1 2018 $42K 6 C00656686 100% Print & Mail 100% $42K —
2018 Q2 2018 $321K 10 MENENDEZ, ROBERT 49% Print & Mail 100% $363K —
2018 Q3 2018 $2.84M 15 C00656686 93% Print & Mail 100% $3.21M —
2018 Q4 2018 $1.75M 16 C00656686 76% Print & Mail 100% $4.95M —
2020 Q1 2020 $139K 6 C00290064 73% Print & Mail 100% $139K +234%
2020 Q2 2020 $202K 9 C00290064 52% Print & Mail 100% $342K -37%
2020 Q3 2020 $671K 11 C00656686 100% Print & Mail 100% $1.01M -76%
2020 Q4 2020 $37K 5 C00656686 100% Print & Mail 100% $1.05M -98%
2022 Q1 2022 $105K 10 C00656686 66% Print & Mail 100% $105K -24%
2022 Q2 2022 $227K 9 MENENDEZ, ROBERT 93% Print & Mail 100% $332K +12%
2022 Q3 2022 $118K 7 C00656686 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 2 MALINOWSKI, TOM 100% Media 100% $88K -34%
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Revenue by service category

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Revenue by service category

last 6 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $73K across 3 disbursements (avg $24K/check) Top buyer: MALINOWSKI, TOM (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $37K

Revenue by service category

last 12 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $73K across 3 disbursements (avg $24K/check) Top buyer: MALINOWSKI, TOM (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $73K

Revenue by service category

last 18 months · hover bars for cycle context
Media — cycle-to-date Total: $73K across 3 disbursements (avg $24K/check) Top buyer: MALINOWSKI, TOM (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $73K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $15K across 1 disbursements (avg $15K/check) Top buyer: GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 16mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $15K

Revenue by service category

last 24 months · hover bars for cycle context
Print & Mail — cycle-to-date Total: $7.47M across 170 disbursements (avg $44K/check) Top buyer: C00656686 (71% of category) Last paid: 19mo ago · +953% vs prior cycle Print & Mail $78K Media — cycle-to-date Total: $73K across 3 disbursements (avg $24K/check) Top buyer: MALINOWSKI, TOM (100% of category) Last paid: 4mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Media $73K Digital — cycle-to-date Total: $15K across 1 disbursements (avg $15K/check) Top buyer: GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC (100% of category) Last paid: 16mo ago · no prior-cycle baseline Digital $15K
Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
Category Total spend Txns Avg check % of total Top buyer · share Last paid
Print & Mail $7,469,032 170 $44K 98.8% C00656686 71% 19mo ago
Media $73,308 3 $24K 1.0% MALINOWSKI, TOM 100% 4mo ago
Digital $15,000 1 $15K 0.2% GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC 100% 16mo ago
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Client retention

Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.

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Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$5,269,123 · 70% of revenue
2
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$1,078,968 · 14% of revenue
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One-time clients 1 cycle
$1,224,249 · 16% of revenue
Top 1 anchor clients · all-time
Client Cycles All-time spend Txns First paid Last paid
C00656686 4 $5,269,123 69 2018-02-01 2023-07-11
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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
Unknown
$5,504,618 72.7% 2
NJ
$1,949,874 25.7% 5
TX
$109,313 1.4% 1
RI
$8,535 0.1% 1
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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 C00656686 Print & Mail ADVERTISING $714,000
Largest all-time 2018-09-13 C00656686 Print & Mail ADVERTISING $484,000
Largest all-time 2018-10-16 C00656686 Print & Mail ADVERTISING $400,000
Largest all-time 2018-08-29 C00656686 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 2026-01-08 MALINOWSKI, TOM Media VIDEO PRODUCTION $19,892
Largest this cycle 2026-01-27 MALINOWSKI, TOM Media VIDEO PRODUCTION $16,615
Largest this cycle 2025-01-21 GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP PAC Digital DIGITAL CONSULTING $15,000
Recent 2024-10-28 MENENDEZ, ROBERT Print & Mail DIRECT MAIL $1,148
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