The Media Company, LLC
$1.99M
2025-2026 cycle
The Media Company, LLC is a political services vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle The Media Company, LLC was paid $1.99M across 10 client committees, of which $470K 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
$2.46M
=
$1.99M
(Schedule B)
+
$470K
(Independent Expenditures)
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$1,990,252 | 79 rows | 80.9% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$470,002 | 7 rows | 19.1% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Dec 23, 2019 → Mar 27, 2026
- spans 6.3 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 79
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 10
- 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.
Apr 2025
Mar 2026
$981K
across 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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VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 3 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATIVE DEFENSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1275672 |
$12,500 | 1 |
| BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB 1456428 |
$7,500 | 1 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 6 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATIVE DEFENSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1275672 |
$80,027 | 3 |
| BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB 1456428 |
$15,000 | 2 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 12 months · top 2
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATIVE DEFENSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1275672 |
$499,644 | 9 |
| BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB 1456428 |
$52,500 | 7 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 18 months · top 3
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATIVE DEFENSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1275672 |
$514,613 | 11 |
| 842149 842149 |
$421,629 | 2 |
| BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB 1456428 |
$75,000 | 9 |
VIEW 1 DIAGRAM DECORATIVE
Top buyers last 24 months · top 4
VIEW 2 TABLE EXPORTABLE
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATIVE DEFENSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 1275672 |
$564,613 | 15 |
| 842149 842149 |
$421,629 | 2 |
| COMMITTEE TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY, SPONSORED BY ACTION FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE 1468083 |
$387,739 | 8 |
| BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB 1456428 |
$75,000 | 9 |
By party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $0 | 0.00% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $1,990,252 | 100.00% |
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 · 7 years
Per-quarter totals
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Q4 | 2020 | $19K | 4 | C00713099 100% | Fundraising 77% | $19K | — |
| 2020 | Q4 | 2020 | $13K | 2 | 980162 96% | Digital 96% | $33K | — |
| 2022 | Q1 | 2022 | $51K | 3 | COMMITTEE FOR CALIFORNIA, N… 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $51K | — |
| 2022 | Q3 | 2022 | $39K | 1 | 880212 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $90K | — |
| 2022 | Q4 | 2022 | $60K | 1 | NO ON 30 100% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $150K | +361% |
| 2023 | Q3 | 2022 | $22K | 3 | COMMITTEE FOR CALIFORNIA, N… 100% | Strategy & Research 46% | $171K | — |
| 2023 | Q4 | 2022 | $121K | 11 | COMMITTEE FOR CALIFORNIA, N… 100% | Media 37% | $292K | — |
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $128K | 15 | COMMITTEE FOR CALIFORNIA, N… 100% | Digital 47% | $128K | +152% |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $89K | 5 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT PUBLIC… 56% | Digital 90% | $216K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $26K | 3 | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATI… 98% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $242K | -34% |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $412K | 9 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT PUBLIC… 94% | Digital 88% | $654K | +587% |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2024 | $30K | 3 | BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENER… 50% | Other / Unclassified 100% | $684K | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2024 | $429K | 3 | 842149 98% | Digital 92% | $1.11M | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2024 | $60K | 6 | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATI… 63% | Other / Unclassified 79% | $1.17M | +177% |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2024 | $397K | 5 | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATI… 96% | Digital 93% | $1.57M | +228% |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $95K | 5 | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATI… 84% | Digital 58% | $95K | -26% |
Revenue by service category
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Per-category breakdown · cycle-to-date
| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital | $1,377,201 | 18 | $77K | 69.6% | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATI… 31% | 4mo ago |
| Other / Unclassified | $373,207 | 36 | $10K | 18.9% | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATI… 34% | 2mo ago |
| Strategy & Research | $100,296 | 10 | $10K | 5.1% | COMMITTEE FOR CALIFORNIA, N… 60% | 2y ago |
| Media | $54,900 | 2 | $27K | 2.8% | COMMITTEE FOR CALIFORNIA, N… 100% | 2y ago |
| Print & Mail | $54,540 | 9 | $6K | 2.8% | COMMITTEE FOR CALIFORNIA, N… 100% | 2y ago |
| Fundraising | $15,000 | 1 | $15K | 0.8% | C00713099 100% | 6y ago |
| Software & Tech | $2,607 | 2 | $1K | 0.1% | COMMITTEE FOR CALIFORNIA, N… 100% | 2y ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
0
Anchor clients 3+ cycles
$0 · 0% of revenue
3
Repeat clients 2 cycles
$999,563 · 50% of revenue
7
One-time clients 1 cycle
$990,689 · 50% of revenue
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $1,970,762 | 99.0% | 9 | |
| Unknown | $19,490 | 1.0% | 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 | 2025-06-06 | 842149 | Digital | Digital Media | $392,833 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-10-23 | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATIVE DEFENSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Digital | Digital Media | $300,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-11-04 | COMMITTEE TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY, SPONSORED BY ACTION FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE | Digital | Text Blasts | $298,845 |
| Largest all-time | 2025-11-07 | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATIVE DEFENSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Digital | Digital Media | $69,617 |
| Largest all-time | 2022-11-07 | NO ON 30 | Other / Unclassified | — | $60,000 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-02-03 | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATIVE DEFENSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Digital | Digital Media | $55,027 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-26 | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATIVE DEFENSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Other / Unclassified | — | $12,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-13 | CONSUMER ATTORNEYS INITIATIVE DEFENSE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE | Other / Unclassified | — | $12,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-01-02 | BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB | Other / Unclassified | — | $7,500 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-27 | BONTA FOR CA ATTORNEY GENERAL 2026; ROB | Other / Unclassified | — | $7,500 |