Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent and program carriage issues; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; unmanned aerial vehicle issues; corporate tax issues.
Duration: November 26, 2019
to
present
General Issues: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Spending: about $795,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)
It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.
Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives
Lobbyists
Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.
Lobbyist
Covered positions?
Doug Schwartz
COS, Office of Asst Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy, 2003-04 Associate Director, Office of Cabinet Affairs, The White House, 2004-05 Chief of Staff, Office of Under Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy, 2005-09
Policy Director/Counsel, Office of Conference Chairman 2009; Deputy Staff Director, Senate Rep. Policy Committee 2009-10; Staff Director, Senate Rep. Policy Committee 2010-12; COS, Senate Rep. Conference 2012-14.
Disclosures Filed
Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.
1st Quarter, 2024
In Q1, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on April 4.
Original Filing: 301546601.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent and program carriage issues; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; unmanned aerial vehicle issues; corporate tax issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
4th Quarter, 2023
In Q4, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on Jan. 5.
Original Filing: 301521889.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent and program carriage issues; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues, corporate tax issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
3rd Quarter, 2023
In Q3, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on Oct. 10, 2023.
Original Filing: 301498784.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues, corporate tax issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
2nd Quarter, 2023
In Q2, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on July 6, 2023.
Original Filing: 301473508.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues, corporate tax issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
1st Quarter, 2023
In Q1, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on April 10, 2023.
Original Filing: 301449995.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues, corporate tax issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
4th Quarter, 2022
In Q4, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on Jan. 9, 2023.
Original Filing: 301425502.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues, corporate tax issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
3rd Quarter, 2022
In Q3, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on Oct. 5, 2022.
Original Filing: 301401584.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues, corporate tax issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
2nd Quarter, 2022
In Q2, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on July 11, 2022.
Original Filing: 301378877.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues, corporate tax issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
1st Quarter, 2022
In Q1, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on April 5, 2022.
Original Filing: 301343752.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
4th Quarter, 2021
In Q4, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on Jan. 10, 2022.
Original Filing: 301320993.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; sports and event futures; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
3rd Quarter, 2021
In Q3, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on Oct. 14, 2021.
Original Filing: 301299401.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
2nd Quarter, 2021
In Q2, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on July 13, 2021.
Original Filing: 301275733.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; antitrust enforcement and reform; business insurance and liability protection issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
1st Quarter, 2021
In Q1, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on April 19, 2021.
Original Filing: 301256094.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright and content carriage issues; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; business insurance and liability protection issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
4th Quarter, 2020
In Q4, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Original Filing: 301232058.xml
Lobbying Issues
Copyright issues, including the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act; retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; business insurance and liability protection issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
3rd Quarter, 2020
In Q3, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on Oct. 15, 2020.
Original Filing: 301210500.xml
Lobbying Issues
Retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; copyright issues, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; business insurance and liability protection issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
2nd Quarter, 2020
In Q2, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on July 15, 2020.
Original Filing: 301188636.xml
Lobbying Issues
Retransmission consent; online privacy; spectrum-related issues; media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; sports betting; children's educational TV programming; advertising issues; copyright issues, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act; business insurance and liability protection issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
1st Quarter, 2020
In Q1, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $45,000. The report was filed on April 10, 2020.
Original Filing: 301155070.xml
Lobbying Issues
Retransmission consent; Online Privacy; Spectrum-related issues; Media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; Sports betting; Children's educational TV programming; Advertising issues; copyright issues, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
4th Quarter, 2019
In Q4, HillNorth LLC lobbied for Fox Corporation , earning $30,000. The report was filed on Jan. 15, 2020.
Original Filing: 301106479.xml
Lobbying Issues
The expiration of the Satellite TV Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization (STELAR); Retransmission consent; Online Privacy; Spectrum-related issues; Media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; Sports betting; Children's educational TV programming; Advertising issues.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Type of Issue
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
4th Quarter, 2019
HillNorth LLC filed a lobbying registration on Jan. 6, 2020 to represent Fox Corporation, effective Nov. 26, 2019.
Original Filing: 301103433.xml
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: The expiration of the Satellite TV Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization (STELAR); Retransmission consent; Online Privacy; Spectrum-related issues; Media ownership issues; First Amendment issues; Sports betting; Children's educational TV programming; Advertising issues. .
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate