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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID: e725c254-9f77-4028-b5f0-3cb73f2bd1a9
Type: Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period: first_quarter
Year: 2026
Posted: 2026-04-20 17:42:34
Income (reported): $60,000
Expenses (reported): —
Filing document: Open on lda.senate.gov

Registrant (lobbying firm)

WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC

Lobbying Law Firm

Contact: ISABELLA QUINN
Phone: +1 202-659-8201
Address: zip:20004, city:Washington, state:DC, street:1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 800

Client

NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE

Alliance of news content organizations.

State: VA
Country: US
Government-entity client: false
Effective date: 2017-04-21

Issues lobbied + lobbyists (7)

`COM` — Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Digital news content and publishing; antitrust issues impacting digital news publishers. Artificial Intelligence policies.

Lobbyists:

SUSAN HIRSCHMANN
mr MATTHEW B HOEKSTRA
CHRISTOPHER E. WILCOX — covered position: LA, Leg Counsel, LD & Counsel, Rep. Arcuri; LD & Counsel, Rep. Demings
LAURA M SIMMONS — covered position: Advisor, Office of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

`CSP` — Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

Digital news content and publishing; antitrust issues impacting digital news publishers. Artificial Intelligence policies.

Lobbyists:

SUSAN HIRSCHMANN
mr MATTHEW B HOEKSTRA
CHRISTOPHER E. WILCOX — covered position: LA, Leg Counsel, LD & Counsel, Rep. Arcuri; LD & Counsel, Rep. Demings
LAURA M SIMMONS — covered position: Advisor, Office of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

`LBR` — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Digital news content and publishing; antitrust issues impacting digital news publishers. Artificial Intelligence policies.

Lobbyists:

SUSAN HIRSCHMANN
mr MATTHEW B HOEKSTRA
CHRISTOPHER E. WILCOX — covered position: LA, Leg Counsel, LD & Counsel, Rep. Arcuri; LD & Counsel, Rep. Demings
LAURA M SIMMONS — covered position: Advisor, Office of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

`MIA` — Media (information/publishing)

Digital news content and publishing; antitrust issues impacting digital news publishers. Artificial Intelligence policies.

Lobbyists:

SUSAN HIRSCHMANN
mr MATTHEW B HOEKSTRA
CHRISTOPHER E. WILCOX — covered position: LA, Leg Counsel, LD & Counsel, Rep. Arcuri; LD & Counsel, Rep. Demings
LAURA M SIMMONS — covered position: Advisor, Office of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

`TAX` — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Tax legislation potentially affecting newspapers and their employees. Policies impacting publishing and the news media industry. Provisions related to newspaper pension funding.

Lobbyists:

SUSAN HIRSCHMANN
mr CHRISTOPHER W HATCHER
mr MATTHEW B HOEKSTRA

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

`CPI` — Computer Industry

Educate policymakers on competition and transparency issues related to artificial intelligence.

Lobbyists:

SUSAN HIRSCHMANN
mr MATTHEW B HOEKSTRA
LAURA M SIMMONS — covered position: Advisor, Office of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security
CHRISTOPHER E. WILCOX — covered position: LA, Leg Counsel, LD & Counsel, Rep. Arcuri; LD & Counsel, Rep. Demings

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

`TRD` — Trade (domestic/foreign)

Trade and tariff issues impacted the newspaper industry.

Lobbyists:

mr CHRISTOPHER W HATCHER
SUSAN HIRSCHMANN
LAURA M SIMMONS — covered position: Advisor, Office of Legislative Affairs, Dept of Homeland Security

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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