Lobbying disclosures · Lobbying report
VIAC: third_quarter 2026 lobbying report
Issues regarding potential merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery. Issues regarding media contracts, data privacy, and antitrust. Monitoring and advocacy on issues related to incentives to encourage domestic sourcing of television and film production. Domestic and international tax issues of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (P.L. No: 117-169), the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97), and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21). Issues related to the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8800/ S. 4784).
Follow VIAC- Became public
- Oct 20, 2026, 3:01 PM EDT
- Event / period date
- Not stated
- Collected
- Nov 11, 2026, 5:38 PM EST
Why this is connected
Legal-name match: PARAMOUNT GLOBAL (FORMERLY VIACOMCBS INC.) is Paramount Global, differing only in punctuation, "the" or suffix spelling (Corp/Corporation).
Reported lobbying amounts
Income: $50,000.00
These are different reporting measures. They are not added together or treated as spending on one particular bill.
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These disclosures provide context. Their presence does not establish a link between a trader and the event.
- May 2, 2021$50K–$100K
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
Sold (full) Paramount Global VIAC
$50K–$100K · Traded Apr 14, 2020 · disclosed May 2, 2021 · Joint · filed 383 days later
- May 2, 2021$1K–$15K
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
$1K–$15K · Traded Feb 26, 2020 · disclosed May 2, 2021 · Joint · filed 431 days later
- May 2, 2021$1K–$15K
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
$1K–$15K · Traded Feb 25, 2020 · disclosed May 2, 2021 · Joint · filed 432 days later
- May 2, 2021$1K–$15K
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
$1K–$15K · Traded Feb 24, 2020 · disclosed May 2, 2021 · Joint · filed 433 days later
- May 2, 2021$1K–$15K
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
$1K–$15K · Traded Feb 21, 2020 · disclosed May 2, 2021 · Joint · filed 436 days later
- May 8, 2020$50K–$100K
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
Sold (full) Paramount Global VIAC
$50K–$100K · Traded Apr 14, 2020 · disclosed May 8, 2020 · Joint
- Apr 5, 2020$1K–$15K
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
Sold (partial) Paramount Global VIAC
$1K–$15K · Traded Mar 27, 2020 · disclosed Apr 5, 2020 · Joint
- Mar 3, 2020$1K–$15K
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA)
$1K–$15K · Traded Feb 26, 2020 · disclosed Mar 3, 2020 · Joint
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