 Leo Hindery |
Leo Hindery, who founded the Yes Network in 2001 as the cable home of the New York Yankees, hired Gephardt Group Government Affairs related to work regarding infrastructure funding.
Walt Disney Co. in March sold the 80 percent ownership position of Yes that it acquired via the acquisition of 21stCentury Fox for $3.5B.
Earlier, Hindery headed cable giant Tele-Communications Inc, which was merged into AT&T in 1999.
Hindery registered Trine Acquisition Corp, a blank check company, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in December.
It went public last month, raising more than $260M to invest in the media, communications and technology sectors.
Dick Gephardt, former Democratic speaker of the House, heads the four-member team that works for Hindery.
That group includes Tom O’Donnell, chief of staff to Congressman Gephardt, and Christina Hamilton, CoS to Congressman David Obey.
Hindery has long ties to the Democratic party. He was senior economic advisor for John Edwards’ president run and economic/trade advisor to Barack Obama’s campaign.
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company banned by Defense Secretary Hegseth, has hired Ballard Partners for DC representation.
The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development enrolls Venable for government relations services.
Coinbase has hired Checkmate Government Relations, which has close ties to the Trump administration, to handle matters related to digital assets as the Senate works on the Clarity Act.
Peter Thiel-backed Palantir Technologies has added Democratic firm Ferox Strategies to its DC lobbying line-up to handle data analytics and technology issues.
Former congressmen Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Jeff Denham (R-CA) have signed on to handle the “new” TikTok on issues related to internet technology and learning-enabled platforms.
