 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.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
