Daily Mail and General Trust plc, the British media company that owns national daily tabloid The Daily Mail, has hired government affairs consulting firm Carmen Group to lobby antitrust issues on Capitol Hill.
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D.C.-based Carmen Group will advocate anti-trust issues, as well as Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communication Commission related matters, according to lobbying registration documents filed with Congress in August.
Politico on Aug. 7 speculated whether the lobbying retainer signals that the media company could possibly be considering a stateside merger or acquisition.
Carmen Group president and CEO David Carmen leads the Daily Mail account, along with executive managing director Dal Harper.
Carmen, who founded Carmen Group in 1985, served as a political advisor to former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. Other Carmen Group clients include Lionsgate, Georgetown University, Qualcomm, Sprint and Whole Foods.
Missy Edwards Strategies represents Shein Technology Group, the Los Angeles arm of the embattled Singapore-based “instant fashion” retailer.
Carlsbad, a north San Diego County city of 115K people, is looking for a firm to provide government relations and Sacramento lobbying services.
Gordon Sondland, who was US ambassador to the European Union under Donald Trump, has registered as a representative of Ukraine’s cabinet and ministers.
The Daschle Group is representing Santa Monica-based Stand with Hong Kong Action, an advocacy group that fights to end Chinese repression in Hong Kong.
McKinsey & Co. has reached out to Republican shop Harbinger Strategies to educate policymakers about the activities of the embattled management consultancy.
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