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Navigators Global has called in Venable to lobby in support of federal funding for its National Public Radio client.
The long-time effort by Republicans to strip or scale back federal funding of NPR picked up steam in April after business editor Uri Berliner wrote an essay about the upswing in “wokeness” at NPR triggered by the election of Donald Trump.
Berliner, who was suspended without pay after publishing his piece in the Free Press, then resigned his post at NPR.
Following his resignation, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) vowed to end federal funding for NPR due to its alleged liberal tilt.
“The mainstream media has become obsessed with doing the Left’s bidding and taking down strong conservatives—and NPR has led the pack,” Blackburn told Fox Digital. “It makes no sense that the American people are forced to fund a propagandist left-wing outlet that refuses to represent the voices of half the country. NPR should not receive our tax dollars.”
Federal funding accounts for less than one percent of NPR’s $309M operating budget.
Venable’s six-member NPR team includes former Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI), and Yardley Pollas-Kimble, chief of staff to Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL).
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
