by Erik Kain on February 1, 2012
Politico reports on Facebook’s very own electioneering arm: Top officials at Facebook pumped $170,000 into the company’s new PAC in 2011 — a sure sign that the company is ready to be a political player as it prepares for its IPO this year. , , David Ebersman, Marne Levine, Joe Lockhart and Joel Kaplan each [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 23, 2012
Super PAC is the new buzz phrase this election season. All the GOP primary candidates appear to have one or two of them working alongside them, airing one attack ad after another. At the heart of all this election drama is the Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, which allows corporations to spend unlimited funds from [...]
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