2nd Quarter - Amendment

NEWS AMERICA, INC. for NEWS AMERICA INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$1,530,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
2nd Quarter - Report Jul 20, 2012 $1,534,634 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Report Jul 23, 2012 $1,530,000 Replaced
2nd Quarter - Amendment (this page) Jul 23, 2012 $1,530,000 Yes

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Advertising ADV

H.R.611 : BEST PRACTICES Act H.R.654 : Do Not Track Me Online Act H.R.1528 Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011 S.799 Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 H.R. 1895 Do Not Track Kids Act of 2011

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
RICK LANE —
MIKE REGAN —

Contacted: Vice President of the U.S.; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office

Bills named: H.R. 654 (112th), H.R. 611 (112th), S. 799 (112th), H.R. 1895 (112th), H.R. 1528 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Columbia Free Trade Agreement Panama Free Trade Agreement Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement Russia PNTR Korea Fee Trade Agreement

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
RICK LANE —
JANET O'CALLAGHAN —
MIKE REGAN —

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Copyright Office; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Vice President of the U.S.; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Intellectual Property Protection The Illegal Streaming of Copyrighted Content H.R.1249 : America Invents Act H.R. 2471 To amend section 270 of title 18 USC to clarify that a video tape service proveder may obtain a consumer's informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet H.R. 3261 Stop Online Piracy Act S.23 : America Invents Act S. 968 Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 or PROTECT IP Act S. 978 To amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EVONY BLAKE New —
KRISTOPHER MICHAEL JONES —
RICK LANE —
MAUREEN A O'CONNELL —
KATHLEEN M RAMSEY —
MIKE REGAN —

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Vice President of the U.S.; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Copyright Office

Bills named: S. 23 (112th), H.R. 2471 (112th), S. 978 (112th), H.R. 3261 (112th), H.R. 1249 (112th), S. 968 (112th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Retransmission consent Incentive auctions Spectrum policy Programming content issues as related to the U.S. Supreme Court case Fox v. FCC S. 455 RADIOS Act S. 415 Spectrum Optimization Act S. 911 Strengthening Public-safety and Enhancing Communications Through Reform, Utilization, and Modernization Act' or the `SPECTRUM Act'. S. 1784 FCC Process Reform S.1040 Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011 S. 2008 Next Generation Television Market Place S. 2008 Next Generation Television Marketplace Act S. 3187 Food and Drug Administration Reform Act H.R. 365 Next Generation Television Market Place H.R. 607 Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011 H.R.911 Spectrum Inventory and Auction Act of 2011 H.R. 2289 FCC `ABCs' Act of 2011'. H. R. 1981 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to child pornography and child exploitation offenses. H.R. 3309 FCC Process Reform H.R. 3675 Next Generation Television Marketplace Act Data Security H.R. 3360 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Acto of 2012 (Spectrum Auctions) H.R. 5651 Food and Drug Administration Reform Act S. 3187).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
KRISTOPHER MICHAEL JONES —
MAUREEN A O'CONNELL —
KATHLEEN M RAMSEY —
MIKE REGAN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Vice President of the U.S.; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Copyright Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 3187 (112th), H.R. 5651 (112th), H.R. 607 (112th), S. 415 (112th), S. 911 (112th), S. 1784 (112th), S. 455 (112th), H.R. 3675 (112th), H.R. 3309 (112th), H.R. 911 (112th), H.R. 3360 (112th), H.R. 2289 (112th), H.R. 365 (112th), S. 1040 (112th), S. 2008 (112th), H.R. 1981 (112th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.