Corporations gave over $50M to voting restriction backers
BRIAN SLODYSKO, Associated Press
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FILE - In this July 18, 2019, file photo, a sign is displayed at an AT&T retail store in Miami. Corporations have given more than $50 million in recent years to state lawmakers who have seized on Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen 2020 election to push for new restrictions on the right to vote. That s according to a new report by the government watchdog nonprofit Public Citizen. Telecom-giant AT&T was the most prolific giver, donating over $800,000 since 2015 to authors of proposed restrictions, co-sponsors of such measures, or those who voted in favor of the bills, a new report by the Washington-based non-profit Public Citizen found.Lynne Sladky/AP
2021 March Madness Live Stream: How to Watch NCAA Basketball Final Four Online
2021 March Madness Live Stream: How to Watch NCAA Basketball Final Four Online
If you ve cut the cord and want to watch the Final Four online, we ve found three easy ways to stream the annual NCAA tournament for free
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March Madness is in full swing, as the top college basketball teams in the country face off for a chance to take home the 2021 National Championship trophy.
The annual NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament kicked off March 14 with the Selection Show, and will run for three weeks in March, leading up to the Final Four the weekend of April 3, and the championship game on Monday, April 5.
General Motors Pledges to Devote More Ad Dollars to Black-Owned Media
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General Motors, one of the nation’s biggest advertisers, said Thursday it would quadruple the percentage of its advertising dollars that go to Black-owned media outlets between now and 2025.
GM’s new effort is a sign of the scrutiny and pressure that corporate giants are facing to spread their corporate spending around a wider array of firms.
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GM said it intended to increase the allocation of its ad spending from its current 2% with Black-owned media to 4% by 2022 and to 8% by 2025.
“Black-owned media are a vital component of our marketing mix, and we evaluate our spend for media partners through several core metrics, including transparency, innovation, ad quality, audience delivery and brand safety,” General Motors said in a statement Thursday. The company also said it would in May launch an “upfront” process with diverse media