Dawson McCarthy Nelson Media

Dawson McCarthy Nelson Media LLC (DMN Media) was founded in February 2001 by Terry Nelson, who joined with Sam Dawson, a senior consultant to the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in 2000, and Patrick J. McCarthy, Jr., of National Media, Inc., as partners. DMN Media is a Washington, D.C.-based Republican "communication and advertising firm that specializes in developing strategy, messages, and advertising for political candidates."

Note that District of Columbia corporate records do not show DMN Media as a registered entity.

History
In 2001, DMN Media was located at 1020 North Fairfax, Suite 320, Alexandria, Virginia. According to the Virginia State Corporations data base, the Virginia registration for DMN Media was cancelled in December 2002.

Archived bios for Nelson, Dawson, and McCarthy have been posted on their individual pages.

"Past and Present Clients" listed for DMN Media in 2001 included:


 * Speaker Newt Gingrich
 * Senator Rod Grams, MN
 * Governor Jim Edwards, SC
 * Congressman Don Sherwood, PA
 * Congressman Mike Ferguson, NJ
 * Congressman Ed Schrock, VA
 * Bush/Cheney 2000
 * National Republican Senatorial Committee
 * National Republican Congressional Committee
 * Republican Party of Minnesota
 * Minnesota House Republican Caucus
 * Visa U.S.A.
 * Americans for Job Security
 * Americans for Consumer Education and Competition

Political campaigns

 * 2007-2008 election cycle: John McCain 2008 Inc.
 * 2005-2006 election cycle: National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) paid DMN Media more than $230,000 for "Generic Political Consultant Fees".
 * 2003-2004 election cycle: DMN Media received more than $1.4 million from a number of clients, including $608,571 from the NRCC.
 * 2004: U.S. Chamber of Commerce paid DMN Media to produce ads supporting Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).
 * 2001-2002 election cycle: Republican National Committee (RNC) paid DMN Media $1 million for "Production Cost"; $67,000 for "Radio Cost"; and $100,000 for "Research Cost".

Personnel

 * Sam Dawson, partner
 * Patrick J. McCarthy, Jr., partner DMN Media; principal, Upgrade Films
 * Terry Nelson, partner
 * Randall Skoglund, independent contractor (2002)

Upgrade Films
Upgrade Films, LLC "films and edits advertisements and serves as the production company for DMNM. ... Upgrade Films is a wholly owned subsidiary of and shares office staff with DMNM."


 * In the third quarter of 2006, Upgrade Films received more than $40,000 from the National Republican Congressional Committee for the 2006 campaign in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District.


 * In the third quarter of 2006, Upgrade Films received $6,000 from the All Children Matter-Iowa PAC.

Strategic Media Services
Strategic Media Services shares the same address with DMN Media.

Website
WHOIS reports that the administrative contact for the DMNMEDIA.COM domain name is Andrew Finnan at 1023 31st Street, NW, Fourth Floor, Washington, DC 20007, DMN Media's office address. The technical contact is XO Communications at CNCHOST.COM. DMNMEDIA.COM displays as under construction.

A DNS search for DMNMEDIA.COM shows the domain interactive with a number of mail and name servers.

Contact information
1023 31st Street NW 4th Floor Washington, D.C. 20007(Map) Phone: 202 338-9555 URL: http://www.dmnmedia.com/ (Website under construction; visit the WaybackMachine for archived pages.)

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Crosslink Strategy Group
 * U.S. congressional elections in 2006
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004
 * U.S. presidential election, 2008

External articles

 * Glen Justice, "A New Target for Advisers to Swift Vets," New York Times (Common Dreams), February 21, 2005.
 * Chris Barge, "O'Donnell ad asks voters for forgiveness. Says he wrote attack on Social Security as 'know-it-all kid'," Rocky Mountain News, September 22, 2006.
 * Richard Wolffe, "In Rove's Footsteps. They learned from the master, and are applying the lessons in the hottest races ahead. Meet the architect's protégés," Newsweek (MSNBC), October 2, 2006.