Research finding · Research date 2026-09-17
Targeted Platform Media is a Maryland national Democratic media-buying firm
Recorded status: Vendor identity and national profile substantially verified; strategic control of Idaho PACs unproven
This is a dated research record. Its qualifications and open questions are part of the account. Association alone does not establish wrongdoing or control.
Targeted Platform Media is not an Idaho-local vendor. Public campaign and broadcast records consistently identify it at P.O. Box 237, Crownsville, Maryland 21032-0237, with contacts including Danny Neckel and Katie Wildman. Current reporting describes Targeted Platform Media as an arm of Buying Time LLC, a Democratic media-buying company founded and run by Cathie Herrick. A 2020 Campaign Legal Center FEC complaint alleged Targeted Platform was Buying Time's functional alter ego; the FEC matter (MUR 7865) was ultimately dismissed, so the complaint is evidence of an allegation and underlying submitted records, not an adjudicated violation. The firm has served major progressive/Democratic clients nationally while also buying media for Idaho establishment-aligned Republican PACs and the 2024 Proposition 1 campaign. Vendor service does not establish that its owners directed Idaho campaign strategy.
Source references
- Nevada Secretary of State — Targeted Platform Media payee record — Campaign-finance payee search for Targeted Platform Media LLC
- FEC Matter Under Review 7865 — Matter participants and disposition
- Campaign Legal Center complaint concerning Targeted Platform Media — Complaint discussion of Targeted Platform Media and Buying Time
- Sludge — The Consultants Cashing In on Pro-Israel Campaign Spending — Targeted Platform Media section