Research project to track RW investor group - PLEASE HELP TRACK THE $$$$

[blm]

About Philadelphia Media Holdings LLC

Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC, a private investment group led by Brian P. Tierney, was formed in 2006 for the purpose of acquiring the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News, philly.com and related online assets. The diverse group includes civic, labor and corporate leaders, entrepreneurs and private investors who share a commitment to high-quality, locally-owned journalism.

The only other name we know is Bruce Toll a wealthy builder. We DO know they are heavy Republican activists and Tierney was even a campaign strategist and was a supporter of swift boat liars. This looks like the COVERT way BushInc will be rescuing the GOP in November and for 2008.

He who controls the PERCEPTION of the election before and AFTER, can more easily STEAL the election.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. K&R!

:kick: sounds like an idea to me.

[blm]

3. This smells like BIG FISH - this is HOW BushInc is going to save seats

and gain Pennsylvania's electoral votes.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. yep and those bottom-feeding fish reak

[JDPriestly]

2. Bruce Toll

Here is info on Bruce Toll's company:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=TOL

[blm]

5. Looks like Toll Brothers is HUGE even outside Pennsylvania.

.

[me b zola]

6. K&R

That's what the cons specialize in, perception management--aka propaganda.

[me b zola]

7. My google research skills are not top notch, but I'm doing some digging

I'll post if I come up with anything.

[me b zola]

8. I've got a little something, I'm still digging

<snip> "Tierney has said he has other local business people - including investment manager Leslie Brun - on board, and has had former Daily News and Inquirer publisher Sam McKeel as a consultant." <snip>

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/14637833.htm

[Canuckistanian]

9. Possible McKeel - Richard Scaife connection

I'm just guessing here:
http://archives.cjr.org/year/81/4/scaife_part2.asp

Despite his vast resources, Scaife has not moved into the big leagues of publishing. During the Nixon years, he was urged by at least one high official in the White House to bid for The Washington Star, but he never did. Pittsburgh acquaintances say that several years ago Scaife talked about buying The Philadelphia Inquirer; however, Sam McKeel, president of Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., the Knight- Ridder group that owns the Inquirer, says Scaife never made any overtures. Last year, Scaife entered into negotiations to buy Harper's magazine, but nothing came of those talks.

[blm]

14. These people buy newspapers for the GOP agenda. News has NEVER been the

goal for them.

I would bet Tierney and the others are also CNP. Seems most other GOP news owners belong to that group.

[me b zola]

15. Brun has been profiled in Forbes. Need to be a member to read

http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=348953

[blm]

19. We have some DUers who watch investor movements. Hopefully they'll see

this thread.

But this particular investor group SCREAMS Freeper loud and clear already.

[Bhaisahab]

10. Tierney-Bush Campaign (2000) link

From the article:
"In dispute over RU-486, Bush working to woo Catholic vote. Republicans mobilizing special Catholic task force"

at

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45c/015.html

on

9 October 2000

<SNIP>
The Bush camp, though, is seeking to capitalize on what some have perceived as a decline in Democratic Party allegiance among U.S. Roman Catholics. After the 1996 election, the Republican National Committee established a special Catholic Task Force headed by Philadelphia advertising executive Brian P. Tierney. Bush's brand of "compassionate conservatism" is aimed, in part, at Roman Catholic voters who, hope GOP strategists, will identify with the party stand on social issues, including abortion.

EDITED TO ADD:

From:
http://herndon2.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00386987/90537/sa/ALL/36

In 2004, Brian P Tierney of 200 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102, donated $2000 to the Bush-Cheney campaign.

[blm]

12. This guy speacializes in shaping PUBLIC OPINION for Republican gains and

we're supposed to believe that he wants TWO newspapers because he believes in objective journalism?

[sandnsea]

11. Here's some names

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/local/14653176.htm?source=rss&channel=dailynews_local

William A. Graham IV owns the Graham Co., which brokers insurance for high-risk businesses and industries.

Leslie A. Brun, chairman and CEO of Sarr Group, LLC, a diversified holding company and former Hamilton Lane Advisors chairman, has more than two decades of investment-banking, commercial-banking and financial-advisory experience.

Brun, a private-equity consultant and international-investment adviser whose firm notched earnings in the billions, had gained such status by 1995 that he was among African-American financial pros written up in Black Enterprise.

Before co-founding Hamilton Lane, Brun was managing director and co-founder of the investment banking group of Fidelity Bank in Philadelphia, VP in the Corporate Finance Division of E.F.Hutton & Co. in New York, and VP of Lloyds International Corporation, according to a biographical sketch on the Internet.

Katherine Crothall has been a successful entrepreneur for 25 years, most recently as the founder, president and CEO of Animus Corp., of Frazer, Chester County. Animus makes insulin-infusion pumps for diabetics.

Animus was recently bought by Johnson & Johnson for $518 million. She was elected this month to the board of Othera Pharmaceuticals Inc

More at link...


EDIT: COPYRIGHT. PLEASE POST ONLY 4 OR 5 PARAGRAPHS
FROM THE COPYRIGHTED NEWS SOURCE PER DU RULES.

[blm]

13. Thanks - do I recall correctly that the Carpenters Union was one of the

few labor groups to support Bush?

I think this whole news business coup in Pennsylvania is the huge step they needed to make it a GOP stronghold - and they will use the heavy Catholic population to pull it off through manipulating and controlling most of the state's news.

[blm]

18. More names involved here:

>>>>>>>>>>
Michael J. Hagan, in his 40s, helped turn around the flagging NutriSystems of Horsham, a provider of weight-loss products and services, of which he became CEO in 2002.

Before joining NutriSystems, Hagan co-founded Verticalnet, Inc., a business-to-business Internet and software company, and held other executive positions - including chairman of the board - with that company since it was founded in 1995. VerticalNet was among the earliest business-to-business e-commerce companies to deal with the needs of industrial firms.
Hagan is a trustee of Saint Joseph's University and American Financial Realty Trust.

Patricia Harron Imbesi, principal of Patriarch Media, comes from a family of pioneers in cable television.

Imbesi's father, Paul F. Harron, Sr. started in the media business by selling ads on vaudeville curtains, and later owned and operated broadcast radio and television outlets, according to a company Web page. Harron Communications, which then had 300,000 subscribers, was sold in 1999 to Adelphia Communications, but remained involved in cable TV in New England.

>>>>>>>>>>>

The Carpenters Pension & Annuity Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity: Fund is controlled by Ed Coryell, 60, who has been executive secretary-treasurer of the union since 1981, and is one of the most-powerful labor leaders in Philadelphia.

He has been politically connected as a friend of city Democratic boss and U.S. Rep. Robert J. Brady and other leaders. "I don't want the limelight," he once said. "I'm just doing my job."

[sandnsea]

26. Graeme Crothall

Graeme is Katherne's husband and was a 25% owner in Animas.

He's also the owner of a multi-million dollar janitorial company that is basically moving people all over the country out of their union jobs. This blog seems to indicate that the Knoxville mayor is looking at contracting out the entire county.

Alcoas Tennessee Rigid Packaging Division plans to contract out its janitorial work, saving the company $1.8 million a year.
Graeme Crothall Services Group (GCA) of Philadelphia will handle the work.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:d8MhQi5oAHIJ:brianhornback.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_brianhornback_archive.html+Katherine+Crothall+republican&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=8

Also Bush donors.

And, William Graham IV

He was a director at Animas too.

[KoKo]

16. I checked out "Open Secrets" for Bruce Toll/Toll Brothers for PA

Here's what came up. It looks like Bruce Toll gives to Repugs and his brother Robert gives to Democrats. DU won't allow Tables to format so this is very hard to read. It's easier to go to the links at Open Secrets that I gave at the end and view the page there.

You can do a further search on Open Secrets for all states on Toll Brothers using their search engine.

---------------

Total for this search: $544,631

Contributor


Occupation


Date


Amount


Recipient

TOLL, BRUCE E MR
RYDAL,PA 19046


TOLL BROTHERS/DEVELOPER


9/24/2003


$25,000


Republican National Cmte

TOLL, ROBERT I
HUNTINGDON VALLEY,PA 19006


TOLL BROTHERS INC


6/29/2004


$25,000


Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

TOLL, ROBERT I MR
SOLEBURY,PA 18963


TOLL BROS INC/CHAIR & CEO


6/30/2004


$25,000


DNC Services Corp

Toll, Steven J Mr
Bethesda,MD 20817


Cohen Milstein/Attorney


11/1/2004


$25,000


DNC Services Corp

TOLL, JANE
SOLEBURY,PA 18963


RETIRED


9/20/2004


$20,000


Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

TOLL, JANE
SOLEBURY,PA 18963


RETIRED


10/28/2004


$20,000


Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

TOLL, JANE S MS
SOLEBURY,PA 18963


SELF/VOLUNTEER


10/7/2004


$20,000


DNC Services Corp

TOLL, BRUCE E MR
RYDAL,PA 19046


TOLL BROTHERS INC./DEVELOPER


10/14/2004


$12,500


Republican National Cmte

TOLL, ROBERT I
,


TOLL BROTHERS INC/CEO


11/18/2003


$10,000


Democratic Party of Iowa

TOLL, ROBERT I
HUNTINGDON VALLEY,PA 19006


TOLL BROTHERS INC


3/9/2004


$9,000


Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

TOLL, BRUCE
HUNTINGDON VALLEY,PA 19006


TOLL BROTHERS/PARTNER


4/3/2003


$5,000


Together for Our Majority

TOLL, JANE MS
SOLEBURY,PA 18963


NONE/RETIRED


1/31/2003


$5,000


EMILY's List

TOLL, JANE S MS
SOLEBURY,PA 18963


RETIRED


2/20/2004


$5,000


EMILY's List

TOLL, ROBBI
HUNTINGDON VALLEY,PA 19006


HOUSEWIFE


4/3/2003


$5,000


Together for Our Majority

TOLL, ROBERT I
HUNTINGDON VALLEY,PA 19006


TOLL BROTHERS INC


12/2/2003


$5,000


Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

TOLL, ROBERT I
HUNTINGTON VALLEY,PA 19006


TOLL BROTHERS INC./CEO


6/1/2004


$5,000


Victory Campaign 2004

TOLLEFSON, JEFF MR
MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55402


CRESCENDO VENTURE MANAGEMENT L.L.C.


11/19/2004


$5,000


National Venture Capital Assn

TOLLETT, DOUGLAS
ALPHARETTA,GA 30005


AMERICAN RESURGENS MGMT CORP./REAL


10/14/2004


$5,000


Republican Party of Georgia

TOLL, ALBERT
BOCA RATON,FL 33498


NOT EMPLOYED/RETIRED


3/31/2003


$2,000


Edwards, John

TOLL, BARBARA
NEW YORK,NY 10012


SELF/ART DEALER


4/13/2004


$2,000


Kerry, John

TOLL, BRUCE
HUNTINGDON VALLEY,PA 19006


TOLL BROTHERS/CEO


4/23/2004


$2,000


Gerlach, Jim

TOLL, BRUCE
HUNTINGTON VALLEY,PA 19046


TOLL DEVELOPERS


2/2/2004


$2,000


Thune, John

TOLL, BRUCE
RYDAL,PA 19046


TOLL BROTHERS/EXECUTIVE


2/12/2003


$2,000


Greenwood, James C

TOLL, BRUCE
RYDAL,PA 19046


TOLL DEVELOPERS


7/21/2004


$2,000


Thune, John

TOLL, BRUCE E
MANALAPAN,FL 33462


TOLL BROTHERS INC./V. CHAIRMAN


5/12/2004


$2,000


Shaw, E Clay Jr

TOLL, BRUCE E MR
RYDAL,PA 19046


TOLL BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION/OWNER


2/10/2004


$2,000


Hart, Melissa

TOLL, BRUCE E MR
RYDAL,PA 19046


TOLL BROTHERS INC./DEVELOPER


9/16/2003


$2,000


Bush, George W

TOLL, BRUCE E MR
RYDAL,PA 19046


TOLL BROTHERS/EXECUTIVE


8/4/2004


$2,000


Fitzpatrick, Michael G

TOLL, DUNCAN M MR
WILTON,CT 06897


SELF EMPLOYED/ENGINEER


1/28/2004


$2,000


Bush, George W

TOLL, JACINTA M
LAFAYETTE HL,PA 19444


5/27/2004


$2,000


Kerry, John

TOLL, JANE
HUNTINGDON VALLEY,PA 19006


NOT EMPLOYED/RETIRED


4/26/2004


$2,000


Kerry, John

TOLL, JANE
SOLEBURY,PA 18963


NOT EMPLOYED/PHILANTHROPIST


3/20/2003


$2,000


Dean, Howard

TOLL, JEFFREY MR
LIVINGSTON,NJ 07039


C-BASS/PRINCIPAL


8/15/2003


$2,000


Bush, George W

TOLL, JENNIFER
PHILADELPHIA,PA 19103


STUDENT


9/17/2003


$2,000


Specter, Arlen

TOLL, JENNIFER MS
RYDAL,PA 19046


N/A/STUDENT


9/18/2003


$2,000


Bush, George W

TOLL, KEVIN
BLOOMFIELD HILLS,MI 48304


STUDENT


12/1/2004


$2,000


Stabenow, Debbie

TOLL, KEVIN
BLOOMFIELD HILLS,MI 48304


STUDENT


12/15/2004


$2,000


Stabenow, Debbie

TOLL, R F MR
LITTLE ROCK,AR 72212


RETIRED


10/31/2003


$2,000


Bush, George W

TOLL, ROBBI
RYDAL,PA 19046


HOMEMAKER


9/30/2004


$2,000


Specter, Arlen

TOLL, ROBBI MRS
RYDAL,PA 19046


HOMEMAKER


9/16/2003


$2,000


Bush, George W

TOLL, ROBERT I
CULVER CITY,CA 90232


TOLL BROS


8/31/2004


$2,000


Obama, Barack

TOLL, ROBERT I
HUNTINGDON VALLEY,PA 19006


TOLL BROS


8/1/2004


$2,000


Salazar, Ken

TOLL, ROBERT I
HUNTINGDON VALLEY,PA 19006


TOLL BROTHERS INC


6/27/2003


$2,000


Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte

TOLL, ROBERT I
SOLEBURY,PA 18963


TOLL BROTHERS INC./CEO


8/19/2003


$2,000


Schwartz, Allyson

Toll, Roberta Ms PhD
Bloomfield Hills,MI 48304


Self Employed


7/27/2004


$2,000


Kerry, John

TOLL, ROBERTA PHD
BLOOMFIELD HILLS,MI 48304


EASTWOOD CLINIC


12/1/2004


$2,000


Stabenow, Debbie

TOLL, ROBERTA PHD
BLOOMFIELD HILLS,MI 48304


EASTWOOD CLINIC


12/1/2004


$2,000


Stabenow, Debbie

TOLL, SHELDON S
BLOOMFIELD HILLS,MI 48304


SHELDON S TOLL PLLC


5/10/2004


$2,000


Stabenow, Debbie

TOLL, STEVEN
BETHESDA,MD 20817


COHEN MILSTEIN HAUFELD & TOLL/ATTOR


3/31/2003


$2,000


Edwards, John

TOLL, WILLIAM M MR
PALM BEACH,FL 33480


SELF-EMPLOYED/BROKER-DEALER


6/30/2003


$2,000


Bush, George W
http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtZip=&txt2004=y&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&C1=ON&R1=name&txtName=Toll&submit=Go%21

http://www.opensecrets.org/search.asp

[blm]

17. And it's the GOP Toll who bought into the newspapers - focking figures.

Dem investors are SO CLUELESS when it comes to using their money for media purchases.

[KoKo]

23. Actually, blm, Open Secrets might give you lots of info as to what you

are seeking. Their Search allows for many inputs and if you have narrowed down things to an "organization name" or some one donor that you want to search it's a very good site that will save you some time...connecting dots before you go "TARGET" on Google.

I wish I could help you more on this..but find it fascinating that one Toll Brother is a Repug Donor and the other a Dem.

I lived in a "Toll Brothers House" once in my life. It must have been built by the Dem Brother because they fixed everything wrong with the house even though it was two years old and past the time when any "orginal builder" would have honored their warranty.

:shrug:

[blm]

25. It's established the head guys who bought the papers are GOP loyalists

and now we need to share it with the left media we have, theDNC and other Dem party leaders.

[happydreams]

20. K&R. thanks for this blm. nt

[blm]

21. Well, we're all on the same team. Are you in Pennsylvania?

.

[madmusic]

22. The Investers:

The Investers.

[KoKo]

24. Good read...and I wonder with Housing Bubble loosing air if TOLL Brother

"BRUCE" isn't looking for maybe countering Ruppert Murdoch to build another EMPIRE. Since Robert is the Dem...it would seem there's kind of a "Biblical Split" in the "Toll Brothers Family."

Must be FUN at Holidays! :eyes: