# Deals Hub
Master hub for the `/Deals/` folder — the transactions and agreements ledger: mergers and acquisitions, legal settlements, media transactions, political bargains, and personal arrangements that move money, power, or liability across the ecosystem.
## Organized by type
- **Commercial** — `Deals/Commercial/` (M&A, contracts, financings)
- **Legal** — `Deals/Legal/` (settlements, plea deals, consent decrees)
- **Media** — `Deals/Media/` (studio/network/platform transactions)
- **Political** — `Deals/Political/` (endorsements, appointments, quid-pro-quo arrangements)
- **Personal** — `Deals/Personal/` (private financial arrangements)
## Standing ledgers
- [[Government Equity Stakes Roster]] — every deal in which the federal government took an equity, quasi-equity, or golden-share position in a private company since January 2025. The conceptual frame is [[American State Capitalism]].
## Related hubs
- [[Companies Hub]] — the corporate parties to commercial deals
- [[Lobbying Hub]] — the influence-for-access marketplace