# American Media Inc [[The National Enquirer]]'s parent company under [[David Pecker]] — the tabloid empire that ran [[Catch and Kill]] suppression for [[Donald Trump]] (2015–16 McDougal and doorman payments, admitted in AMI's 2018 non-prosecution agreement) and weaponized its front pages for him (the [[Ted Cruz]]–JFK assassination fabrication the standing example). Rebranded A360 Media, 2020. The case study in tabloid power as covert political infrastructure.