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They paid an almost similar amount to her with zero issues. The fine should have been 10-100x to make it meaningful.
They seriously described one of their practices as "journalistically dubious." That's their whole publication. >

Like calling the Mafia "lacking in financial scruples" >

You know, these pornography “movies” I’ve checked out seem to be lacking solid narratives, there’s basically no story line, I’m not sure they’re movies at all >


"Federal prosecutors revealed at the time that they had agreed not to prosecute American Media Inc. for secretly assisting Trump’s campaign by paying $150,000 to Playboy model Karen McDougal for the rights to her story about an alleged affair with Trump. The company then intentionally suppressed McDougal’s story until after the election.
The Federal Election Commission fined a360 Media $187,500 in June 2021 for squashing the McDougal story. The FEC said the publisher’s “payment to Karen McDougal to purchase a limited life story right combined with its decision not to publish the story, in consultation with an agent of Donald J. Trump and for the purpose of influencing the election, constituted a prohibited corporate in-kind contribution.”

$187,500 fine, for messing with a presidential election, is depressingly low. >

So low it's permission to do whatever they want without fear of significant penalties. Way to go FEC.