''Florida Politics'' is a news site for politics in the state of Florida. It is operated by Peter Schorsch, who opened the site in 2013 and employs 17 freelance journalists. The site broke the news of the
FBI search of Mar-a-Lago.
Schorsch and critics have described the site as operating a form of
pay to play
Pay-to-play, sometimes pay-for-play or P2P, is a phrase used for a variety of situations in which money is exchanged for services or the privilege to engage in certain activities. The common denominator of all forms of pay-to-play is that one mus ...
, giving favorable coverage in exchange for advertising dollars. Schorsch has called it "combination journalism". It also received money from
Florida Power & Light
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the principal subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc. (formerly FPL Group, Inc.), is the largest power utility in Florida. It is a Juno Beach, Florida-based power utility company serving roughly 5 million customer ...
via their lobbying firm, Matrix LLC.
References
External links
* {{official, floridapolitics.com
Mass media in Florida