A360media

A360 Media, LLC (a360), formerly American Media, Inc. (AMI), was an American magazine publisher.

It was originally formed in 1988 as the parent company of the National Enquirer following the death of its previous owner Generoso Pope Jr.. AMI's holdings expanded considerably in the 1990s and 2000s, with the company acquiring other supermarket tabloids such as Globe, the National Examiner, and Star, as well as other magazines dealing in lifestyle and entertainment-related topics (having included publications such as In Touch Weekly, Men's Journal, Soap Opera Digest, Us Weekly, and Woman's World among others).

In the mid-2010s, AMI and its then-CEO David Pecker were controversially engaged in "catch and kill" tactics to protect Donald Trump during his 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign, having paid figures for the exclusive rights to stories containing damaging allegations surrounding Trump, only to quietly spike the stories without ever publishing them. In December 2018, AMI admitted to a campaign finance violation after having paid Karen McDougal $150,000 in one of these cases. In 2019, the company faced similar criticism for publishing allegations of an extramarital affair involving Jeff Bezos, in an action that was believed to be motivated by animosity between Trump and Bezos at the time.

In 2014, AMI was acquired by Chatham Asset Management; under its ownership, AMI began to make further acquisitions and place a larger focus on its "glossy" publications, while consequently pursuing the sale of its tabloids. In 2020, AMI merged with Chatham Asset Management-owned wholesale company Accelerate 360, and was renamed a360media. The company then merged with Chatham Asset Management-owned newspaper publisher The McClatchy Company in December 2024, forming the McClatchy Media Company.