The New York Times
The News Corporation, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, contributed $1 million to the Republican Governors Association this summer, the Bloomberg news service reported this week.
The donation makes News Corporation the Republican group’s single “biggest corporate donor,” according to Bloomberg.
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Large contributions to so-called 527 groups like the governors’ association by media companies are relatively rare, said Dave Levinthal, a spokesman for OpenSecrets.org, a Web site operated by the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics. More…