News Corp. Donates $1 Million to G.O.P. Governors

By Andrew Gauthier 

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…

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