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Murdoch contract with New York City schools is rejected

Aug. 29, 2011
State comptroller nixes $27 million contract with affiliate of News Corp.

From The New York Daily News: New York State Controller Thomas DiNapoli has rejected the New York City school system's contract with a company affiliated with media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Wireless Generation was to receive $27 million of the state's $700 million in "Race to the Top" funds to develop software to track student test scores. Murdoch's British tabloid "News of the World" was shut down last month amid a phone hacking and police bribery scandal.

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