COLUMBUS, Ohio • News Corp. met a self-imposed deadline Friday
for reporting its latest political contributions online, revealing
$115,750 in contributions mostly to Democrats.

The company reported that its single largest contribution since
January went to the Democratic Governors Association, which
strongly criticized the media giant’s $1.25 million in donations to
its Republican counterpart ahead of the 2010 elections. The sum was
donated by Wireless Generation, an independently owned subsidiary
that News Corp. bought in November.

Joan Lebow, a spokeswoman for Wireless, said the education
software company has a longstanding relationship with the
Democratic governor’s group and that the $25,000 donation is
consistent with its past support.

News Corp. or its affiliates also have given nearly $16,000 to
state chapters of the Motion Picture Association of America, $5,000
to the California Republican Party and $2,000 to Democratic New
York Gov. Andrew Cuomo 2014.

The company’s board approved a new disclosure policy for its
political giving in April after two 2010 donations by Rupert
Murdoch, the media mogul who controls the company, raised concern
among shareholders.

Murdoch gave $1 million to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and
$1.25 million to the Republican Governors Association, saying later
that he hoped it would help Republican John Kasich, a former
commentator on News Corp.’s Fox News. Kasich is now Ohio’s
governor.

News Corp. was the top donor to the RGA in 2010, according to
research by the Center for Responsive Politics.