Today, News Corporation publicly disclosed the corporate political contributions it made from January 1 through June 30 of this year.
The disclosure comes as part of a new company policy established earlier this year -- following shareholder pressure -- “to to publicly disclose corporate political contributions annually on News Corporation's corporate web site.”
The Nathan Cummings Foundation -- a private foundation and News Corp. shareholder -- caused a stir at the company's annual meeting last October with its request that the board “disclose to shareholders the use of corporate assets for any and all political spending” in light of news reports at the time that News Corp. had donated $1 million each to the Republican Governors Association (RGA) and the GOP-leaning Chamber of Commerce.
(An RGA disclosure report later revealed News Corp. had donated an additional $250K to that group.)
You can view a list of the donations on News Corp.'s website here.
Amount
Payor
Payee/Recipient
Party
State
$5,000.00
Fox Group
Motion Picture Association of America Illinois PAC
N/A
IL
$4,000.00
Fox Group
Motion Picture Association of America New York PAC
N/A
NY
$1,500.00
Fox Group
Friends of Bill Monning for Assembly 2012
Democrat
CA
$6,500.00
Fox Group
Motion Picture Association of America California PAC
N/A
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Officeholder Account
Democrat
CA
$500.00
Fox Group
Friends of Eric Garcetti Officeholder
Democrat
CA
$250.00
Fox Group
Friends of Bill Monning 2012
Democrat
CA
$3,000.00
Fox Group
Fiona Ma for Senate 2014
Democrat
CA
$2,000.00
Fox Group
Mary Hayashi for Senate 2014
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Ted Lieu for State Senate 2014
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Ricardo Lara Political Funds (Lara for Assembly 2012)
Democrat
CA
$2,000.00
Fox Group
Price for Senate 2012
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Tom Torlakson for State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Democrat
CA
$5,000.00
Fox Group
Re-Elect Attorney General Kamala Harris 2014
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Fletcher for Assembly 2012
Republican
CA
$2,000.00
Fox Group
Senator Bob Dutton for Assembly 2012
Republican
CA
$1,500.00
Fox Group
Juan Vargas for Senate 2010
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Solorio for Senate 2014
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Toni Atkins for State Assembly 2012
Democrat
CA
$1,500.00
Fox Group
Re-Elect Bill Emmerson for Senate 2012
Republican
CA
$2,000.00
Fox Group
Bob Blumenfield for Assembly 2012
Democrat
CA
$2,000.00
Fox Group
Tax Payers for Rod Wright 2012
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Rubio for Senate 2014
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Tax Fighters for Anderson Senate 2014
Republican
CA
$1,500.00
Fox Group
Blakeslee for Senate
Republican
CA
$1,500.00
Fox Group
Re-Elect Tony Strickland Senate 2012
Republican
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Mike Gatto for Assembly 2012
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Hall for Assembly 2012
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Nestande for Assembly
Republican
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Perea for Assembly 2012
Democrat
CA
$2,000.00
Fox Group
Alex Padilla Political Funds
Democrat
CA
$2,000.00
Fox Group
Connie Conway for Assembly 2012
Republican
CA
$1,500.00
Fox Group
Dr. Ed Hernandez O.D. Democrat for Senate 2014
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Sharon Runner for Senate 2012
Republican
CA
$1,500.00
Fox Group
Friends of Mimi Walters for Senate 2012
Republican
CA
$1,500.00
Fox Group
Ron Calderon for Senate 2010
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Leland Yee for Senate 2010
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Friends of Noreen Evans
Democrat
CA
$3,000.00
Fox Group
John A. Perez Political Funds
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Hagman for Assembly 2012
Republican
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Jerry Hill for Assembly 2012
Democrat
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Julia Brownley for Assembly 2010
Democrat
CA
$5,000.00
Fox Group
California Republican Party
Republican
CA
$1,000.00
Fox Group
Committee to Elect Tom Harman
Republican
CA
$1,500.00
Fox Group
Fran Pavley for Senate 2012
Democrat
CA
$5,000.00
Fox Group
Lockyer for Controller 2014
Democrat
CA
$2,000.00
News America Incorporated
Andrew Cuomo 2014
Democrat
NY
$1,000.00
News America Incorporated
Schneiderman for Attorney General
Democrat
NY
$1,000.00
News America Incorporated
Wasden for Attorney General
Republican
ID
$2,000.00
Wireless Generation
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Republican
UT
$25,000.00
Wireless Generation
Democratic Governor's Association
Democrat
N/A