News Corp. Discloses Corporate Political Contributions
Written by Sarah Pavlus
Published
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 |