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With former N.Y. Chancellor
Joel Klein fronting for him,
Rupert Murdoch is expanding his criminal communications conglomerate into public education in the U.S.
Murdoch isn't a philanthropist in the mold of a Bill Gates or Eli Broad, but like members of the Billionaire Boys' Club – as Diane Ravitch describes them – he believes he knows the key to improving education. In Murdoch's case, it's the software produced by Wireless Generation, which News Corp. paid $360 million to acquire a 90 percent interest. The company sells software to schools, most of them funded by taxpayers. The Indiana Department of Education's most recent contract with Wireless Generation was for about $200,000. Murdoch hired former NYC schools chief Joel Klein as CEO of News Corp.'s education division. -- Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette 7/15/11
Murdoch hired Klein as his front man to help penetrate the nation's largest school systems. At News Corp, where his pay package could be worth $4.5 million this year, including bonuses, he built a team of education executives, including some hires from New York: Kristen Kane, the former COO of the city's education department, and Diana Rhoten, founder of a New York City firm that develops new media and technology products for schools. -- Reuters 7/15/11
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