"News Corp. subsidiary under investigation; US looks into possible racketeering violations" September 28, 2011|By David Glovin, Greg Farrell, and Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg News
NEW YORK - A News Corp. unit that used lessons gleaned from gangster films to motivate employees and crush rivals is the latest arm of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire to be swept up in an investigation that began with hacking and bribery allegations.
Already the subject of inquiries in America and Britain of police payoffs and illegal voicemail access by its British newspapers, News Corp. has been asked by federal investigators for documents relating to its News America Marketing Group, which places in-store ads in supermarkets and retailers worldwide, according to a person familiar with the matter....
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