Media Companies Move Into Digital-Education Space
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is not unique among media companies in deciding in recent years to invest in digital education endeavors.
In 2007, for example, the New York Times Co. launched the New York Times Knowledge Network, which uses the company’s human and electronic resources to offer an array of online courses for high school, college, graduate, and continuing education students.
NBC Learn, the educational wing of the television network, has delivered digital K-12 and higher education content in free and...
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