Wireless Generation Loses Contract in Wake of News Corp. Scandal
When News Corp. announced the purchase of Wireless Generation last year, it was unclear whether the educational software, systems, and consulting company could maintain an identity separate from that of the often-controversial media conglomerate led by Rupert Murdoch.
A phone-hacking scandal and one rejected contract later, that independent identity appears harder to preserve.
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli last month rejected a $27 million no-bid contract between the state department of education and Wireless Generation for developing assessment-tracking software. His office cited concerns about the current ethical...
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