News Corp. Marketer Probed by U.S. Over Rival-Crushing Tactics

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By: Greg Farrell, David Glovin and Tom Schoenberg | bloomberg.com

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 a probe that began with hacking and bribery allegations.

Already the subject of inquiries in America and the U.K. of police payoffs and illegal voice-mail access by its British newspapers, News Corp. has been asked by U.S. 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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