Marketing

Notices Mar 1, 2016

News Corp Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over In-Store Promotions Monopoly

News Corp has reached a $250m settlement in a class action lawsuit brought against it by several major consumer brands who accused the company of monopolistic practices and overcharging for in-store advertising in the US. Dial Corp and Kraft Heinz led the class action lawsuit which represented over 500 companies who claimed News Corp’s marketing division, News America Marketing, had been using …

Rupert Murdoch, News Corp executive chairman.

Settlements Mar 1, 2016

News Corp Is Spending $280 Million to Settle a Potential $2 Billion Lawsuit Over In-Store Promotions

News Corp has agreed to pay out a total of $280 million to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit brought by several major packaged goods brands that accused the company of using its monopoly position to over-charge clients for in-store promotional advertising. The case was first brought in 2012 (a year before the separation of …