News Corp taking US$371m write-down on education unit
It'll also stop making tablets for schoolchildren and is in talks to sell its remaining education business
New York
AMPLIFY, a much-heralded push by News Corp into digital education, led by Joel Klein, a former New York City schools chancellor, is nearing an inglorious end.
News Corp, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, said on Wednesday that it would take a US$371 million write-down on the education division and would move to wind down the production of tablets for schoolchildren - a key part of the unit's offering.
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