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Yahoo recently donated $1 million to Stanford University's Knight Fellowship program "to support press freedom." While that might seem like an innocent gesture, it's created a bit of a stir. Some people view it "as an act of atonement," but others "worried the money came from a tainted source."

The Stanford Daily, and said, "It served a need in our program, which is to provide stable funding for international fellows. It left the selection process entirely up to us. We thought this was a good thing." Bettinger was also quoted in Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: Doug is a staff writer for Murdok for the latest eBusiness news.

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