The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinational mass media corporation founded and controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Formerly incorporated in

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, the company was re-incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law following a successful shareholder vote on November 12, 2004; it had since been headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. On June 28, 2012, after concerns from shareholders in response to its recent controversies and to "unlock even greater long-term shareholder value", Rupert Murdoch announced that News Corporation's assets would be restructured into two publicly traded companies, one oriented towards media, and the other towards publishing. The formal split was completed on June 28, 2013; the original News Corp. was renamed 21st Century Fox and consisted primarily of media outlets, while the second News Corporation was formed to take on the publishing and Australian broadcasting assets. Its major holdings at the time of the split were

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(a group of newspaper publishers in Murdoch's native Australia), News International (a newspaper publisher in the United Kingdom, whose properties include ''

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'', '' The Sun'', and the now-defunct '' News of the World'' (the subject of a phone hacking scandal that led to its closure in July 2011),

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(an American publisher of financial news outlets, including ''

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''), the book publisher

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, and the Fox Entertainment Group (the holding for the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation and the

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). Prior to its split, it was the world's largest media company in terms of total assets and the world's fourth largest media group in terms of revenue, dominating the news, television, film, and print industries.

History

News Corp was established in 1980 by Rupert Murdoch as a

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for

. News Limited was founded in 1923 in

by James Edward Davidson, funded by the Collins House mining empire for the purpose of publishing anti-union propaganda; subsequently the controlling interest was bought by the Herald & Weekly Times. In 1949, Keith Murdoch took control of Adelaide's afternoon tabloid ''The News''. When he died in 1952, his son Rupert inherited a controlling interest in '' The News''. News Limited operates today as News Corporation's Australian brand and includes ownership of ''

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,'' operating out of

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, in

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Expansion into the United States

News Ltd. made its first acquisition in the United States in 1973, when it purchased the '' San Antonio Express and News'' (the two papers merged in 1984). Soon afterwards it founded the '' National Star'', a supermarket tabloid, and in 1976 it purchased the ''

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'' from

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for $31 million. In 1984, News Corp acquired the ''

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'' from

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(later sold in 1986 to the American Publishing Company subsidiary of Canada-based Hollinger) for $90 million and ''Travel Weekly'' and other trade magazines from

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. In March 1985, News Corp bought a 50% stake in TCF Holdings, the holding company of the movie studio

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from Marc Rich for $162 million, and later acquired the remaining stake from

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in September for $325 million. Two months after the acquisition of the 50% stake in TCF Holdings, on May 6, 1985, News Corp announced it was buying the

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television stations and its syndication arm Metromedia Producers Corporation from

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for $3.5 billion, setting the stage for the launch of a fourth U.S.

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television network. On September 4, 1985, Murdoch became a

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to satisfy the legal requirement that only United States citizens could own American television stations. In 1986, the Metromedia deal was completed, and the

, simply known as Fox, launched on October 9, with

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' '' The Late Show'' as its late-night program, it would later air prime-time programming starting in April 1987.

Expansion and consolidation

In 1986 and 1987, News Corp (through subsidiary News International) moved to adjust the production process of its British newspapers, over which the printing unions had long dominated.Revolution on Fleet Street
''

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'', August 21, 1996. A number of senior Australian media moguls were brought into Murdoch's powerhouse, including John Dux, who was managing director of the ''

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''. This led to a confrontation with the printing unions

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and

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. The move of News International's London operation to

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in the East End resulted in nightly battles outside the new plant. Delivery vans and depots were frequently and violently attacked. Ultimately the unions capitulated. In 1987, News Corp acquired the book publisher

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for $300 million, and later acquired the British book publisher

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in 1989 for $721 million, who later merged with Harper to form

that same year. In 1988, News Corp acquired the Philadelphia-based

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, publisher of the magazines ''

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'', '' Seventeen'', and the ''

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'' for $3 billion. To raise money, the trade publications were sold to

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. By 1992, News Corp had incurred large debts, which forced it to sell many of the American magazine interests it had acquired in the mid-1980s to K-III Communications, as well spinning off long-held Australian magazines interests as

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. Much of this debt came from its stake in the Sky Television satellite network in the UK, which incurred massive losses in its early years of operation, which (like many of its business interests) was heavily subsidised with profits from its other holdings until it was able to force rival satellite operator BSB to accept a merger on its terms in 1990. (The merged company,

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, has dominated the British pay-TV market since.) In 1993, News Corp acquired a 63.6% stake of the Hong Kong-based STAR TV satellite network from Pearson for over $500 million, followed by the purchase of the remaining 36.4% in July 1995. Murdoch declared that: In 1995, the Fox network became the object of scrutiny from the

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(FCC) when it was alleged that its Australian base made Murdoch's ownership of Fox illegal. The FCC, however, ruled in Murdoch's favor, stating that his ownership of Fox was in the public's best interests. It was also noted that the stations themselves were owned by a separate company whose chief shareholder was a U.S. citizen, Murdoch, although nearly all of the stations' equity was controlled by News Corp. In the same year, News Corporation announced a deal with

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to develop a major news website as well as funding a conservative news magazine, ''

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''. In the same year, News Corp launched the

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pay television network in Australia in a partnership with

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and Publishing & Broadcasting Limited. On July 17, 1996, News Corporation announced that it would acquire television production and broadcasting company New World Communications (who acquired a 20% stake in 1994 for $200 million), for $2.48 billion in stock and was completed on January 22, 1997. On October 7, 1996, the Fox Entertainment Group launched the

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, a 24-hour

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network to compete against

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's rival channel

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. In 1999, News Corporation significantly expanded its music holdings in Australia by acquiring the controlling share in a leading Australian-based label, Michael Gudinski's

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, merging it with already held

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to create Festival Mushroom Records (FMR). Both Festival and FMR were managed by Rupert Murdoch's son

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for several years. Also mid 1999, ''

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'' reported that News Corp paid comparatively lower taxes, and Newscorp Investments specifically had made £11.4 billion ($20.1 billion) in profits over the previous 11 years but had not paid net corporation tax. It also reported that after an examination of the available accounts, Newscorp could normally have been expected to pay corporate tax of approximately $350 million. The article explained that in practice, the corporation's complex structure, international scope, and use of offshore

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allowed News Corporation to pay minimal taxes.

Further development

In late 2003, News Corp acquired a 34% stake in

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(now DirecTV Group), operator of the largest American satellite TV system, from

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for US$6 billion. DirecTV was sold to

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in 2008 in exchange for its stake in News Corporation. In January 2005, shortly after reincorporation in the United States, News Corporation announced that it was buying out Fox Entertainment Group. The manoeuvre delisted Fox from the

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; Fox had traded on the NYSE under the ticker FOX. In 2004, Murdoch set aside $2 billion and handpicked a team of young executives to look at possible ways to use the Web as a distribution platform. That team was composed of four rising stars: Ross Levinsohn, Adam Bain, Travis Katz, and Michael Kirby. The four became the backbone of what would become News Corp's digital division, Fox Interactive Media. Shortly after, in July 2005, News Corporation purchased the social networking website

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for $580 million. News Corporation had beat out Viacom by offering a higher price for the website, and the purchase was seen as a good investment at the time. Of the $580 million purchase price, approximately $327 million has been attributed to the value of Myspace according to the financial adviser

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. Within a year, Myspace had tripled in value from its purchase price. In February 2007, Murdoch announced at the McGraw-Hill Media Summit that the Fox Entertainment Group would launch a new business news channel later in the year, which would compete directly against rival network

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. Murdoch explained that the channel would be more "business-friendly" than CNBC, because he felt that they "leap on every scandal, or what they think is a scandal." In July 2007, News Corp. reached a deal to acquire

, owners of ''

'', for $5 billion. Despite CNBC already having a contract with Dow Jones to provide content and services to the network, the Fox Entertainment Group officially launched the Fox Business Network on October 15, 2007. Alexis Glick, the network's original morning show host and vice president of business news, indicated that its lawyers had reviewed the details of Dow Jones' contract with CNBC, but noted that it would still "actively use" other Dow Jones properties. On December 16, 2008, News Corporation announced that it would transfer its US shares from the NYSE to the

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which was made effective two weeks later. In September 2009, News Corp established NewsCore, a global wire service set up to provide news stories to all of News Corp's journalistic outlets. In April 2010, News Corporation sold Bulgarian broadcaster bTV, which it launched on 1 June 2000, as part of a deal to Central European Media Enterprises (CME) for $400 million in addition to another $13 million for working capital adjustment. The deal included cable channels bTV Comedy and Btv Cinema and News Corporation's 74% stake in Radio Company CJ which included five radio stations. In September 2010, due to the Fijian government's requirement that the country's media outlet must be 90% owned by Fiji Nationals, News Corporation sold 90% of their stake in their Fijian newspapers (''

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'', ''Nai Lalakai'', and '' Shanti Dut'') to Motibhai Group of Companies. In November 2010, News Corp purchased education technology and student progress tracking company Wireless Generation for $360 million. The company was the NY City Education Department's partner for its School of One pilot program (now Teach to One). In late February 2011, News Corp officially put the now-struggling Myspace up for sale, which was estimated to be worth $50–200 million. Losses from the last quarter of 2010 were $156 million, over double of the previous year, which dragged down the otherwise strong results of parent News Corp. Its struggles were attributed to the growth of the competing social network

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. The deadline for bids, May 31, 2011, passed without any above the reserve price of $100 million being submitted. The rapid deterioration in Myspace's business during the most recent quarter had deterred many potent suitors. Later in June, Specific Media and pop singer

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bought the site for $35 million, which CNN reported noted was "far less than the $580 million News Corp. paid for Myspace in 2005." Murdoch went on to call the Myspace purchase a "huge mistake". On July 13, 2011, Rupert Murdoch announced that the company would withdraw its takeover bid for

due to concerns relating to the ''News of the World'' scandal. News Corporation already owned, and continues to own, 39.1% of BSkyB. On June 6, 2012, News Corporation announced that it would buy out

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's stake in ESPN Star Sports to gain full control over the Asia-Pacific sports network. On November 20, 2012, News Corporation announced that it would acquire a 49% stake in the

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, owned by the

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team

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. In January 2013, News Corp. attained 54.5% majority control of

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. On February 4, 2013, News Corporation announced the sale of

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and its related properties to the publishing company

. News Corp. had planned to spin off IGN as an independent company, but failed to do so.

Scandals

In July 2011, News Corp closed down the '' News of the World'' newspaper in the United Kingdom due to allegations of phone hackings. The allegations include trying to access former Prime Minister

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's voice mail, and obtain information from his bank accounts, family's medical records, and private legal files. Allegations of hacking have also been brought up in relation to former Prime Minister

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, and the

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. Other allegations put out by ''

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'' newspaper include the exploitation, with intent to gain access to or use private information, of a list of 4,332 names or partial names, 2,987 mobile phone numbers, 30 audio tapes of varying length and 91 PIN codes, of a kind required to access the voicemail of the minority of targets who change the factory settings on their mobile phones. The names are said to include those of British victims of September 11, 2001 terror attacks, family members of victims of the "7/7" bombings on London's transit system, family members of British troops killed overseas, Milly Dowler, a 13-year-old missing British schoolgirl who was later found dead in 2002, actor

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and a lawyer representing the family of

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's lover at the inquest into her death. On July 13, 2011, News Corp withdrew its bid to purchase the final 61% stake in

after pressure from both the Labour and Conservative Parties in Parliament. Allegations about the violation of ethical standards by the News Corporation subsidiary ''News of the World'' have been speculatively applied to News Corporation holdings in the United States. Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) stated on July 12, 2011, that there should be a government investigation into News Corporation "to ensure that Americans have not had their privacy violated." His statement was echoed on Wednesday by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), who specifically requested an investigation into 9/11 victims, as well as Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) who encouraged an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. On July 13, 2011, Representative Peter King (R-NY) wrote a letter to the FBI requesting an investigation into News Corporation's ethical practices, and on July 14, the FBI opened a probe into the hacking of 9/11 victims. Les Hinton, chief executive of the media group's Dow Jones, resigned on July 15, saying, "I have seen hundreds of news reports of both actual and alleged misconduct during the time I was executive chairman of News International and responsible for the company. The pain caused to innocent people is unimaginable. That I was ignorant of what apparently happened is irrelevant and in the circumstances I feel it is proper for me to resign from News Corp, and apologize to those hurt by the actions of the News of the World." In 2012, following a BBC ''Panorama'' report, allegations were made that News Corp subsidiary NDS Group had used hackers to undermine pay TV rivals around the world. Some of the victims of the alleged hacking, such as

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, were later taken over by News Corp and others such as Ondigital later went bust. NDS had originally been set up to provide security to News Corp's pay TV interests but emails obtained by

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revealed they had also pursued a wider agenda by distributing the keys to rival set-top box operators and seeking to obtain phone records of suspected rivals. The emails were from the hard drive of NDS European chief Ray Adams. In 2012, it was also revealed that Australian Federal police were working with UK police to investigate hacking by News Corp.

Split and reorganization

On June 28, 2012, Rupert Murdoch announced that, after concerns from shareholders in response to the recent scandals and to "unlock even greater long-term shareholder value", News Corporation's assets would be restructured into two publicly traded companies, one oriented towards media, and the other towards publishing. News Corp's publishing operations were spun out into a new News Corporation with Robert James Thomson, editor of ''

'', as CEO. The original News Corporation, which retained most of its media properties (such as the Fox Entertainment Group and

) and Murdoch as CEO, was renamed 21st Century Fox. Murdoch remained chairman for both companies. Shareholders approved the split on June 11, 2013. On June 19, 2013, preliminary trading for the new News Corporation on the

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commenced in preparation for the formal split that was finalized on June 28, 2013. Shareholders received one share of new News Corp for every four shares they owned of the old News Corp. The two new companies began trading on the

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on July 1, 2013. In early 2014, 21st Century Fox entered talks for a possible merger with

before abandoning efforts on August 5, 2014. In 2015, 21st Century Fox and

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formed a joint venture group to control National Geographic's media properties, with 21CF retaining a 73% stake in the company's media assets In 2017, after months of speculation, Disney announced its intent to acquire 21st Century Fox. Comcast and Disney engaged in a contested bidding war to acquire the media conglomerate, but Comcast eventually rescinded efforts to acquire 21st Century Fox after 21CF agreed to Disney's US$71.3 billion offer. With the acquisition set to complete by March 20, 2019, 21st Century Fox and Comcast engaged in a bidding war over

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. While Comcast was unsuccessful in outbidding Disney to acquire 21CF, it acquired Sky in 2018, with 21CF having sold their stake of Sky to Comcast. On March 19, 2019, the broadcasting, sports, and news assets of 21CF were spun off to

Fox Corporation Fox Corporation (commonly referred to as Fox Corp or simply Fox) is an American multinational mass media company headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan, with offices also in Burbank, Cali ...

, a separate company, on March 19, 2019, to avoid anti-trust issues for Disney. 21CF's remaining media assets was acquired by Disney on March 20, 2019, and assets with the "Fox" branding were renamed to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation. With Disney having acquired 21st Century Fox, News Corporation's direct successor ceased existence as an entity, and much of its former assets are now controlled by Disney, News. Corp, and Fox Corp. Attempts for a re-merger between News Corp and Fox Corp were explored in 2022. Had it been successful, News Corp and Fox would have been under the same corporate umbrella for the first time since 2013, but efforts were quickly abandoned in 2023.

Corporate affairs

Business trends

The key trends for News Corporation are (as of the financial year ending June 30):

Shareholders

*In August 2005, the

Murdoch family Members of the Murdoch family are prominent international media Business magnate, magnates and media tycoons with roots in Australia and the United Kingdom, along with their media assets in the United States. Some members have also been promi ...

owned only about 29% of the company of which as of June 2013 had been diluted to around 17%. However, nearly all of these shares were voting shares which currently stand at 39% of the total voting shares, and Rupert Murdoch retained effective control of the company. Nonetheless,

John Malone John Carl Malone (born March 7, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman, landowner, and philanthropist. He was chief executive officer (CEO) of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), a cable and media giant, from 1973 to 1996. As of 2016, Malone i ...

had built up a large stake, with about half of the shares being voting shares. Therefore, in November 2006, News Corporation announced its intention to transfer its 38.5% interest in DirecTV Group to John Malone's Liberty Media; in return it bought back Liberty's 16.3% stake in News Corp., giving Murdoch tighter control of the latter firm. Murdoch sold 17.5 million class A shares in December 2007. *Another major stakeholder has been Al-Waleed bin Talal, of the Saudi Royal Family. In 1997, ''

'' reported that Al-Waleed owned about five percent of News Corporation. In 2010, Alwaleed's stake in News Corp. was about 7 percent, amounting to $3 billion. In 2013, News Corp. had a $175 million (19 percent) investment in Al-Waleed's

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, the Arab world's largest entertainment company.Gustin, Sam (August 16, 2010)
"News Corp., the Saudi Prince and the 'Ground Zero Mosque'"
''Daily Finance'' (AOL), via Rich, Frank (August 21, 2010

''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'', p. WK8 NY ed.. Retrieved August 22, 2010. Al-Waleed sold all his shares in November 2017

Annual conference

News Corporation organized an annual management conference, discussing media issues related to

geopolitics Geopolitics () is the study of the effects of Earth's geography on politics and international relations. Geopolitics usually refers to countries and relations between them, it may also focus on two other kinds of State (polity), states: ''de fac ...

. Attendees included News Corporation executives, senior journalists, politicians and celebrities. Previous events were in

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, Mexico, and the

Hayman Island Hayman Island is the most northerly of the Whitsunday Islands, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The island is and lies to the north-west of Hook Island. It is a private island open to the public, most famous for its luxury resort which ...

off the coast of Australia. The events were private and secretive, there are no records available for the agenda or talks given at the conferences, and no uninvited journalists are permitted access. The 2006 event in Pebble Beach, California was led by Rupert Murdoch. According to a copy of the agenda leaked to the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

'' and other media accounts, issues discussed related from Europe to broadcasting and new media, terrorism to the

national policy The National Policy was a Canadian economic program introduced by John A. Macdonald's Conservative Party in 1876. After Macdonald led the Conservatives to victory in the 1878 Canadian federal election, he began implementing his policy in 1879. ...

. The event included speeches from Murdoch, Actor and former governor of California

Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, former politician, and former professional bodybuilder, known for his roles in high-profile action films. Governorship of Arnold Schwarzenegger, ...

, former British Prime Minister

Bono Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by the nickname Bono ( ), is an Irish singer-songwriter and activist. He is a founding member, the lead vocalist, and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Bono is known for his impassioned voca ...

Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American former politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as ...

, Senator

John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman and United States Navy, naval officer who represented the Arizona, state of Arizona in United States Congress, Congress for over 35 years, first as ...

and

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, ...

while Israel's President,

Shimon Peres Shimon Peres ( ; ; born Szymon Perski, ; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the president of Israel from 2007 t ...

, appeared on a panel named "Islam and the West". Other notable attendees included

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and

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for Nicole Kidman on screen and stage, her work in film and television productions across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world ...

Corporate governance

The company's Board of Directors consisted of 17 individuals at the time of its break up: * Rupert Murdoch (Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer) *

José María Aznar José María Alfredo Aznar López (; born 25 February 1953) is a Spanish politician who was the prime minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He led the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP), the dominant centre-right political party in Spai ...

(Former Prime Minister of Spain) * Natalie Bancroft (Director) * Peter Barnes * James W. Breyer *

Chase Carey Chase Carey (born 22 November 1953) is an Irish-born American executive who is a board member of Fox Corporation and Liberty Media. He is the former chief executive officer and executive chairman of the Formula One Group. He has previously work ...

(President and Chief Operating Officer) * Elaine Chao * David F. DeVoe (Chief Financial Officer) *

Viet Dinh Viet D. Dinh (; born February 22, 1968) is a Vietnamese-born American legal scholar who is on the board of Strategic Education. He is also the Chief Legal and Policy Officer of Fox Corporation where he leads all legal, government and regulatory a ...

* Sir Roderick Ian Eddington * Joel I. Klein (Executive Vice President) *

(Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Europe & Asia) *

Lachlan Murdoch Lachlan Keith Murdoch (; born 8 September 1971) is a British and Australian businessman and mass media heir. He is the son of the media Business magnate, tycoon Rupert Murdoch. He is the executive chairman of Nova Entertainment, chairman of N ...

Álvaro Uribe Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born 4 July 1952) is a Colombian politician who served as the 31st President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010. Uribe started his political career in his home department of Antioquia Department, Antioquia. H ...

(Former President of Colombia) *Stanley S. Shuman (Director Emeritus) * Arthur M. Siskind (Director Emeritus, Senior Advisor to the Chairman) *Daniel Suárez García (Chairman and CEO, Latin America)Political donations In anticipation of US midterm elections, News Corporation donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association in June 2010. The move was criticized by Democrats, who said this was evidence of News Corporation's news outlets conservative leanings (see Fox News Channel controversies). The Democratic Governors Association also criticized the donation and demanded more transparency in the reporting by News Corporation companies. DGA head Nathan Daschle wrote to the chairman of News Corporation company

Fox News The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Conservatism in the United States, conservative List of news television channels, news and political commentary Television stati ...

Roger Ailes Roger Eugene Ailes (May 15, 1940 – May 18, 2017) was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes was a media consultant for Republic ...

: "In the interest of some fairness and balance, I request that you add a formal

disclaimer A disclaimer is generally any statement intended to specify or delimit the scope of rights and obligations that may be exercised and enforced by parties in a legally recognized relationship. In contrast to other terms for legally operative langua ...

to your coverage any time any of your programs covers governors or gubernatorial races between now and election day." Around the same time, News Corporation also donated $1 million to the

United States Chamber of Commerce The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is a business association advocacy group and is the largest lobbying group in the United States. The group was founded in April 1912 out of local chambers of commerce at the urging of President Will ...

. The Chamber aggressively supported the Republican effort to retake Congress in 2010. This donation and an earlier $1 million contribution that News Corporation made to the Republican Governor's Association led media critics to question whether the company had crossed an ethical line for a media company.

Final holdings

News Corporation split up to 21st Century Fox and the current incarnation of News Corporation on June 28, 2013. All media and broadcasting assets, except media assets owned by

, now belong to

, the legal successor to News Corporation (and 21st Century Fox). Meanwhile, newspapers and other publishing assets, including media assets under

, were spun off and belong to News Corp.

Music and radio

*Fox Film Music Group *

Fox News Radio Fox News Radio is an American radio network owned by Fox News. It is syndicated to over 500 AM and FM radio stations across the United States. It also supplies programming for three channels on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. History In 2003, ...

Sport

*Majority ownership of the

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(68.9%) and full ownership of the

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm is a rugby league football club based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia that participates in the National Rugby League (NRL). The club plays its home games at AAMI Park, and wears a purple and navy blu ...

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

team. *

Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. Th ...

(15%)

Studios

* Fox Entertainment Group: 20th Century Fox's parent company **

: a film production/distribution company ***

20th Century Fox Animation 20th Century Animation, Inc. (previously known as Fox Family Films, Fox Animation Studios, and 20th Century Fox Animation and sometimes referred to as Fox Animation) is an American animation studio located in Century City, Los Angeles. Formed ...

****

Blue Sky Studios Blue Sky Studios, Inc. was an American visual effects and computer animation animation studio, studio, which was active from 1987 to 2021. It was based in Greenwich, Connecticut, and was founded on February 22, 1987, by Chris Wedge, Michael F ...

– production of CGI films e.g. ''Ice Age''. **

Fox Searchlight Pictures Searchlight Pictures, Inc., formerly known as Fox Searchlight Pictures, is an American arthouse film production and distribution company, which since 2019 is owned by Walt Disney Studios, a division of the Disney Entertainment segment of the ...

– specialized films. **

Fox 2000 Pictures Fox 2000 Pictures was an American film production company within The Walt Disney Studios. It was a sister studio of the larger film studios 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures, specializing in producing independent films in mid-range ...

– general audience feature films. **

Fox Music Fox Music was the music division label of 20th Century Fox. It encompassed music publishing and licensing businesses, dealing primarily with television and film soundtracks. It was located in Century City, California. During CEO Robert Kraf ...

** 20th Century Fox International ** 20th Century Fox Español **

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 20th Century Home Entertainment (previously known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC. and also known as 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment) was a home video distribution arm that distributes films produced by 20th Century Stud ...

20th Century Fox Television 20th Television, Inc. (formerly known as TCF Television Productions, Inc., 20th Century-Fox Television and 20th Century Fox Television) is the television studio arm of 20th Century Studios, owned by Disney Television Studios, a division of the Di ...

– primetime television programming. **

20th Television 20th Television, Inc. (formerly known as TCF Television Productions, Inc., 20th Century-Fox Television and 20th Century Fox Television) is the television studio arm of 20th Century Studios, owned by Disney Television Studios, a division of the Di ...

– television distribution (syndication). **

20th Century Fox Television Distribution 20th Television, Inc. (formerly known as TCF Television Productions, Inc., 20th Century-Fox Television and 20th Century Fox Television) is the television studio arm of 20th Century Studios, owned by Disney Television Studios, a division of the Di ...

– television distribution. ** Fox 21 – low scripted/budgeted television production company. ** Fox Television Animation – animation production company. **

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(productions)- market specific programming e.g. COPS and network television company. *** Fox Television Studios International *** Fox World Productions * Fox Faith – Promotion and distribution of Christian and related "family friendly" movies on DVD and some theatrical release. * Fox Studios Australia, Sydney, New South Wales *

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* New Regency Productions (20%) – general audience feature films. * Regency Enterprises (20%) – parent company of New Regency Productions (50%). *

Fox Star Studios Star Studios (formerly known as Fox Star Studios) is an Indian motion picture production and distribution company. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney Star (via Disney Entertainment), part of the Disney International Operations segment of ...

fully owned -the Studio for Indian Movie's Production and Distribution.

TV

News Corp agreed to sell eight of its television stations to

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for approximately $1.1 billion as of December 22, 2007. The stations are US Fox affiliates. These stations, along with those already acquired by Oak Hill that were formerly owned by

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, formed the nucleus of Oak Hill's Local TV LLC division.

Broadcast

(Fox), a US broadcast television network *

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, a US broadcast television network *

Fox Television Stations Fox Television Stations, LLC (stylized as FOX TV STATIONS; also known as FTS) is a group of television stations in the United States owned-and-operated by Fox Corporation. It owns LiveNOW from Fox, Fox Local, and Fox Soul. It also oversees ...

, a group of

owned and operated In the broadcasting industry, an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as an O&O) usually refers to a television or radio station owned by the network with which it is associated. This distinguishes such a station from an affiliate ...

Fox television stations

Satellite television

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, United Kingdom & Ireland (39.1% holding). In practice, a controlling interest; the company is now owned by

Comcast Comcast Corporation, formerly known as Comcast Holdings,Before the AT&T Broadband, AT&T merger in 2001, the parent company was Comcast Holdings Corporation. Comcast Holdings Corporation now refers to a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, not th ...

. *

Sky Network Television Sky Network Television Limited, more commonly known as Sky, is a New Zealand broadcasting company that provides pay television services via satellite television, satellite, media streaming services, and broadband internet services. Sky had 1,0 ...

, New Zealand (44%) *

Sky Italia Sky Italia S.r.l. is an Italian satellite television platform owned by the American media conglomerate Comcast. Sky Italia also broadcasts three national free-to-air television channels: TV8, Cielo, and Sky TG24. Pay TV services on the Sky ...

(100%), Italy's largest pay TV service (previously owning part of

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) *

(54.5%), Germany's largest pay TV provider * Tata Sky (30%), an Indian DirectToHome TeleVision Service Provider. (in partnership with

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, who owns a 70% stake) *

(25%), Australia, a joint venture with

(50%) and

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(25%) * FOX Italy, Italian Broadcast and Production Company (with 2 HDTV) * Star TV Channels (Satellite TeleVision Asian Region), an Asian satellite TV service having 300 million viewers in 53 countries, mainly in India, China & other Asian countries *

Phoenix Television Phoenix Television is a majority State-owned enterprise, state-owned television network that offers Standard Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese-language channels that serve mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and other markets with substantial C ...

(17.6%), satellite TV network with landing rights in Hong Kong, and select provinces on Mainland China.

Cable

Cable TV channels owned (in whole or part) and operated by News Corporation include: * Fox Business Network, a business news channel. * Fox Classics, a channel airing classic TV shows and movies * Fox Classics (Japan) * Fox Sports & Entertainment/Fox BS238 * Fox Movie Channel, an all-movie channel that airs commercial-free movies from

's film library *

, a 24-hour news and opinion channel *

Fox Sports Networks Fox Sports Networks (FSN), formerly known as Fox Sports Net, was the collective name for a group of regional sports channels in the United States. Formed in 1996 by News Corporation, the networks were acquired by the Walt Disney Company on M ...

, a chain of US regional

television networks broadcasting local sporting events linked together by national sports news programming. Local channels include "

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", " Fox Sports Detroit", etc. (some affiliates are owned by

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.) ** SportSouth, a

in the United States, with its headquarters in

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, and affiliate of Fox Sports Net. ** Sun Sports a

in the United States, with its headquarters in

Miami Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

, Florida, and affiliate of Fox Sports Net. *

Fox College Sports Stadium College Sports (formerly Fox College Sports) was a group of three American sports networks. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and Allen Media Group (under the joint venture Diamond Sports Group), the three channels aired college and hig ...

, a college sports network consisting of three regionally aligned channels, mostly with archived Fox Sports Net programmes but also some live and original content. * Fox Sports International **

Fox Soccer Channel Fox Soccer (formerly Fox Soccer Channel & Fox Sports World before that) was an American television specialty channel specializing in soccer, owned by 21st Century Fox, which operated from 1997 to 2013. It formerly broadcast rugby and Australia ...

, a United States

digital cable Digital cable is the distribution of cable television using digital data and video compression. The technology was first developed by General Instrument. By 2000, most cable companies offered digital features, eventually replacing their previo ...

and satellite network specialising mainly in soccer. **

Fox Soccer Plus Fox Soccer Plus (formerly Setanta Sports) is an American sports channel dedicated to soccer and rugby league football. Launched in 2005 by the Irish sports broadcaster Setanta Sports to offer live and tape-delayed mainstream sports events in ...

, a sister network to FSC, but including coverage of other sports, most notably rugby. Launched in 2010 after News Corporation picked up many of the broadcast rights abandoned by Setanta Sports when it stopped broadcasting in the U.S. **

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(37.9%) – joint venture with Hicks, Muse, and Tate & Furst. *** Fox Sports en Español (50%), a

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North American cable sports network; its sports line-up is tailored to appeal to a Latin American audience. *** Fox Sports en Latinoamérica, a Latin American satellite and cable sports network. *

FX Networks FX Networks, LLC, commonly known as FX Networks, is an American media company built around FX, FXX, and FX Movie Channel, plus their associated production company, FX Productions, and is a subsidiary of Disney General Entertainment Content, ...

, a cable network broadcasting reruns of programming previously shown on other channels, but recently creating its own programming, including the

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...

-winning programmes '' The Shield'' and ''

Damages At common law, damages are a remedy in the form of a monetary award to be paid to a claimant as compensation for loss or injury. To warrant the award, the claimant must show that a breach of duty has caused foreseeable loss. To be recognized at ...

''. *

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* FUEL TV *

Big Ten Network Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network based in Chicago, Illinois. The channel is dedicated to coverage of College athletics, collegiate sports sanctioned by the Big Ten Conference, including live and recorded event telecasts, news ...

, cable and satellite channel dedicated to The

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, launched August 2007 (49%) *

National Geographic Channel National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Enter ...

(joint venture with

) 67% * National Geographic Channel International 75% * Nat Geo Mundo (joint venture with National Geographic Society) *

Nat Geo Wild National Geographic Wild (shortened as Nat Geo Wild and abbreviated NGW) is a global pay television network owned by National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27% ...

(joint venture with National Geographic Society) *

(49%), regional cable sports network; broadcasts

and

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games, among other teams. * Fox International Channels, domestic cable channels offering different formats of Fox programming in over thirty countries worldwide. ** Fox **

Fox Life Fox Life, now rebranded as Star Life and FX Life, was an international pay television network, launched by the Fox Networks Group in 2004. The network has been discontinued in several markets over time. The network's scheduling has varied wi ...

** Fox Life HD **

Fox Filipino Fox Filipino was a Philippine pay television channel focused on Philippine-produced programming from GMA Network, TV5 and Sari-Sari Channel as well as Filipino movies from GMA Pictures, entries from the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Fi ...

** Fox Crime ** FX ** Fox Horror ** Fox Movies **

Fox Sports Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The name originates from Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States, which in turn derives its name from Fox Fi ...

Speed Channel Speed was an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television network that was owned by the Fox Sports Media Group division of 21st Century Fox. The network was dedicated to motorsports programming, including auto racing, as well as a ...

** National Geographic Channel HD ** National Geographic Wild ** National Geographic Adventure ** National Geographic Music ** National Geographic Junior **

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** Next:HD ** Voyage ** Real Estate TV **

BabyTV BabyTV (stylised as Baby''tv'') is a multilingual, international television channel for babies, toddlers and preschoolers aged 4 or lower. In Israel, the channel is owned and operated by Talit Communications while The Walt Disney Company Lim ...

Fox Toma 1 The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinational mass media corporation founded and controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Formerly inc ...

– Spanish-language television production. ** Fox Telecolombia – Spanish-language television production. (51%) ** Utarget.Fox – European and Latin American online ad company, plus now handles TV ad sales. *''Central & South America'' **Fox Latin American Channels – channels available in over 17 countries in Latin America ***

*** National Geographic Channel HD *** National Geographic Wild *** Nat Geo Music ***

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*** Universal HD *** Fox Channel ***

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*** FX ***

***

*** Baby TV ***

Utilisima Nat Geo Kids was a Latin American pay television channel targeting children ages 3 to 11, owned by Disney Channels Worldwide and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company Latin America, The Walt Disney Company an ...

*** Fox One-Stop Media – advertising sales for company owned and third party channels in Latin America ** LAPTV (60%) (Latin American Pay Television) operates 8 cable movie channels throughout South America excluding Brazil. **

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(12.5%) operates 5 cable movie channels in Brazil. *''Australia'' ** Premier Media Group (50%) ***

Fox Sports 1 Fox Sports 1 (branded on-air as FS1) is an American pay television television channel, channel owned by the Fox Sports (United States), Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. FS1 airs an array of live sporting events, including Majo ...

*** Fox Sports 2 *** Fox Sports 3 ***

*** FoxSportsNews *** Fuel TV Australia ** Premium Movie Partnership (20%) – movie channels, a joint venture between

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NBCUniversal NBCUniversal Media, LLC (abbreviated as NBCU and Trade name, doing business as NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational mass media and Show business, entertainment conglomerate (comp ...

, Viacom and

''PLATFORMS'' *India **Hathway Cable & Datacom (22.2%), India's 2nd largest cable network through 7 cities including Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai & Pune *Taiwan **Total TV (20%), a pay TV platform with JV partner KOO's Group majority owner (80%). News Corp also has a 20% interest in the KOO's Group directly.

Internet

* News Corp. Digital Media ** Foxsports.com – website with sports news, scores, statistics, video and fantasy sports **

Hulu Hulu (, ) is an American Subscription business model, subscription streaming media service owned by Disney Streaming, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment segment of the Walt Disney Company. It was launched on October 29, 2007, initially as ...

(27%) – online video streaming site in partnership with

. **Flektor – provides Web-based tools for photo and video editing and mashups. **Slingshot Labs – web development incubator (Includes the sites

DailyFill DailyFill is a celebrity news and gossip website owned by News Corp (2013–present), News Corp and created by their business incubator, incubator Slingshot Labs. The site launched in December 2008, less than one year after the New York Post's (al ...

). **Strategic Data Corp – interactive advertising company which develops technology to deliver targeted internet advertising. **Scout.com ** WhatIfSports.com – sports simulation and prediction website. Also provides fantasy-style sports games to play. *Indya.com – 'India's no. 1 Entertainment Portal' *ROO Group Inc (5% increasing to 10% with performance targets)
News Digital Media
**News.com.au – Australia's most popular news website in 2013 and as of April 2014 ** Carsguide.com.au **in2mobi.com.au **TrueLocal.com.au **Moshtix.com.au – a ticket retailer **Learning Seat **Wego News owns minority stake in

Wego.com Wego, a travel metasearch engine and online travel marketplace, was founded in Singapore in 2005 by Ross Veitch and Craig Hewett. The company is dual-headquartered in Singapore and Dubai, reflecting its strong focus on the Middle East region. Weg ...

**Weair News owns minority stake in weair.com **Netus (75%) – investment co. in online properties. * Move, Inc (80%) ** realtor.com – United States online real estate portal **move.com **listhub.com **Doorsteps **Tigerlead **Moving.com **Top Producer **Reesio **Relocation.com **SeniorHousingNet.com *

REA Group REA Group Ltd and its subsidiary companies, known as the REA Group, make up a global online real estate advertising company. REA Group is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with subsidiary office in Gurugram, India. REA Group, founded in 19 ...

(60.7%) **Realestate.com.au **Business Services s.r.l. Access our internationalization service opens to endless proposals and possibilities of rooting in markets around the world. **Casa.it (69.4%), Sky Italia also holds a 30.6% share **atHome group, operator of leading realestate websites in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and Germany. ***Altowin (51%), provider of office management tools for realestate agents in Belgium. **Propertyfinders.com (50%), News International holds the remaining 50% ***Sherlock Publications, owner of hotproperty.co.uk portal and magazine titles 'Hot Property', 'Renting' and 'Overseas' ***ukpropertyshop.co.uk, most comprehensive UK estate agent directory. **PropertyLook, property websites in Australia and New Zealand. **HomeSite.com.au home renovation and improvement website. **Square Foot Limited, Hong Kong's largest English Language property magazine and website ***

Primedia Primedia is a South African media group, headquartered in Sandton, Johannesburg. History Primedia was established in 1994 and its listing on the JSE Securities Exchange was completed in April 1995. Primedia remained listed on the JSE until 1 O ...

– Holding co. of Inside DB, a Hong Kong lifestyle magazine. *TadpoleNet Media (10%) Hosts of ArmySailor.com *New Zealand ** Fatso – leading online DVD subscription service (ownership through stake in

). ** Fox Networks – one of the largest international ad networks. **Expedient InfoMedia blog network. * Storyful *Unruly * The News Broadcasting Corporation
TNBCLive.com
- United States's popular news website in 2017 and as of April 2022

Other assets

Fox Sports Grill The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinational mass media corporation founded and controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Formerly inc ...

(50%) – Upscale sports bar and restaurant with 7 locations:

Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale is a city in eastern Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Named Scottsdale in 1894 after its founder Winfield Scott (chaplain), Winfield Scott, a retired Chaplain Corps (United States ...

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Irvine, California Irvine () is a Planned community, planned city in central Orange County, California, United States, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It was named in 1888 for the landowner James Irvine. The Irvine Company started developing the area in the ...

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Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

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Plano, Texas Plano ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for "flat surface" /'plano/) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, where it is the largest city in Collin County, Texas, Collin County. A small portion of Plano is located in Denton County, Texas, Denton Count ...

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Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

; San Diego; and

. * Fox Sports Skybox (70%) – Sports fans' Bar & Grill at

Staples Center Crypto.com Arena (originally and colloquially known as Staples Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles. Opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along F ...

and six airport restaurants. * News America Marketing (US) – (100%) – nation's leading marketing services company, products include a portfolio of in-store, home-delivered and online media under the SmartSource brand. * Rotana (19%) – Largest Arab entertainment company owned by Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal * The Daily – iPad only newspaper delivered daily. *Making Fun – social game developer for making games for social networking sites, smartphones, tablets and other devices. *

Stockpoint Stockpoint was a provider of online financial information (quotes, charts, portfolio tracking, etc.) through its websites InvestorsEdge.com and Stockpoint.com. The company also supplied SaaS (software as a service) capabilities which powered m ...

Lane Bryant Lane Bryant Inc. is an American women's apparel and intimates specialty retailer focusing on plus-size clothing. The company began in 1904 with maternity designs created by Lena Himmelstein Bryant Malsin. Lane Bryant, Inc., is the largest pl ...

Books

book publishing company **Harper''Collins'' India *

Zondervan Zondervan is an international Christian media and publishing company located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Zondervan is a founding member of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). It is a part of HarperCollins, Ha ...

Christian book publisher **Inspirio – religious gift production.

Newspapers

*Australia published by News Limited. **''

'' (Nationwide) **Community Media Group (16 QLD & NSW suburban/regional titles) **Cumberland-Courier Newspapers (23 suburban/commuter titles) **''

The Courier-Mail ''The Courier-Mail'' is an Australian newspaper published in Brisbane. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format. Its editorial offices are located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner norther ...

'' (Queensland) **'' The Sunday Mail'' (Queensland) **'' The Cairns Post'' (Cairns, Queensland) **'' The Gold Coast Bulletin'' (Gold Coast, Queensland) **''The Townsville Bulletin'' (Townsville, Queensland) **''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was found ...

'' (New South Wales) **''

The Sunday Telegraph ''The Sunday Telegraph'' is a British broadsheet newspaper, first published on 5 February 1961 and published by the Telegraph Media Group, a division of Press Holdings. It is the sister paper of ''The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Tele ...

'' (New South Wales) **''

Herald Sun The ''Herald Sun'' is a Conservatism, conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the American Rupert Murdoch, Murd ...

'' (Victoria) **'' Sunday Herald Sun'' (Victoria) **'' The Weekly Times'' (Victoria) **Leader Newspapers (33 suburban Melbourne titles) **'' MX'' (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane CBD) **'' The Geelong Advertiser'' (Geelong, Victoria) **'' The Advertiser'' (South Australia) **'' The Sunday Mail'' (South Australia) **'' Messenger Newspapers'' (11 suburban Adelaide, SA titles) **''

The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of N ...

'' (Western Australia) **'' The Mercury'' (Tasmania) **Quest Newspapers (19 suburban Brisbane, QLD titles) **''

The Sunday Tasmanian ''The Mercury'' is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd (DBL), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The weekend issues of the paper are called ''Mercury on Sa ...

'' (Tasmania) **''

Northern Territory News The ''Northern Territory News'' (also known and branded as the ''NT News'') is a morning Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published every week from ...

'' (Northern Territory) **'' The Sunday Territorian'' (Northern Territory) **'' The Tablelands Advertiser'' (Atherton Tablelands and the Far North, Queensland) *Fiji **''

'' (National) (10%) ** ''Nai Lalakai'' (10%) ** '' Shanti Dut'' (10%) *Papua New Guinea **'' Papua New Guinea Post-Courier'' (National) (62.5%) *UK and Ireland newspapers, published by subsidiaries of News International Ltd. **News Group Newspapers Ltd. ***'' The Sun'' (published in Scotland as ''The Scottish Sun'' and in Ireland as ''The Irish Sun'') ****''The Sun on Sunday'' **Times Newspapers Ltd. ***''

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The Times Literary Supplement ''The Times Literary Supplement'' (''TLS'') is a weekly literary review published in London by News UK, a subsidiary of News Corp. History The ''TLS'' first appeared in 1902 as a supplement to ''The Times'' but became a separate publication ...

'' *US newspapers and magazines **The ''

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The Brooklyn Paper ''Brooklyn Paper'' is a weekly newspaper that covers news related exclusively to the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ''Brooklyn Paper'' covers news and cultural events throughout the borough, using different mastheads for neighborhoods such as ...

'' **** '' Bronx Times-Reporter'' **** ''Brooklyn Courier-Life'' **** '' TimesLedger Newspapers'' **

***Consumer Media Group ****''

'' ****''Wall Street Journal Europe'' ****''Wall Street Journal Asia'' ****''

Barron's ''Barron's'' (stylized in all caps) is an American weekly magazine and newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp, since 1921. Founded as ''Barron's National Financial Weekly'' in 1921 by Clarence W. Barron (1855–19 ...

'' – weekly financial markets magazine. ****

Marketwatch ''MarketWatch'' is a website that provides financial information, business news, analysis, and stock market data. It is a subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, a property of News Corp, along with ''The Wall Street Journal'' and '' Barron's.'' ...

– Financial news and information website. ****''

Far Eastern Economic Review The ''Far Eastern Economic Review'' (FEER or The ''Review'') was an Asian business magazine published from 1946 to 2009. The English-language news magazine was based in Hong Kong and published weekly until it converted to a monthly publication ...

'' ***Enterprise Media Group **** Dow Jones Newswires – global, real-time news and information provider. ****

Factiva Factiva is a business information and research tool owned by Dow Jones & Company. Factiva aggregates content from both licensed and free sources. Providing organizations with search, alerting, dissemination, and other information management c ...

– provides business news and information together with content delivery tools and services. **** Dow Jones Indexes – stock market indexes and indicators, including the

Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity indice ...

. ****Dow Jones Financial Information Services – produces databases, electronic media, newsletters, conferences, directories, and other information services on specialised markets and industry sectors. ****Betten Financial News – leading Dutch language financial and economic news service. ***''Local Media Group'' ****Ottaway Community Newspapers – 8 daily and 15 weekly regional newspapers. ***STOXX (33%)- joint venture with Deutsche Boerse and SWG Group for the development and distribution of Dow Jones STOXX indices. *** (33%) – Russia's leading financial newspaper (joint venture with

Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic Current affairs (news format), current affairs. Based in London, the paper is owned by a Jap ...

and Independent Media). ***

SmartMoney ''SmartMoney'' was ''The Wall Street Journal''s magazine of personal business. The finance magazine launched in 1992 by Hearst Corporation and Dow Jones & Company. Its first editor was Norman Pearlstine. In 2010, Hearst sold its stake to Dow J ...

** The Timesledger Newspapers of Queens, New York: ***''Bayside Times, Whitestone Times, Flushing Times, Little Neck Ledger, Jamaica Times, Astoria Times, Forest Hills Ledger'' **The ''Courier-Life'' Newspapers in Brooklyn **''

'' **''Caribbean Life'' **''Flatbush Jewish Journal''

Magazines

*U.S. **'' SmartSource Magazine'' (weekly Sunday newspaper

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'' *Australia **Alpha Magazine **Australian Country Style ** Australian Golf Digest **Australian Good Taste ** Big League **BCME **Delicious **Donna Hay **Fast Fours ** GQ (Australia) **Gardening Australia **InsideOut (Aust) **Lifestyle Pools **Live to Ride **Notebook **Overlander 4WD **Modern Boating **Modern Fishing **Parents **Pure Health **Super Food Ideas **Truck Australia **Truckin' Life **twowheels **twowheels scooter ** Vogue (Australia) **Vogue Entertaining & Travel ** Vogue Living *UK **Inside Out magazine

References

External links

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Bloomberg Businessweek ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'' (and before that ''Business Week'' and ''The Business Week''), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year. The magazine debuted in New York City in Septembe ...

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Columbia Journalism Review The ''Columbia Journalism Review'' (''CJR'') is a biannual magazine for professional journalists that has been published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. Its original purpose was "to assess the performance ...

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