News Corp Class B
About: News Corporation is a diversified media conglomerate with significant presence in the US, the UK, and Australia. Key mastheads include The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, New York Post, The Times, The Sun, The Australian, Herald Sun, and The Daily Telegraph. Its 61%-owned REA Group is the dominant property listings business in Australia. In addition, it owns Harper Collins, one of the largest book publishers in the world, and has a sizable US digital property advertising business, Move. The 65% interest in Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV and streaming provider, was sold in April 2025. The sale to global sports streaming platform, DAZN, was struck at more than 7 times Foxtel's EBITDA.
Employees: 23,900
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Funds holding %
of 7,312 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
1,313% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $5.99M | Put options by funds: $424K
39% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 46 | Existing positions closed: 33
33% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q4 2024] → 4 (+1) [Q1 2025]
32% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 120 | Existing positions reduced: 91
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 292 [Q4 2024] → 301 (+9) [Q1 2025]
0.91% less ownership
Funds ownership: 43.57% [Q4 2024] → 42.66% (-0.91%) [Q1 2025]
3% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.51B [Q4 2024] → $2.45B (-$64M) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for NWS.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about NWS published over the past 30 days
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 days ago
Housing Market at a Crossroads: Inventory Climbs but Some Sellers Hold Out
Delistings rise as some sellers choose to wait out the market AUSTIN, Texas , July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Realtor.com® June Housing Trends Report reveals a new stand-off between buyers and sellers in today's evolving real estate landscape. While active inventory climbed 28.1% year-over-year to hit a fresh post-pandemic high, some homeowners are choosing to pull their listings from the market.
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PRNewsWire
1 week ago
Are we in an Inventory Comeback? These Metros Have More Home Supply Today Than Before the Pandemic
Denver, Austin and Seattle take the top three spots when it comes to active inventory growth AUSTIN, Texas , July 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- After years of tight supply, is housing inventory bouncing back? According to the most recent Realtor.com ® Monthly Housing Report, 22 of the 50 largest U.S. metros have more active listings on the market than they did pre-pandemic.
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Business Wire
2 weeks ago
News Corp Announces Julian Delany as Chief Technology Officer
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS; NWSLV) announced today the appointment of Julian Delany as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Delany succeeds David Kline, who will depart the company on June 30, 2025 as previously announced. Mr. Delany joined News Corp Australia in 2012, most recently serving as Chief Technology Officer and as a member of the Executive Team. As CTO, he focused on delivering technical, process and data alignment across m.
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PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Is the 30% Rule Unattainable in 2025? Typical U.S. Household Needs to Spend ~45% of Income to Afford the Median-priced Home
Pittsburgh, Detroit, and St. Louis are the only affordable large metros, while buyers in Los Angeles potentially need to spend more than 100% of the median income on a home AUSTIN, Texas , June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In today's major housing markets, affordability isn't just strained, it's nearly extinct. According to a Realtor.com ® Affordability Report, the typical U.S. household would need to spend 44.6% of their income to afford a median-priced home as of May 2025, well above the recommended 30% threshold.
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Deadline
2 weeks ago
Murdoch-Controlled News Corp. Re-Ups CEO Robert Thomson Through 2030
Robert Thomson, a close confidante of Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch for decades, has been re-upped as CEO of News Corp. for another five years, through June 2030. The exec has overseen the media company, whose portfolio spans print, digital and book publishing, since 2013. Among the subsidiaries of News Corp.
Positive
WSJ
2 weeks ago
News Corp Extends CEO Robert Thomson's Contract to 2030
Thomson has pursued digital growth and focused the company on core areas of news, book publishing and digital real estate.
Neutral
Business Wire
2 weeks ago
News Corp Extends Contract with Chief Executive Robert Thomson
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS; NWSLV) announced today the extension of Robert Thomson's contract, which will see him continue as Chief Executive through June 2030. The extension is a recognition of Mr. Thomson's exceptional track record of transformational leadership, value creation and effective advocacy for journalism and intellectual property protection. Since Mr. Thomson's appointment as Chief Executive in 2013, News Corp has undergone significant transfo.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
3 weeks ago
Declining Rents Signal Relief is on the Way for Inflation
As rents have cooled, most major U.S. metros saw median rents pace below national inflation in the last 6 years: San Francisco (-3.2%), Minneapolis, Minn. (3.9%), Oklahoma City, Okla.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
U.S. Inventory Surpasses 1 Million Homes for the First Time Since Winter of 2019
Recovery Splits the Map as the West and South Bounce Back, and Other Regions Struggle to Catch Up AUSTIN, Texas , June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. housing market is staging a comeback, but the rebound is sharply divided, according to the May Monthly Housing Trends Report from Realtor.com ®. The number of homes for sale in the U.S. topped 1 million for the first time since Winter 2019, but only metros in the South or West have fully returned to pre-pandemic inventory levels as the Northeast and Midwest remain stuck in a supply squeeze.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
International Shoppers Were a Larger Share of U.S. Housing Demand During the First Quarter of 2025
Despite larger international housing shopper share in the U.S., demand from Canada – the leading source – has fallen AUSTIN, Texas , June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- International demand was a larger share of U.S. housing demand, as 1.9% of Realtor.com® online traffic came from international home shoppers in the first quarter of 2025 compared to 1.7% in the first quarter of 2024, according to a report from Realtor.com ® . This overall growth comes despite a decline in demand from Canada, the top source of international home shopping to the U.S., from 40.7% in the first quarter of 2024 to 34.7% in the first quarter of 2025.
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