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. An agreement has been reached to sell Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV and streaming provider in which News Corp has a 65% shareholding. The sale to global sports streaming platform, DAZN, is struck at more than 7 times Foxtel's fiscal 2024 EBITDA, equating to enterprise value of AUD 3.4.
Employees: 23,900
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of 7,419 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
43% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 43 | Existing positions closed: 30
7% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.34B [Q3] → $2.51B (+$171M) [Q4]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 279 [Q3] → 291 (+12) [Q4]
0.61% less ownership
Funds ownership: 44.14% [Q3] → 43.53% (-0.61%) [Q4]
1% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 106 | Existing positions reduced: 107
25% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 3 (-1) [Q4]
84% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $49K | Put options by funds: $301K
Research analyst outlook
We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for NWS.
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 10 articles about NWS published over the past 30 days
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PRNewsWire
1 day ago
America's Top Eco-Friendly Cities for Car-Free Transit
New ranking from Local Logic and Realtor.com® reveals the best cities for walking, biking, and commuting without a car; the Northeast and California's Bay Area lead the way with Hoboken, N.J.; Cambridge, Mass.
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PRNewsWire
1 week ago
Nearly Every U.S. Metro Has Higher Rental Prices than Pre-Pandemic, Despite Months of Declines
Tariffs on building supplies could threaten continued price declines and damper new multi-family construction activity Markets most at risk from the impact of tariffs: Milwaukee; Oklahoma City; Memphis, Tenn.; Cleveland; Columbus, Ohio; Atlanta; Cincinnati; Birmingham, Ala.
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Proactive Investors
1 week ago
Brave Bison charges higher after buying News Corp's UK influencer business
Brave Bison (AIM:BBSN) shares charged 12% higher after the UK digital media and marketing group stcuk a deal to acquire an influencer marketing division from Rupert Murdoch's News UK for up to £7.6 million. The deal to buy The Fifth Group will see News UK, part of News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA), become a top 10 shareholder in the company, with an initial 3.1% stake.
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PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Spring Inventory Blooms, but Buyers Remain Cautious Amid Economic Uncertainty
New listings hit highest March level in three years, rising 10.2% annually Pending home sales drop 5.2% YoY in larger metro areas as buyers hesitate Price drops hit their highest share for any March since 2016 AUSTIN, Texas , April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. housing market saw signs of continued recovery this spring, with more homes hitting the market and total inventory rising for the 17th straight month, according to the March Housing Trends Report from Realtor.com ® . However, rising price drops and slipping pending home sales suggest that buyers are proceeding with caution, likely due to current economic unknowns and growing concerns among consumers around their personal finance situations.
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PRNewsWire
3 weeks ago
The Number of Days You Need To Work To Afford a Monthly Mortgage Payment in Each State
Highest number of days: Hawaii (17 days), California (15 days), Massachusetts (15 days) and Montana (15 days). Lowest number of days: Kansas (7 days), Missouri (7 days), Indiana (7 days), Illinois (7 days), West Virginia (7 days), Michigan (7 days), and Ohio (6 days) AUSTIN, Texas , April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The median national home price in the U.S. is $412,000 and for Americans looking to buy a home, the magic number of days required to work per month to afford the mortgage payment is 10, according to Realtor.com ® data.
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Reuters
3 weeks ago
DAZN secures control of News Corp's Foxtel as $2.1 billion deal goes through
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday said it completed the sale of its Australian cable-TV business Foxtel to British-owned sports network DAZN in a A$3.4 billion ($2.14 billion) deal.
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Business Wire
3 weeks ago
News Corp Completes the Sale of Foxtel Group to DAZN
SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corporation (“News Corp” or the “Company”) today announced it has completed the sale of Foxtel Group (“Foxtel”) to DAZN Group Limited (“DAZN”). The completion of the transaction follows DAZN receiving approval for the acquisition of Foxtel from the Foreign Investment Review Board, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and other regulatory authorities. At completion, A$592 million in shareholder loans were repaid to News Corp, and News Corp received a m.
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Business Wire
3 weeks ago
Dow Jones Launches Premium News Product for Risk & Compliance Professionals
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow Jones today announced the launch of Dow Jones Risk Journal, a premium news solution from its risk and compliance business providing personalized and actionable insights to enable leaders to manage risk and make informed business decisions. Dow Jones Risk Journal provides comprehensive news and intelligence from a dedicated newsroom of expert journalists who specialize in covering risk and compliance issues, as well as in-depth and nuanced analysis of regulations a.
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PRNewsWire
3 weeks ago
Bigger Down Payments Continue in Q4 2024 as Homeowners Use Pandemic Era Savings and Increased Home Equity
2024 Saw the Highest Down Payments in the Data's History, Both as a Dollar Amount and as a Share of Purchase Price, according to Realtor.com® AUSTIN, Texas , March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The typical down payment in the fourth quarter was $30,250, according to a new report from Realtor.com ®, ever-so-slightly below the third quarter's level but roughly $3,000 higher than one year prior. Last year saw the highest down payments in the data's history, both as a dollar amount and as a share of purchase price.
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Business Wire
4 weeks ago
David Kline to Depart as Chief Technology Officer of News Corp
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS; NWSLV) announced today that David Kline, the company's Chief Technology Officer, will resign from his role to accept a position outside the organization. He will remain with News Corp through June 30, 2025, and a search is beginning for his successor. Since joining News Corp in January 2020, Mr. Kline's leadership has been instrumental in advancing the organization's technology operations across enterprise systems, product offer.
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