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News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) , , ) is one of the world's largest media
Media conglomerate

A media conglomerate describes companies that own large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet....
 conglomerates. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, Order of Australia, Order of St. Gregory the Great , usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born International Mass media business magnate....
 and the President and Chief Operating Officer is Peter Chernin
Peter Chernin

Peter Chernin is President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation, and Chairman and CEO of Fox Entertainment Group, a position he will hold until June 2009 ....
.

News Corporation is a Worldwide Australian public company
Public company

A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered Security for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, but also may include companies whose stock is traded Over-the-counter via market makers who use non-exchange quotation services such as the OTCBB and the Pink Sheets....
 listed on the Nasdaq
NASDAQ

The NASDAQ is an United States stock exchange. It is the largest Electronic trading screen-based Stock trading market in the United States....
 and the Australian Securities Exchange and as a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a stock exchange located in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies....
. Formerly incorporated in South Australia
South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
, the company was re-incorporated into Delaware General Corporation Law after a majority of shareholders approved the move on 12 November 2004.

News Corporation's headquarters is at 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Ave.)
Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)

Sixth Avenue is a major avenue in New York City's borough of Manhattan. Although the Avenue's official name was changed to Avenue of the Americas in 1945 by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia New Yorkers remained faithful to the old name....
, in New York City
Media of New York City

The media of New York City are internationally influential, and include some of the most important newspapers, largest publishing houses, most prolific television studios, and biggest record companies in the world....
, in the newer 1960s-1970s corridor of the Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commerce buildings covering between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning between Fifth Avenue and Seventh Avenue ....
 complex.

Revenue for the year ended 30 June 2008 was US$
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
32.996 billion with an operating income of US$
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
5.381 billion.






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News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) , , ) is one of the world's largest media
Media conglomerate

A media conglomerate describes companies that own large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet....
 conglomerates. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, Order of Australia, Order of St. Gregory the Great , usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born International Mass media business magnate....
 and the President and Chief Operating Officer is Peter Chernin
Peter Chernin

Peter Chernin is President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation, and Chairman and CEO of Fox Entertainment Group, a position he will hold until June 2009 ....
.

News Corporation is a Worldwide Australian public company
Public company

A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered Security for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange, but also may include companies whose stock is traded Over-the-counter via market makers who use non-exchange quotation services such as the OTCBB and the Pink Sheets....
 listed on the Nasdaq
NASDAQ

The NASDAQ is an United States stock exchange. It is the largest Electronic trading screen-based Stock trading market in the United States....
 and the Australian Securities Exchange and as a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a stock exchange located in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1801, it is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, with many overseas listings as well as British companies....
. Formerly incorporated in South Australia
South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
, the company was re-incorporated into Delaware General Corporation Law after a majority of shareholders approved the move on 12 November 2004.

News Corporation's headquarters is at 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Ave.)
Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)

Sixth Avenue is a major avenue in New York City's borough of Manhattan. Although the Avenue's official name was changed to Avenue of the Americas in 1945 by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia New Yorkers remained faithful to the old name....
, in New York City
Media of New York City

The media of New York City are internationally influential, and include some of the most important newspapers, largest publishing houses, most prolific television studios, and biggest record companies in the world....
, in the newer 1960s-1970s corridor of the Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commerce buildings covering between 48th and 51st streets in New York City. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning between Fifth Avenue and Seventh Avenue ....
 complex.

Revenue for the year ended 30 June 2008 was US$
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
32.996 billion with an operating income of US$
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
5.381 billion. Almost 70% of the company's sales come from its US businesses. On 16 January 2009 the Government Accountability Office
Government Accountability Office

The Government Accountability Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress. It is located in the Legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States....
 reported that News Corp has 152 subsidiaries in low-tax or no-tax countries, one of four companies to have more than 100.

History

News Corp was created in 1980 by Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, Order of Australia, Order of St. Gregory the Great , usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born International Mass media business magnate....
 as a holding company
Holding company

A holding company is a company that owns other companies' outstanding stock stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself, rather its only purpose is owning shares of other companies....
 for News Limited
News Limited

News Limited was the principal holding for the business interests of Rupert Murdoch until the formation of News Corporation in 1979. News Limited is now a subsidiary of that company....
. News Limited was created by Murdoch from the assets he inherited in 1952 following the death of his father, Sir Keith Murdoch
Keith Murdoch

Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch was an Australian journalist and the father of Rupert Murdoch.Murdoch was born in Melbourne in 1885, son of Rev Patrick John Murdoch and Annie, n?e Brown....
, and subsequent expansion. The main asset left to him was ownership of the Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
 afternoon tabloid, The News
The News (Adelaide)

The News was an afternoon daily tabloid newspaper in the city of Adelaide, South Australia.The newspaper was established in 1869 as the Evening Journal....
.

In 1986 and 1987, News Corp (through subsidiary
Subsidiary

A subsidiary, in business matters, is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity. The controlled entity is called a company , corporation, or limited liability company, and the controlling entity is called its parent ....
 News International
News International

News International Ltd is a United Kingdom newspaper publisher owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Until June 2002, it was called News International plc....
) moved to adjust the production process of its British newspapers, over which the printing unions had long maintained a highly restrictive grip. A number of senior Australian media moguls were brought into Murdoch's powerhouse, including John Dux, who was managing director of the South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post

The South China Morning Post , together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is an English language Newspapers of Hong Kong, published by the SCMP Group with a circulation of 104,000....
. This led to a confrontation with the printing unions NGA and SOGAT. The move of News International's London operation to Wapping
Wapping

Wapping is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets which forms part of the London Docklands to the east of the City of London. It is situated between the north bank of the River Thames and the ancient thoroughfare simply called The Highway....
 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.

Moving into the United States

News Corp made its first acquisition in the United States in 1973, when it purchased the San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio Express-News

The San Antonio Express-News is the daily newspaper of San Antonio, Texas. It is ranked as the third-largest daily newspaper in the state of Texas in terms of circulation, and is one of the leading news sources of South Texas, with offices in Austin, Texas, Brownsville, Texas, Laredo, Texas, and Mexico City....
. Soon afterwards it founded the National Star, a supermarket tabloid
Supermarket tabloid

Supermarket tabloids are national weekly magazines printed on newsprint in tabloid format, specializing in celebrity news, gossip, astrology, and bizarre stories about ordinary people....
, and in 1976 it purchased the New York Post
New York Post

The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually as a daily, although -- like most other papers -- its publication has been interrupted by labor actions....
. In 1981 News Corp bought half of the movie studio 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , also known as 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, or simply Fox, is one of the six Worldwide major film studios....
, buying the other half in 1984. In 1985 News Corp announced it was buying the Metromedia
Metromedia

Metromedia was a media company that owned radio station and television stations in the United States from 1956 to 1986....
 group of stations, setting the stage for the launch of a fourth U.S. broadcast network. On 4 September 1985, Murdoch became a naturalised citizen to satisfy the legal requirement that only United States citizens could own American television stations. In 1986, the Metromedia deal closed, and the Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
 was launched. This network, known on-screen as "Fox", can now be picked up in over 96% of U.S. households.

In 1987 News Corp bought The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd
The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd

The Herald and Weekly Times Limited is a newspaper publishing company based in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned and operated by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
 in Australia, the company that Rupert Murdoch's father had once managed. By 1992, News Corp had amassed huge debts, which forced it to sell many of the American magazine interests it had acquired in the mid-1980s. 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 British Satellite Broadcasting
British Satellite Broadcasting

British Satellite Broadcasting was a United Kingdom television company which provided direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom....
 to accept a merger on its terms in 1990. (The merged company, BSkyB has dominated the British pay-TV market since.)

In 1995, the Fox network became the object of scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission

The Federal Communications Commission is an Independent agencies of the United States government, created, directed, and empowered by United States Congress statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President of the United States....
 (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 U.S. citizen Murdoch, although nearly all of the stations' equity was controlled by News Corp. In the same year News Corp announced a deal with MCI Communications
MCI Communications

MCI Communications Corp. was an United States telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony and ushered in the competitive long distance telephone industry....
 to develop a major news website
Website

A Web site is a collection of related Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are hosted on one Web server, usually accessible via the Internet....
 as well as funding a conservative news magazine, The Weekly Standard
The Weekly Standard

The Weekly Standard is a conservatism United States opinion magazine published 48 times per year. It is owned by News Corporation and made its debut on September 16, 1995....
. In the same year, News Corp launched the Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
 pay television network in Australia in a partnership with Telstra
Telstra

Telstra or Telstra Corporation Ltd , is an Australian telecommunications and Electronic media company, formerly Public ownership by the Australian government....
 and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited

Publishing and Broadcasting Limited was one of Australia's largest companies, with interests primarily in media and gaming. The company demerger in late 2007, spin out its gaming interests into Crown Limited....
.

In 1996, Fox established the Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel is a US Cable News and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation....
, a 24-hour cable news station.

In 1999, News Corp significantly expanded its music holdings in Australia by acquiring the controlling share in a leading Australian based label, Michael Gudinski
Michael Gudinski

Michael Solomon Gudinski Order of Australia is an Australian entrepreneur and businessman currently based in Melbourne who is a leading figure in the Australian music industry....
's Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records

Mushroom Records is an Australian record company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records....
; merging it with already held Festival Records to create Festival Mushroom Records (FMR). Both Festival and FMR were managed by Rupert Murdoch's son James Murdoch for several years.

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

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. , is an United States direct broadcast satellite television company formerly known as Hughes Electronics....
, (formerly: Hughes Electronics), from General Motors for Electronics, operator of the largest American satellite TV system, for US$6 billion.

In 2007 News Corporation reached an agreement to purchase Dow Jones, publishers of the Wall Street Journal, for an estimated $5.6 billion. On 15 October 2007 the corporation spun off a business news channel from Fox News - Fox Business Network
Fox Business Network

Fox Business Network is a US Cable News and satellite television news channel that commenced broadcasting on October 15, 2007. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
. The channel's lawyers were "reviewing all of the fine details of the contract" between Dow Jones and CNBC, said Alexis Glick, Fox Business Network's vice president of business news and the channel's morning anchor. But, she added, "we will actively use" the other Dow Jones properties. "...this new channel is a bit tedious. Somehow, business is more interesting when treated in a business-like way", commented Rob Carrick in 16 October's Toronto Globe and Mail. On 8 February 2007, Murdoch promised guests at the McGraw-Hill Media Summit that, "a Fox channel would be more business-friendly than CNBC. That channel leap[s] on every scandal, or what they think is a scandal", he said.

Shareholders

  • In August 2005 the Murdoch family owned only about 29% of the company. However, nearly all of these shares were voting shares, and Rupert Murdoch retained effective control of the company. Nonetheless, John Malone of Liberty Media 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 per cent managing interest in DirecTV Group
    DirecTV Group

    The DIRECTV Group, Inc. , is an United States direct broadcast satellite television company formerly known as Hughes Electronics....
     to John Malone's Liberty Media
    Liberty Media

    The Liberty Media Corporation is an United States media conglomerate and the control is exercised by engineer Dr. John C. Malone, with a majority of the voting shares....
    ; in return it bought back Liberty's 16.3% shares in News Corp., giving Murdoch tighter control of the latter firm. Murdoch sold 17.5 million class A shares in December 2007.
  • Saudi prince Al-Waleed bin Talal
    Al-Waleed bin Talal

    *Khaled bin Al-Waleed*Reem bint Al-WaleedHRH Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud is a member of the House of Saud, and an entrepreneur and international investor....
    , who is an investment tycoon and chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company
    Kingdom Holding Company

    Kingdom Holding Company is a public holding company, incorporated in Saudi Arabia, and is the largest List of Saudi Arabian companies. It is controlled by Prince Alwaleed, and is headquartered in the city of Riyadh....
    , said in an interview with Charlie Rose
    Charlie Rose

    Charlie Rose is an American television interviewer and journalist.Since 1991, he has hosted Butterfield, an interview Television show produced by the New York metropolitan area public broadcasting#Television television station WNET....
     that he had about a 6-7% stake in News Corp.
  • Years after when Elektra Records
    Elektra Records

    Elektra Records is a now-dormant United States record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group....
     was absorbed in 2004, News Corporation owned half of the re-issues from the record label company.


Corporate governance

The company's Board of Directors consists of 15 individuals:
  • Rupert Murdoch
    Rupert Murdoch

    Keith Rupert Murdoch, Order of Australia, Order of St. Gregory the Great , usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born International Mass media business magnate....
     (Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer)
  • Daniel Suárez García
  • Peter Barnes
    Peter Barnes

    Peter Barnes, , was an England Laurence Olivier Awards-winning playwright and screenwriter. His most famous work is the play The Ruling Class, which was made into a 1972 film for which Peter O'Toole received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination....
  • Peter Chernin
    Peter Chernin

    Peter Chernin is President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation, and Chairman and CEO of Fox Entertainment Group, a position he will hold until June 2009 ....
     (President & Chief Operating Officer)
  • Kenneth Cowley
  • David DeVoe
    David DeVoe

    Dave DeVoe has been a Director and Chief Financial Officer of News Corporation since 1990.DeVoe has also been Senior Executive Vice President of News Corp....
     (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Viet Dinh
  • Sir Roderick Eddington (Lead Director)
  • Andrew Knight
    Andrew Knight

    Andrew Stephen Bower Knight is a journalist, editing, and media baron.He was educated at the Roman Catholic school Ampleforth College, where he was appointed Head boy, and was awarded an Scholarship to Balliol College, Oxford ....
  • Lachlan Murdoch
    Lachlan Murdoch

    Lachlan Keith Murdoch , is the elder son of media mogul, Rupert Murdoch and his former wife Anna Torv. He resigned from his executive positions at News Corporation on 29 July 2005....
  • James Murdoch
    James Murdoch

    James Murdoch is the name of multiple people:* James Murdoch , Chairman and CEO, Europe & Asia, News Corporation & son of Rupert Murdoch* James Murdoch , Scots journalist, and teacher in Japan, Australia and South America,...
     (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Europe & Asia)
  • Mark Hurd
  • Thomas Perkins
  • Arthur Siskind
    Arthur Siskind

    Arthur Siskind has been an executive director of the News Corporation since 1991. He served as their group general counsel from March 1991 until December 2004....
     (Senior Adviser to the Chairman)
  • John Thornton
    John Thornton

    John Jason Thornton is an American football defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League. He played college football at West Virginia University....
  • Stanley Shuman (Emeritus)


Office of the Chairman

  • Rupert Murdoch
    Rupert Murdoch

    Keith Rupert Murdoch, Order of Australia, Order of St. Gregory the Great , usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born International Mass media business magnate....
     (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer)
  • Peter Chernin
    Peter Chernin

    Peter Chernin is President and Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation, and Chairman and CEO of Fox Entertainment Group, a position he will hold until June 2009 ....
     (Chief Operating Officer & President)
  • David DeVoe
    David DeVoe

    Dave DeVoe has been a Director and Chief Financial Officer of News Corporation since 1990.DeVoe has also been Senior Executive Vice President of News Corp....
     (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Lawrence Jacobs
    Lawrence Jacobs

    Lawrence Jacobs is the Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel of News Corporation. He joined News Corp. in 1996 as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel....
     (Group General Counsel)
  • James Murdoch
    James Murdoch (media executive)

    File:James Murdoch.jpgJames Murdoch is the Chairman and Chief Executive of News Corporation, Europe and Asia, overseeing assets such as News International , SKY Italia , STAR TV ....
     (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Europe & Asia)
  • Roger Ailes
    Roger Ailes

    Roger Eugene Ailes is the president of Fox News Channel and chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group. He was a media consultant for Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H....
     (Chairman of Fox Television Stations Group)


Holdings



Books

  • HarperCollins
    HarperCollins

    HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company....
     book publishing company
    • HarperCollins India (40%) joint venture with India Today Group
  • Zondervan
    Zondervan

    Zondervan is an international Christian media and publishing company, one of the four businesses founded by Dutch-Americans that have made Grand Rapids, Michigan into the United States "Christian Publishing Capital," alongside Wm....
     Christian book publisher
    • Youth Specialties
      Youth Specialties

      Youth Specialties was founded in 1969 by Mike Yaconelli and Wayne Rice. It is an organization that supports Christian youth workers of many denominations....
       - organisation helping youth workers worldwide through training seminars and conventions, resources and the internet.
    • Inspirio - religious gift production.


Newspapers

  • Australia published by News Limited.
    • The Australian
      The Australian

      The Australian, also referred to as The Oz, is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia on Monday to Saturday each week since 1964....
       (Nationwide)
    • Community Media Group (16 QLD & NSW suburban/regional titles)
    • Cumberland-Courier Newspapers (26 suburban/commuter titles)
    • The Courier-Mail
      The Courier-Mail

      The Courier-Mail is a daily newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia. Owned by News Corporation, it is published daily from Monday to Saturday in tabloid format....
       (Queensland)
    • The Sunday Mail
      The Sunday Mail

      The Sunday Mail is the name of various newspapers:*Sunday Mail *Sunday Mail , Sunday edition to The Advertiser *Sunday Mail , Sunday edition of Malay Mail; now replaced by Weekend Mail....
       (Queensland)
    • The Cairns Post
      The Cairns Post

      The Cairns Post is a major News Corporation newspaper in Far North Queensland that exclusively serves the Cairns, Queensland area. It has daily coverage on local, state, national and world news, plus a wide range of sections and liftouts covering health, beauty, cars and lifestyle....
       (Cairns, Queensland)
    • The Gold Coast Bulletin
      The Gold Coast Bulletin

      The Gold Coast Bulletin is the daily newspaper for Australia's Gold Coast, Queensland region.It is published as The Gold Coast Bulletin on weekdays and the Weekend Bulletin at weekends....
       (Gold Coast, Queensland)
    • The Townsville Bulletin (Townsville, Queensland)
    • The Daily Telegraph
      The Daily Telegraph (Australia)

      The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales and country New South Wales , by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation....
       (New South Wales)
    • The Sunday Telegraph (New South Wales)
    • Herald Sun
      Herald Sun

      The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, a subsidiary of News Limited and owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
       (Victoria)
    • Sunday Herald Sun
      Herald Sun

      The Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, a subsidiary of News Limited and owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
       (Victoria)
    • The Weekly Times
      The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd

      The Herald and Weekly Times Limited is a newspaper publishing company based in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned and operated by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
       (Victoria)
    • Leader Newspapers (30 suburban Melbourne, VIC titles)
    • MX
      MX (newspaper)

      mX is an Australian free daily newspaper in the cities of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, owned and produced by News Corporation. Targeted at commuters, its main channels of distribution are inner-city railway stations, tram and bus stops, and major central business district intersections....
       (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane CBD)
    • The Geelong Advertiser (Geelong, Victoria)
    • The Advertiser
      The Advertiser (Australia)

      The Advertiser is currently a daily tabloid newspaper published in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named "The South Australian Advertiser" on 12 July 1858, it is currently printed daily from Monday to Saturday....
       (South Australia)
    • The Sunday Mail (South Australia)
    • Messenger Newspapers
      Messenger Newspapers

      Messenger Newspapers is the publisher of 11 free suburban weekly newspapers together covering the Adelaide metropolitan area. Established by Roger Baynes in Port Adelaide in 1951, Messenger has since acquired other independent suburban titles to become Adelaide's only suburban newspaper group....
       (11 suburban Adelaide, SA titles)
    • The Sunday Times
      The Sunday Times (Western Australia)

      The Sunday Times is a News Corporation-owned Sunday tabloid newspaper distributed throughout Western Australia. The paper's circulation was 353,000 in 2005, up from 340,000 in 2001....
       (Western Australia)
    • The Mercury
      The Mercury (Hobart)

      The Mercury is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd, part of News Limited and News Corporation....
       (Tasmania)
    • Quest Newspapers (19 suburban Brisbane, QLD titles)
    • The Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania)
    • Northern Territory News
      Northern Territory News

      Northern Territory News is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is a subsidiary of News Limited and owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
       (Northern Territory)
    • The Sunday Territorian (Northern Territory)
    • The Tablelands Advertiser
      Tablelands Advertiser

      The Tablelands Advertiser is the weekly newspaper published for residents of the Atherton Tableland and Mareeba area.The Tablelands Advertiser has a home delivery system that covers around four times the area of any other publication in the region....
       (Atherton Tablelands and the Far North, Queensland)
  • Fiji
    • Fiji Times
      Fiji Times

      The Fiji Times is a daily newspaper published in Fiji. Established in Levuka on 4 September 1869, it is Fiji's oldest newspaper still operating....
       (National)
    • Nai Lalakai
    • Shanti Dut
      Shanti Dut

      Shanti Dut is a Hindi language newspaper published weekly in Fiji and is part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. It is one of the oldest non-English language newspapers owned by the corporation having started in 1935....
  • Papua New Guinea
    • Papua New Guinea Post-Courier
      Papua New Guinea Post-Courier

      The Papua New Guinea Post-Courier is a newspaper based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.With a circulation of 41,000, the Post-Courier is the largest selling Pacific Island newspaper....
       (National)(62.5%)
  • UK and Ireland
    Republic of Ireland

    Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
     newspapers, published by subsidiaries of News International
    News International

    News International Ltd is a United Kingdom newspaper publisher owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Until June 2002, it was called News International plc....
     Ltd.
    • News Group Newspapers Ltd.
      • the tabloid
        Tabloid

        A tabloid is an industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge ; or to a newspaper that tends to emphasize sensationalism crime stories, gossip columns repeating scandalous innuend...
         The Sun
        The Sun (newspaper)

        The Sun is a tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland with the highest Newspaper circulation of any daily English-language newspaper in the world and the biggest circulation within the UK, standing at an average of 3,121,000 copies a day between January and June 2008 and with a daily readership of a...
         (published in Ireland as The Irish Sun
        The Sun (newspaper)

        The Sun is a tabloid daily newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland with the highest Newspaper circulation of any daily English-language newspaper in the world and the biggest circulation within the UK, standing at an average of 3,121,000 copies a day between January and June 2008 and with a daily readership of a...
        )
      • the tabloid
        Tabloid

        A tabloid is an industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge ; or to a newspaper that tends to emphasize sensationalism crime stories, gossip columns repeating scandalous innuend...
         News of the World
        News of the World

        The News of the World is a United Kingdom tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. It is published by News Group Newspapers of News International, itself a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and can be considered the Sunday equivalent of The Sun ....
    • Times Newspapers Ltd.
      • the broadsheet
        Broadsheet

        Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of matter, from ballads to political satire....
         The Sunday Times
        The Sunday Times (UK)

        The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom. There is also a Republic of Ireland edition; contrary to a popular misconception, the Irish edition of the Sunday Times is not linked to The Irish Times newspaper, which is published Monday to Saturday in Dublin....
      • the 'ex-broadsheet
        Broadsheet

        Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of matter, from ballads to political satire....
        ' (Now in compact
        Compact (newspaper)

        A compact newspaper is a broadsheet-quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format, especially in the United Kingdom. The term came into use in its current form when The Independent began producing a smaller format edition for London's commuters, designed to be easier to read on the train/London Underground/bus....
         form) The Times
        The Times

        The Times is a daily national newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register.The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International....
      • The Times Literary Supplement
        The Times Literary Supplement

        The Times Literary Supplement is a weekly literary review published in London by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation....
    • NI Free Newspapers Ltd.
      • the free newspaper thelondonpaper
        Thelondonpaper

        thelondonpaper is the trading name of a freesheet, published by NI Free Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International . It has been available from Monday to Friday each week in Central London since September 4, 2006....
  • US newspapers and magazines
    • The New York Post
      New York Post

      The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually as a daily, although -- like most other papers -- its publication has been interrupted by labor actions....
    • Dow Jones & Company
      Dow Jones & Company

      Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm.The company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser....
      • Consumer Media Group
        • The Wall Street Journal
          The Wall Street Journal

          The Wall Street Journal is an English language international daily newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company in New York, New York with Asian and European editions....
           - the leading US financial newspaper.
        • Wall Street Journal Europe
        • Wall Street Journal Asia
        • Barron's - weekly financial markets magazine.
        • Marketwatch
          MarketWatch

          MarketWatch operates a financial information website that provides business news, analysis and stock market data to some 6 million people. MarketWatch offers personal finance news and advice, tools for investors and access to industry research....
           - Financial news and information website.
        • Far Eastern Economic Review
      • Enterprise Media Group
        • Dow Jones Newswires
          Dow Jones Newswires

          Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones & Company...
           - global, real-time news and information provider.
        • Factiva
          Factiva

          Factiva is a division of Dow Jones & Company. The unit provides business and research information and services for the business and education communities....
           - provides business news and information together with content delivery tools and services.
        • Dow Jones Indexes
          Dow Jones Indexes

          Dow Jones Indexes was formed in 1997 as an entity within Dow Jones & Co. It produces, maintains, licenses and markets indexes as benchmarks and as the basis of investible products such as Exchange-traded fund , mutual funds and structured products....
           - stock market indexes and indicators, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average
          Dow Jones Industrial Average

          The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of several stock market index, created by nineteenth-century The Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow....
          .
        • 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
        • Ottoway 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.
      • Vedomosti
        Vedomosti

        Vedomosti is a Russian language business daily. It is a joint venture between Dow Jones and Company, the Financial Times and Independent Media , publishers of The Moscow Times....
         (33%) - Russia's leading financial newspaper (joint venture with Financial Times
        Financial Times

        The Financial Times is a United Kingdom international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and is printed at 24 sites....
         and Independent Media).
      • SmartMoney
        SmartMoney

        For other uses, see: Smart Money .SmartMoney The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business was launched in 1992 by Hearst Corporation and Dow Jones & Company....
         (50%)
    • The Timesledger Newspapers of Queens, New York:
      • Bayside Times, Whitestone Times, Flushing Times, Fresh Meadows Times, Little Neck Ledger, Jackson Heights Times, Richmond Hill Times, Jamaica Times, Laurelton Times, Queens Village Times, Astoria Times, Forest Hills Ledger, Ridgewood Ledger, Howard Beach Times
    • The Courier-Life Newspapers in Brooklyn
    • Caribbean Life
    • The Times-Herald Record (Middletown, New York)


Magazines

  • News America Marketing (Smartsource) (weekly Sunday newspaper coupon
    Coupon

    In marketing a coupon is a ticket or document that can be exchanged for a financial discounts and allowances or rebate when purchasing a product ....
     insert/website)
  • The Weekly Standard
    The Weekly Standard

    The Weekly Standard is a conservatism United States opinion magazine published 48 times per year. It is owned by News Corporation and made its debut on September 16, 1995....
     (Washington, D.C.)
  • Australian
    • Alpha Magazine
    • Australian Country Style
    • Australian Golf Digest
    • Australian Good Taste
    • Big League
      Big League

      Big League is the official magazine of the National Rugby League and that of the NRL's forerunners, the New South Wales Rugby League and Australian Rugby League competitions....
    • BCME
    • Delicious
    • Donna Hay
    • Fast Fours
    • GQ
      GQ Australia

      GQ Australia, or Gentlemen's Quarterly Australia, is the Australian version of popular magazine for men, GQ. GQ is also commonly referred to as the male Vogue, with GQ Australia corresponding to Vogue Australia....
       (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
      Vogue (magazine)

      Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine published in eighteen countries by Cond? Nast Publications. Each month, Vogue publishes a magazine addressing topics of fashion, life and design....
       (Australia)
    • Vogue Entertaining & Travel
    • Vogue Living
  • Love it!
    Love it!

    Love it! is a weekly magazine produced in the United Kingdom. It was launched on February_2006#7_February_2006 by News Magazines Ltd, News International's magazine division....
     (UK based Magazine)
  • InsideOut (UK Based Magazine)


Music / Radio

  • MySpace Records
    MySpace Records

    MySpace Records is a independent record label started in 2005 to sign artists who appear on the social networking site MySpace. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of MySpace and parent News Corporation, operating as a joint-venture between MySpace and Interscope Records....
  • India
    • Radio City (India radio station)
      Radio City (India radio station)

      Radio City is a Frequency Modulation radio station in India. It broadcasts on 91.1 megahertz from Mumbai , Bangalore , Lucknow and New Delhi....
      (20%)held through STAR TV
      STAR TV

      Satellite Television for the Asian Region is an Asian TV service owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. It is based in Hong Kong, with programming offices in India and Australia, as well as in other south Asian countries....
      - commercial FM network with stations in 20 cities.
  • Russia
    • Nashe (50%)
    • Best FM (50%)
  • Fox Film Music Group


Sport

  • 50% of the National Rugby League
    National Rugby League

    The National Rugby League is the top Sports league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship....
     (Australia and New Zealand)
  • Majority ownership of the Brisbane Broncos
    Brisbane Broncos

    The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Brisbane, Queensland. The Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership....
     (68.9%) and, full ownership of the Melbourne Storm
    Melbourne Storm

    The Melbourne Storm is a professional rugby league football club based in the city of Melbourne, Australia. The Melbourne club is currently 100% owned and operated by News Limited....
     rugby league
    Rugby league

    Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
     team.
  • Colorado Rockies
    Colorado Rockies

    The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado. Established in 1993 Colorado Rockies season, the Rockies play in the National League West of the National League....
     (15%)


Studios

  • Fox Filmed Entertainment
    Fox Filmed Entertainment

    Fox Filmed Entertainment is the parent company of Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures. Since the year 2000, its Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers have been Thomas Rothman and Jim Gianopulos....
    : 20th Century Fox's parent company
  • 20th Century Fox
    20th Century Fox

    Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , also known as 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, or simply Fox, is one of the six Worldwide major film studios....
    : a film production company
  • 20th Century Fox Television
    20th Century Fox Television

    Twentieth Century Fox Television, Inc. is the television production division of the 20th Century Fox movie studio, a subsidiary of News Corporation....
     - primetime television programming.
  • 20th Television
    20th Television

    Twentieth Television, Inc. is an United States television syndication and distribution company that was formed in 1992 by 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, a division of News Corporation....
     - television distribution (syndication).
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
    Fox Searchlight Pictures

    Fox Searchlight Pictures is a film division of 20th Century Fox, established in 1994. It specialises in independent film and Cinema of the United Kingdom films, alongside other kinds of films, and is variously involved with the filmmaking and/or film distributor of these films....
     - specialised films.
  • Fox 2000 Pictures - general audience feature films.
  • Fox Television Studios
    Fox Television Studios

    Fox Television Studios, Inc. is a production arm of 20th Century Fox Television, itself a division of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. It was created in 1997 and, like Fox, it is owned by News Corporation....
    (productions)- market specific programming eg. COPS.
  • Fox Television Studios International
    • Fox World Productions
    • Fox World Australia
    • Fox TV Studios France
    • Fox TV Studios India
    • Natural History New Zealand - natural world documentaries, non-fiction programming.
  • Fox Atomic
    Fox Atomic

    Fox Atomic is a theatrical movie studio and a subdivision of 20th Century Fox. Fox Atomic produces theatrical films, graphic novels, and digital content targeting young adults....
     - produces theatrical films, comics, and digital content targeting the 17-24 year olds. Aiming to produce/acquire eight films per year over a range of genres, specifically action and horror
  • Fox Faith
    Fox Faith

    Fox Faith is a brand of film studio Twentieth Century Fox targeting Evangelicalism. Established under 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Faith acquires independent Christian-themed films for theatrical and video release....
     - Promotion and distribution of Christian and related "family friendly" movies on DVD and some theatrical release.
  • Fox Studios Australia
    Fox Studios Australia

    'Fox Studios Australia' is a major movie studio located in Sydney, Australia, occupying the site of the former Sydney Showground at Moore Park. Since opening in May 1998, the studio has been involved in the production of a number of blockbusters, including The Matrix, Moulin Rouge!, Mission: Impossible II, Star Wars Episode II: A...
    , Sydney, New South Wales
  • Blue Sky Studios
    Blue Sky Studios

    Blue Sky Studios is a CGI-animation studio which specializes in photo-realistic, high-resolution, computer-generated character animation and rendering....
     - production of CGI films eg. Ice Age.
  • Fox Entertainment Group
    Fox Entertainment Group

    Fox Entertainment Group is an United States entertainment industry company that owns film studios and terrestrial television, cable television, and direct broadcast satellite television properties....
  • New Regency Productions
    New Regency Productions

    New Regency Productions is a production company founded in 1991 by Arnon Milchan and a subsidiary of Regency Enterprises.It is located on the 20th Century Fox lot, and Fox is the current distributor of Regency releases since 1998, but is a wholly independent company....
     (20%) - general audience feature films.
  • Regency Television
    Regency Television

    Regency Television is a joint-venture between Regency Enterprises and Fox Television Studios founded in 1998. Regency's best-known TV shows include the WB sci-fi drama Roswell and the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle....
     (50%) - mainstream television shows.
  • Regency Enterprises
    Regency Enterprises

    Regency Enterprises is a Los Angeles, California-based motion picture and television production company formed by Arnon Milchan and Joseph P. Grace....
     (20%) - parent company of New Regency Productions (50%), and Regency Television (50%).


TV

News Corp agreed to sell eight of its television stations to Oak Hill Capital Partners for approximately $1.1 billion as of 22 December 2007. The stations are US FOX
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
 affiliates.

Broadcast
  • Fox Broadcasting Company
    Fox Broadcasting Company

    The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
     (FOX), a US broadcast television network
  • My Network TV, a US broadcast television network
  • Fox Television Stations Group
    Fox Television Stations Group

    The Fox Television Stations are a group of television stations located within the United States which are owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the News Corporation....
    , a group of owned and operated FOX television stations
  • Saeta TV Channel 10
    Saeta TV Channel 10

    Saeta TV Channel 10, founded in 1956 by Raul Fontaina, is the first Uruguayan television channel, and the fourth based on Latin America, the acronym means SAETA Sociedad An?nima de Emisoras de Televisi?n y Anexos....
    , channel of Uruguay
  • ITV plc
    ITV plc

    ITV plc is a United Kingdom media company that operates 11 of the 15 regional television broadcasters that make up the ITV, the oldest and largest commercial terrestrial television network in the United Kingdom....
     (17.5%), a British broadcast television network and the UK's largest advertising revenue based broadcaster via BSkyB, although a recent legal decision will require this stake to be cut.
  • News Corp Europe
    • bTV, a broadcast television network in Bulgaria
      Bulgaria

      The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
    • B1 TV
      B1 TV

      B1 TV is a Romanian television channel, which started broadcasting on December 14, 2001.External links...
       (12,5%), a broadcast television network in Romania
      Romania

      Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
      , in partnership with Ismar International NV
    • Fox Televizija
      Fox televizija

      Fox televizija is a Serbian commercial television network that was officialy launched on December 31, 2006.It is 49% owned by News Corporation since Serbian laws don't allow foreign subjects to own 50% percent or more of a television network with a nationwide broadcasting license....
      , a broadcast television network in Serbia
      Serbia

      Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
       (49%)
    • Fox Turkey
      Fox Turkey

      Fox Turkey is a TV channel broadcasting in Turkey associated with Fox Broadcasting Company....
      , a Turkish terrestrial channel (56,5%) (formerly TGRT)
    • Imedi Media Holding
      Imedi Media Holding

      Imedi Media Holding is a private television and Radio Company in Georgia . The stations were formerly owned in part by the late Georgian media tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili, and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
       (100%), a Georgian
      Georgia (country)

      Georgia is a transcontinental country in the Caucasus region, located at the dividing line between Europe and Asia. It is bordered by the Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia to the south, and Turkey to the southwest....
       radio and TV broadcaster.
      • Imedi Television
      • Radio Imedi
    • Israel 10
      Israel 10

      Channel 10 , formerly known as Israel 10 is a commercial broadcasting television channel licensed in Israel. It operates under the auspices of the Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority....
       (9%), a terrestrial channel in Israel.
    • LNT
      Latvijas Neatkariga Televizija

      LNT is a major private television company in Latvia. It was created in 1996, named Pica TV.In 2006, LNT had a 38.7% market share....
       (100%), a terrestrial channel in Latvia
    • TV5 Riga (100%), a terrestrial channel in Latvia
  • ANTV
    Antv

    antv is an Indonesian television network based in South Jakarta. It is owned by the family of Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie...
     (20%), a private television station in Indonesia
    Indonesia

    The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
    , under the administration and label of STAR TV
  • Prime Television New Zealand
    Prime Television New Zealand

    Prime Television is the seventh national free-to-air television station in New Zealand. The station airs a mixed group of programmes, largely imported from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as free-to-air rugby union, cricket and rugby league matches....
     - commercial TV station, interest held through stake in SKY Network Television
    SKY Network Television

    SKY Network Television Limited , often trading as SKY, is a New Zealand pay television service. On 31 December, 2007, SKY had 720,919 subscribers, which comprises:...


Satellite television
  • BSkyB
    British Sky Broadcasting

    British Sky Broadcasting is a company that operates Sky Digital , a subscription television service in the UK and Republic of Ireland. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels....
    , United Kingdom (39.1% holding).
  • Foxtel
    Foxtel

    Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
     (25%), Australia, a joint venture with Telstra
    Telstra

    Telstra or Telstra Corporation Ltd , is an Australian telecommunications and Electronic media company, formerly Public ownership by the Australian government....
     and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
    Publishing and Broadcasting Limited

    Publishing and Broadcasting Limited was one of Australia's largest companies, with interests primarily in media and gaming. The company demerger in late 2007, spin out its gaming interests into Crown Limited....
  • SKY Network Television
    SKY Network Television

    SKY Network Television Limited , often trading as SKY, is a New Zealand pay television service. On 31 December, 2007, SKY had 720,919 subscribers, which comprises:...
     , New Zealand (44%)
  • Sky Italia
    Sky Italia

    SKY Italia is an Italy digital television satellite television platform owned by News Corporation launched the 31 july 2003. It is similar in many ways to British Sky Broadcasting's Sky Digital in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, and like that network it is a major sports broadcaster....
    , Italian satellite TV service
  • Fox Channels Italy, Italian Broadcast and Production Company (with 2 HDTV)
  • Sky Latin America
    SKY Latin America

    SKY Latin America refers to two closely related pay-TV providers, one based in Mexico, the other in Brazil.The Mexican company was founded in mid-1996, a joint venture between British Sky Broadcasting , News Corporation, Liberty Media and Televisa....
    , Latin American satellite TV service
  • Premiere
    Premiere (pay television network)

    Premiere is the first Germany Pay-TV company, offering several channels of digital television content via satellite television and cable television....
     (25.01%), Germany's largest pay TV provider.
  • STAR TV
    STAR TV

    Satellite Television for the Asian Region is an Asian TV service owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. It is based in Hong Kong, with programming offices in India and Australia, as well as in other south Asian countries....
    , an Asian satellite TV service
  • Phoenix Television
    Phoenix Television

    Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd or Phoenix Television is a Hong Kong-based Mandarin Chinese television broadcaster that serves the Chinese mainland and other markets with substantial Chinese viewers....
     (17.6%), satellite TV network with landing rights in Hong Kong, and select provinces on Mainland China
  • Tata Sky
    Tata Sky

    Tata Sky is a Direct broadcast satellite satellite television provider in India, using MPEG-2 digital compression technology, transmitting using Indian National Satellite System#INSAT-4A at 83.0Celestial coordinate system....
     (20%), an Indian DTH TV service (in partnership with Tata Group
    Tata Group

    The Tata Group is a Multinational corporation Conglomerate based in Mumbai, India. In terms of market capitalization and revenues, Tata Group is the largest private corporate group in India and has been recognized as one of the most respected companies in the world over the years....
    )


Cable
CHANNELS
  • Fox Business Network
    Fox Business Network

    Fox Business Network is a US Cable News and satellite television news channel that commenced broadcasting on October 15, 2007. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
    , a business news channel.
  • Fox Classics
    FOX Classics

    FOX Classics is an Australian cable and satellite channel that specializes in showing classic movies and television series from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and some content from the 80's and 90's....
    , a channel airing classic TV shows & movies
  • Fox Movie Channel
    Fox Movie Channel

    Fox Movie Channel, formerly fXM, is a television channel that concentrates on showing movies uncut and television commercial-free. Fox Movie Channel mostly shows movies from 20th Century Fox's library from the mid-1930s to the 1990s, including some television movies....
    , an all-movie channel that airs commercial-free movies from 20th Century Fox
    20th Century Fox

    Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , also known as 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, or simply Fox, is one of the six Worldwide major film studios....
     film library
  • Fox News Channel, a 24-hour news channel
  • Fox Reality, a 'Reality TV'-themed channel
  • Fox Sports Net
    Fox Sports Net

    The Fox Sports Regional Networks, or simply Fox Sports Net , are a collection of Cable television regional sports networks in the United States owned and operated by News Corporation....
    , a chain of US regional cable television networks broadcasting local sporting events linked together by national sports news programming. Local channels include "Fox Sports Southwest", "Fox Sports Bay Area", etc. (some affiliates are owned by Cablevision).
  • Fox College Sports
    Fox College Sports

    Fox College Sports is a group of three United States digital cable networks, FCS Atlantic, FCS Central and FCS Pacific owned by News Corporation, that specialize primarily in showing collegiate programming, live events, coaches shows & various DI, DII, & DIII content surrounding college athletics....
    , a college sports network consisting of three regionally-aligned channels
  • SportSouth
    SportSouth

    SportSouth is a regional sports network in the United States, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. SportSouth, formerly Turner South, relaunched on October 13, 2006....
    , a regional sports network
    Regional sports network

    In the United States of America and Canada, a regional sports network, or RSN, is a cable television station that presents sports programming to a local market....
     in the United States, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
    .
  • Fox Sports International
    • Fox Soccer Channel
      Fox Soccer Channel

      Fox Soccer Channel is a United States digital cable network, owned by News Corporation, that specializes in football . The channel took its current name on February 7, 2005; before then, the network was known as Fox Sports World, launched November 1, 1997....
      , a United States digital cable
      Digital cable

      Digital cable is a type of cable television Distribution using digital video compression. The technology was developed by Motorola....
       network specialising mainly in soccer
      Football (soccer)

      Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
      .
    • Fox Sports Middle East - English language sports network airing in Middle East countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE & Yemen.
    • Fox Pan American Sports (37.9%) - joint venture with Hicks, Muse, and Tate & Furst.
      • Fox Sports en Español
        Fox Sports en Español

        Fox Sports en Espa?ol is a cable television Television network dedicated to Broadcasting of sports events 24 hours a day in Spanish language. FSE is a joint venture between Fox Sports International and Fox Pan American Sports LLC and is managed by Fox Sports International featuring soccer tournaments from across Latin America as well as Spa...
         (50%), a Spanish-language
        Spanish language

        Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
         North American cable sports network; its sports lineup is tailored to appeal to a Latin America
        Latin America

        Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
        n audience.
      • Fox Sports en Latinoamérica
        Fox Sports en Latinoamérica

        Fox Sports en Latinoam?rica is a cable television Television network dedicated to Broadcasting of sports events 24 hours a day.It is based at Buenos Aires, Argentina and also is the owner of the rights of Copa Santander Libertadores and Copa Nissan Sudamericana....
        , a Mexico-based Latin America
        Latin America

        Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
        n satellite and cable sports network.
  • FX Networks
    FX Networks

    FX is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporation's Fox Entertainment Group. The network's most popular original shows are The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me and Damages , as well as the comedy It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia....
    , a cable network broadcasting reruns of programming previously shown on other channels, but recently creating its own programming, including the Emmy Award
    Emmy Award

    The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
    -winning program The Shield
    The Shield

    The Shield was an United States drama television series which aired on FX in the U.S. and other networks internationally. Known for its controversial portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as "Rampart, Los Angeles, California" in reference to the true life Rampart Scandal, which the show's Strike Team was loos...
    .
  • SPEED Channel
    SPEED Channel

    Speed, sometimes still referred to as the Speed Channel, is a cable television and satellite television television channel broadcast to various parts of North America, but primarily the United States....
  • FUEL TV
    Fuel TV

    FuelL TV is an action sports network that appears in the United States....
  • Big Ten Network, cable and satellite channel dedicated to The Big Ten Conference
    Big Ten Conference

    The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I list of college athletic conferences. Its eleven member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Iowa and Minnesota in the west to Pennsylvania in the east....
    , launched Aug 2007 (49%)
  • National Geographic Channel
    National Geographic Channel

    National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society....
     (joint venture with National Geographic Magazine) 67%
  • National Geographic Channel International 75%
  • Fox International Channels, domestic cable channels offering different formats of Fox programming in over thirty countries worldwide.
    • Fox
      Fox Broadcasting Company

      The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
    • Fox Life
      Fox Life

      Fox Life is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across Latin America, Europe and Japan . Its basic programming include numerous television series, sitcoms and movies, among others, which includes some original programming in certain regions....
    • Fox Life HD
      Fox Life HD

      Fox Life HD is the Japanese version of the Fox Life broadcasting only in high-definition television, owned by FOX Broadcasting Company and Fox International Channels Italy....
    • Fox Crime
      Fox Crime

      Fox Crime is a television network, launched by the Fox Broadcasting Company, which airs across several countries of Europe and Asia, such as Italy, Portugal and Bulgaria....
    • FX
    • Fox Horror
    • Fox Movies
    • Fox Sports
    • Speed Channel
      SPEED Channel

      Speed, sometimes still referred to as the Speed Channel, is a cable television and satellite television television channel broadcast to various parts of North America, but primarily the United States....
    • National Geographic Channel
      National Geographic Channel

      National Geographic Channel, also commercially abbreviated as Nat Geo, is a subscription television channel that airs non-fiction television programs produced by the National Geographic Society....
    • National Geographic Channel HD
    • National Geographic Wild
      National Geographic Wild

      National Geographic Wild, commonly referred to as Nat Geo Wild, is a subscription TV channel. It is the latest channel to be launched by the National Geographic Society....
    • National Geographic Adventure
      National Geographic Adventure

      National Geographic Adventure, formerly known as Adventure One but now commonly known as Nat Geo Adventure, is a subscription TV channel part of National Geographic Society....
    • National Geographic Music
    • National Geographic Junior
    • Cult
      Cult (TV channel)

      Cult is an Italy entertainment TV channel that broadcasts on channel 142 in the SKY Italia satellite television network. It was acquired by Fox International Channels Italy in 2005...
    • Next:HD
      Next:HD

      Next:HD is an Italy High-definition television satellite TV channel available in Italy on SKY HD package, part of SKY Italia offer. The channel will be rebranded into a television series channel, called FOX in September ....
    • Voyage
    • Real Estate TV
      Real Estate TV

      Real Estate TV, also known as RETV, is an award winning UK based television channel and multi-media company that forms part of News Corporation?s Fox International Channels? network....
    • BabyTV
      BabyTV

      BabyTV is a 24 hour commercial-free television service dedicated to infants and toddlers under three years old. The channel broadcasts in over 70 countries worldwide, as well as being part of the in-flight entertainment for British Airways, All Nippon Airways and Qatar Airways....
    • Fox Toma 1 - Spanish language television production.
    • Fox Telecolombia
      Fox Telecolombia

      Fox Telecolombia S.A. is a major Colombian television production company company in Spanish language, owned by News Corporation since 2007 , and managed by Samuel Duque Rozo....
       - Spanish language television production. (51%)
    • Utarget.Fox - European and Latin American online ad company, plus now handles TV ad sales.
  • Latin America
    • Fox Latin American Channels - channels available in over 17 countries in Latin America
      • Baby TV
      • Canal FOX
      • Canal FX
      • Canal Fox Life
      • Canal Fox Reality
      • Canal Fox Sports
      • Canal Speed
      • Canal National Geographic Channel
      • Fox One-Stop Media - advertising sales for company owned and third party channels in Latin America
    • LAPTV (22.5%) (Latin American Pay Television) operates 8 cable movie channels throughout South America excluding Brazil.
      • Movie City
      • Cine Canal
      • Cine Canal Classics
      • City Vibe
      • City Mix
      • The Film Zone
      • Movie City HD
      • Movie City On Demand
    • Telecine(12.5%) operates 5 cable movie channels in Brazil.
      • Telecine Premium
      • Telecine Action
      • Telecine Light
      • Telecine Pipoca
      • Telecine Cult
  • Australia
    • Premier Media Group
      Premier Media Group

      Premier Media Group is a 50/50 joint venture of News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings and is Australia?s leading sports producer and broadcaster....
       (50%)
      • Fox Sports
        Fox Sports (Australia)

        Fox Sports is an Australian group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited....
         One
      • Fox Sports Two
      • Fox Sports Three
      • FoxSportsNews
        FoxSportsNews

        FoxSportsNews is an Australian cable and satellite sports news channel. Owned by Premier Media Group and is the sister channel of Fox Sports.FoxSportsNews launched on October 1 2006....
      • FUEL TV
        Fuel TV

        FuelL TV is an action sports network that appears in the United States....
         (Australia)
      • How To Channel
        HOW TO Channel

        HOW TO Channel is an Australian Cable television and satellite television television channel. It is carried on the Foxtel, Optus Television and Austar platforms....
    • Premium Movie Partnership (20%) - movie channels, a joint venture between 20th Century Fox
      20th Century Fox

      Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , also known as 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, or simply Fox, is one of the six Worldwide major film studios....
      , Sony
      Sony

      is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding US$99.1 billion ....
       Universal Pictures
      Universal Pictures

      This is a partial listing of films produced and/or distributed by Universal Pictures, the main film production company/distribution company arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal.List of films...
      , Paramount
      Paramount

      Paramount may refer to:In companies:*Paramount Motion Pictures Group, a motion picture holding company owned by Viacom*Paramount Pictures Corporation, a Worldwide American motion picture company...
       and Liberty Media
      Liberty Media

      The Liberty Media Corporation is an United States media conglomerate and the control is exercised by engineer Dr. John C. Malone, with a majority of the voting shares....
      • Showtime
        Showtime Australia

        Showtime Australia is a three-tier Australian pay-TV movie service, consisting of Showtime, Showtime 2 , Showtime Greats and Showcase....
         1 & 2
      • Showtime Greats
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%), 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

  • Fox Interactive Media
    Fox Interactive Media

    Fox Interactive Media oversees the Internet business operations of media giant News Corporation, and was formed to oversee News Corporation's new media acquisitions, including IGN Entertainment, MySpace and Photobucket....
    • Foxsports.com
      Foxsports.com

      Foxsports.com provides sports news, scores, sports statistics, sports and entertainment video, sports fantasy leagues and fantasy information. Launched in July 2001, it is a unit of Fox Interactive Media, which also includes other News Corporation online businesses, including MySpace, IGN Entertainment, Askmen.com, Rottentomatoes.com, Flektor and...
       - website with sports news, scores, statistics, video and fantasy sports
    • MySpace
      MySpace

      MySpace is a social network service website with an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally....
       - Social networking website, general interest website acquired through purchase from Intermix Media
      Intermix Media

      Intermix Media, Inc. was a Los Angeles-based Internet marketing company which owned the MySpace website. It was opened in 1998. In April 2005 New York State attorney-general Eliot Spitzer filed a lawsuit that alleged that the company is the source of secretly installed spyware that has illegally sent pop-up advertisements and other intrusio...
    • MySpace TV, a video site which will host amateur videos, contents from net and studios that competes with Google
      Google

      Google Inc. is an United States public company, earning revenue from AdWords related to its Google search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut, and YouTube services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the Google Search Appliance....
       YouTube
      YouTube

      YouTube is a Video hosting service website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005....
    • Photobucket
      Photobucket

      Photobucket is an , video hosting, slideshow creation and photo sharing website. It was founded in 2003 by Alex Welch and Darren Crystal and received funding from Trinity Ventures....
       - Photo sharing website.
    • Beliefnet
      Beliefnet

      Beliefnet is a large multi-faith e-community that aims to provide a free forum for religious information and inspiration, spiritual tools, and discussions and dialogue groups....
       - Largest online faith and spirituality network.
    • Hulu
      Hulu

      Hulu is a website that offers commercial-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox Broadcasting Company and many other networks and studios....
       (45%) - online video download site in partnership with NBC Universal
      NBC Universal

      NBC Universal, Inc. is a mass media and entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric's NBC with Vivendi part of the French Media Group, Vivendi Universal without Canal+ Group ....
      .
    • Flektor - provides Web-based tools for photo and video editing and mashups.
    • IGN
      IGN

      IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. Its corporate parent is IGN Entertainment, which owns and controls separate sites such as GameSpy, GameStats, Rotten Tomatoes and AskMen....
       Entertainment - Internet entertainment portal (Includes the sites IGN
      IGN

      IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. Its corporate parent is IGN Entertainment, which owns and controls separate sites such as GameSpy, GameStats, Rotten Tomatoes and AskMen....
      , GameSpy
      GameSpy

      GameSpy, also known as GameSpy Industries, is a division of IGN Entertainment, which operates a network of game websites and provides online video game-related services and software....
      , Rotten Tomatoes
      Rotten Tomatoes

      Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films. The name derives from the historical clich? of throwing tomatoes and other produce at stage performers if a performance was particularly bad....
      , TeamXbox
      TeamXbox

      TeamXbox is a gaming media web site dedicated to Microsoft's Xbox 360 platform. While the majority of content is Xbox 360 related, the site occasionally covers general technology and other video game news....
      , and Askmen.com
      AskMen.com

      AskMen.com is a free online men?s web portal, with international versions in the , , and ....
      )
    • Slingshot Labs - web development incubator (Includes the sites DailyFill
      DailyFill

      DailyFill is a celebrity news and gossip destination owned by News Corp and created by their incubator Slingshot Labs. The site launched in December of 2008, less than one year after the New York Post's Page Six shut down their own attempt at a celebrity news site....
      ).
    • Strategic Data Corp - interactive advertising company which develops technology to deliver targeted internet advertising.
    • WhatIfSports.com
      WhatIfSports.com

      WhatIfSports.com is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. that specializes in online sports simulations and fantasy sport-style games. It uses custom sports simulators to allow users to match teams from any era and generate a complete play-by-play of a game....
       - sports simulation and prediction website. Also provides fantasy-style sports games to play.
  • - 'India's no. 1 Entertainment Portal'
  • ROO Group Inc (5% increasing to 10% with performance targets)
  • News Digital Media
    News Digital Media

    News Digital Media is the digital division of News Limited, the Australian section of News Corporation. Its is one of Australia's largest and most innovative digital media networks....
    • - Australian-oriented news website
      • News Lab
        News Lab

        NEWS Lab NEWS lab is the research and development section of the News Limited website, based in Sydney, Australia....
    • (50%) - recruitment advertisement website in partnership with Monster Worldwide
      Monster Worldwide

      Monster Worldwide is the parent company for Monster.com; it alsoowns other well-known websites such as Military.com, HMForces.co.uk, ProNurse.co.uk, Tickle.com and Fastweb.com....
      .
    • Netus (75%) - investment co. in online properties.
  • REA Group (60.7%)
    • Realestate.com.au
    • (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.
    • (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.
    • , home renovation and improvement website.
    • Square Foot Limited, Hong Kong's largest English Language property magazine and website
      • Primedia
        Primedia

        PRIMEDIA Inc., , formerly known as K-III Communications, is the #1 print and online publisher and distributor of advertising-supported consumer guides in the U.S....
         - Holding co. of Inside DB, a Hong Kong lifestyle magazine.
  • (10%) Hosts of
  • New Zealand
    • DVD Unlimited
      DVD Unlimited

      DVD Unlimited was an Online DVD rental service based in Auckland, New Zealand. It is a wholly-owned unit of SKY Network Television. It competed directly with Movieshack and Fatso ....
       - leading online DVD subscription service (ownership through stake in Sky Network Television
      SKY Network Television

      SKY Network Television Limited , often trading as SKY, is a New Zealand pay television service. On 31 December, 2007, SKY had 720,919 subscribers, which comprises:...
      ).


Other assets


  • NDS - Conditional access technology and personal digital video recorders (PVRs) (49%)
    • Jungo
    • Timothy Coville
    • ITE, publisher of Playstation and Mobile games, and interactive television
    • Orbis Technology
      Orbis Technology

      Orbis Technology was founded in February, 1996 by Clive Haworth, James Caddy and Charles Malir as a systems integration company. Orbis's main activity is the development of its OpenBet software which is used by online gambling institutions throughout the world....
      , supplier of online gambling software
  • Broadsystem Ltd (UK) - Telephony provider for media companies, bought in 1991
  • Broadsystem Australia (Australia)
  • Broadsystem Ventures (UK) - provider of cheap-rate telephone calls, particularly for customers of Sky Television. Bought outright in 1999.
  • Jamba!
    Jamba!

    Jamba! is a mobile phone content provider, based in Berlin, Germany. In China and the company's English-speaking markets, currently Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, the company trades under the name Jamster!....
     - Mobile Entertainment/Mobile Handsets Personalisation/Games.
  • News Outdoor Group
    News Outdoor Group

    News Outdoor Group is the largest outdoor advertising company in Eastern Europe, a subsidiary of News Corporation. NewsCorp entered the OOH advertising market in 1999 and NOG has since become the leading emerging market OOH advertising company in the world....
     - Largest outdoor advertising company in Eastern Europe with over 70,000 ads including billboards and bus shelters, operating in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Israel, Poland, Romania, Russia (96 cities), Turkey & Ukraine.
    • Maximedia Israel (67%)
    • Mosgorreklama (50%) - Russia sign and marketing material manufacturer
    • Kamera Acikhava Reklamclik - leading outdoor advertising company in Turkey
  • Australian Associated Press
    Australian Associated Press

    Australian Associated Press is Australia's national news agency. The organisation was established in 1935.AAP employs more than 175 journalists who work in bureaux in all Australian states and territories....
     (45%) - real time news service.
  • Stats Inc (50%) - worlds leading provider of sporting information and statistical analysis (a JV with Associated Press
    Associated Press

    The Associated Press is an Media of the United States news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, Radio station and Television station stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staffers....
    )
  • Fox Sports Grill (50%) - Upscale sports bar and restaurant with 8 locations - Scottsdale, Arizona
    Scottsdale, Arizona

    Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix, Arizona. As of 2007 the population of the city was 240,410....
    ; Irvine, California
    Irvine, California

    Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s....
    ; Seattle, Washington
    Seattle, Washington

    Seattle is the most populous city in the US state of Washington and the Northwestern United States. The encompassing Seattle metropolitan area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest....
    ; Glendale, Arizona
    Glendale, Arizona

    Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Arizona, United States, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 246,531....
    ; Plano, Texas
    Plano, Texas

    Plano is a city in Texas. Located mainly within Collin County, Texas, it is a wealthy northern suburb of Dallas, Texas. The population was 222,030 at the United States Census, 2000, making it the ninth largest city in Texas....
    ; Houston, Texas
    Houston, Texas

    Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
    ; San Diego, California
    San Diego, California

    San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
    ; and Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
    .
  • Fox Sports Skybox (70%) - Sports fan's Bar & Grill at Staples Center
    Staples Center

    Staples Center is a multi-purpose arena in Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, United States. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex....
     and 6 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.


Annual conference


News Corporation organises an annual management conference, discussing media issues related to geopolitics
Geopolitics

Geopolitics is the art and practice of using international political power. Traditionally, the term has applied primarily to the impact of geography on politics, but its usage has evolved over the past century to encompass a wider connotation....
. Attendees include News Corporation executives, senior journalists, Politicians and Celebrities. Previous events were in Cancun
Cancún

Canc?n is a coastal city in Mexico's easternmost state, Quintana Roo, on the Yucat?n Peninsula. Cancun is located on the Yucatan Channel that separates Mexico from the island of Cuba in the Greater Antilles....
, Mexico, and the Hayman Island
Hayman Island

Hayman Island is the most northerly of the Cumberland Islands, which are located off the coast Queensland, Australia at . Hayman Island is most famous for its resort which was built in the 1950s by millionaire Reg Ansett, who also founded Ansett Australia....
 off the coast of Australia. The events are 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
Pebble Beach, California

Pebble Beach is a small coastal unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, California. Best known as a resort destination, the area is home to the famous golf course, Pebble Beach Golf Links....
 was led by Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, Order of Australia, Order of St. Gregory the Great , usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born International Mass media business magnate....
. According to a copy of the agenda leaked to the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. It is the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States and the fourth-most widely distributed newspaper in the United States....
 and other media accounts, issues discussed related from Europe to broadcasting
Broadcasting

Broadcasting is distribution of Sound and/or video Signalling s which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large sub-audience, such as children or young adults....
 and new media
New media

New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information technology and communication technology technologies in the later part of the 20th century....
, terrorism
Terrorism

Terrorism, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, is the systematic use of terror, "violent or destructive acts committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands." At present, there is no internationally agreed upon definition of terrorism....
 to the national policy
National Policy

The National Policy was a Canada economic program introduced by John A. Macdonald's Conservative Party of Canada in 1876 after it returned to power....
. The event included speeches from Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, Order of Australia, Order of St. Gregory the Great , usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born International Mass media business magnate....
, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, businessman, and Politics of the United States, currently serving as the List of Governors of California Governor of California of the state of California....
, Prime Minister Tony Blair
Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair is a British politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007....
, Bono
Bono

Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
, Al Gore
Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. is an United States environmentalism activist who served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President of the United States Bill Clinton....
, Senator John McCain
John McCain

John Sidney McCain III is the senior senator United States United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election....
 and Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the fifteenth Democrat elected to that office....
 while Israeli vice-premier, Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres

Order of St Michael and St George is the ninth and current President of Israel. Peres served twice as Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 Cabinet of Israel in a political career spanning over 66 years....
, will appear on a panel named Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
 and the West. The Other notable attendees include Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich

Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich is an American politician and author, who served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999....
 and Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman

Nicole Mary Kidman, Order of Australia is an Academy Award-winning Hawaiian-born Australian actress, fashion model, singer, United Nations Citizen of the World award-winning humanitarian, and a UNIFEM and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador....
.

See also

  • List of conglomerates
    List of conglomerates

    A Conglomerate is a large company that consists of diverse divisions; the term is almost always reserved for companies having otherwise unrelated businesses under a common corporate umbrella....
  • List of assets owned by News Corporation
    List of assets owned by News Corporation

    List of assets owned by the News Corporation:Film* Twentieth Century Fox* Twentieth Century Fox Espa?ol* Twentieth Century Fox International...


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