News Corp

News Corp. is a media and information services company, which engages in the creation and distribution of content and other services. It operates through the following segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The Digital Real Estate Services segment refers to the firm’s interest in the REA Group, a company with operations focused on property and property-related advertising and services, as well as financial services. The Subscription Video Services segment provides sports, entertainment and news services to pay-TV and streaming subscribers and other commercial licensees, primarily via cable, satellite and internet distribution. The Dow Jones segment offers news and business information, which distributes content and data through a variety of owned and off-platform media channels including newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video and podcasts. The Book Publishing segment is composed of HarperCollins, which publishes and distributes consumer books globally through print, digital and audio formats. The News Media segment includes the operations of News Corp Australia, News UK, and the New York Post. The Other segment represents general corporate overhead expenses, costs related to the U.K. Newspaper Matters and expenses associated with the company’s cost reduction initiatives. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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NWS reports resilient Q1 performance, eyes digital media growth

NWS delivered resilient performance with a focus on cost reduction and digital expansion. While facing challenges in certain segments, the company is well-positioned to capitalize on opportunities presented by generative AI and digital media growth.

News Corp faces mixed Q2 results, eyes growth opportunities

News Corp's Q2 2023 earnings call highlighted a mixed performance across segments, with notable strengths in digital revenues and subscriber growth offset by challenges in certain divisions. The company is focused on cost-cutting measures and exploring opportunities for growth and value creation.

News Corp reports resilient Q3 results, eyes growth opportunities ahead

News Corp's Q3 performance showcased resilience and strategic cost reductions, with strengths in digital subscriptions, backlist sales, and advertising growth. Challenges include digital real estate services, supply chain issues, and consumption softness. Opportunities lie in generative AI, cost savings, and leveraging digital and backlist successes for future growth.

News Corp's Q4 earnings reflect digital shift and segment growth

News Corp's Q4 performance highlighted a shift towards digital and recurring revenues, with various segments showing growth and challenges. Foxtel's success in streaming and Dow Jones' profitability growth were key highlights.
Despite challenges faced by HarperCollins and REALTOR, opportunities for margin improvement and strategic growth plans exist. Cost efficiencies and digital transformation efforts contributed to improved segment performance.
Overall, News Corp aims for stable CapEx and continues to explore potential actions like an IPO for Foxtel. The company's focus on asset value and profitability underscores its commitment to optimal resource utilization.

News Corp reports Q1 revenue growth and profitability surge

News Corp's Q1 performance showcased revenue growth and increased profitability, driven by strong segments like Dow Jones and HarperCollins.
While facing challenges in the News Media segment and real estate business, the company is focused on optimizing operations and investing in growth areas.
Opportunities lie in digital transformation, AI content partnerships, and the realtor.com business, positioning News Corp for long-term success and value creation.
Overall, News Corp remains committed to maximizing shareholder value and navigating macroeconomic conditions to sustain positive EBITDA margins.

News Corp reports revenue growth and digital shift in Q2

News Corp's Q2 2024 earnings call reflected a positive financial outlook with revenue and profitability growth. The company's strategic focus on digital expansion, subscription models, and operational efficiencies has yielded favorable results across various segments. While challenges persist in certain divisions, News Corp remains committed to driving value for shareholders through portfolio optimization and revenue diversification.

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News Corp. is diversified media and information services company, which engages in the business of creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content and other products and services to consumers and businesses. It operates through the following segments: Digital Real Estate Services, Subscription Video Services, Dow Jones, Book Publishing, News Media, and Other. The Digital Real Estate Services segment is involved in the operations of the REA Group. The Subscription Video Services segment provides sports, entertainment, and news services to pay-TV and streaming subscribers and other commercial licensees. The Dow Jones segment offers content and data through a variety of owned and off-platform media channels including newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video, and podcasts. The Book Publishing segment focuses on HarperCollins which publishes and distributes consumer books globally through print, digital, and audio formats. The News Media segment includes the operations of News Corp Australia, News UK, and the New York Post. The Other segment consists of corporate overhead expenses, strategy costs, and costs related to the newspaper matters. The company was founded by Keith Rupert Murdoch in 1979 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

The architect of Australia's new law making Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc pay news outlets for content on Thursday rejected a suggestion the move was the result of lobbying by News Corp, calling the claim "extremely strange".

Australia antitrust boss rejects claim big tech law is a favour for News Corp

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corp announced today that HarperCollins Publishers President and Chief Executive Officer Brian Murray will participate in the Credit Suisse 23rd Annual Communications Conference on Tuesday, June 15. The virtual session will begin at 9:30am EDT. To listen to a live webcast, please visit the News Corp website at https://newscorp.com/investor-relations-2/presentations/. A replay of the webcast is expected to be available at the same location for a period of time fol

News Corp's HarperCollins Publishers to Participate in the Credit Suisse 23rd Annual Communications Conference

News Corporation (NWSA) acquires Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Books & Media segment for $349 million in cash.

News Corporation (NWSA) Buys Houghton's Books & Media Unit

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corp announced today that it has completed its acquisition of the Books & Media segment of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH Books & Media). As previously announced, the business will be operated by HarperCollins Publishers, a News Corp subsidiary. “We welcome the talented team at HMH Books & Media to HarperCollins, especially at a time when so many people in so many places are reading and listening to books,” said Robert Thomson, Chief Executive of News

News Corp Completes Acquisition of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media Segment

News Corporation (NWSA) CEO Robert Thomson on Q3 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

News Corporation's (NWSA) third-quarter results reflect revenue growth across all segments, except News Media.

News Corporation (NWSA) Q3 Earnings Top Estimates, Sales Up

News Corp reported 3% revenue growth for the quarter that ended in March, driven by positive foreign-exchange fluctuations plus solid growth at the company's digital real estate, book publishing and Dow Jones units.

News Corp revenue rises on real estate and publishing growth

Wall Street Journal parent News Corp beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Thursday, as the company's digital push helped its Dow Jones unit attract more subscribers.

News Corp quarterly revenue beats on digital push

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corporation (“News Corp” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Commenting on the results, Chief Executive Robert Thomson said: “The financial year is on a trajectory to be the most profitable since our reincarnation in 2013. This highlights the transformed character of the Company, with improved revenue performance and a 23 percent increase in profitability in the third q

News Corporation Reports Third Quarter Results for Fiscal 2021

News Corp (NASDAQ﻿﻿: NWSA), a global, diversified media and information services company, is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter results on Thursday, May 6. We expect NWSA to likely beat the revenue and earnings expectations, driven by the positive momentum of Digital Real Estate.

News Corp Stock To Trade Higher Post Fiscal Q3 Release?

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corp announced today that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Investor's Business Daily (IBD) from O'Neil Capital Management. As previously announced, the high margin, profitable and rapidly growing financial news and research business will be operated by Dow Jones, a News Corp subsidiary. “We welcome IBD and its talented employees to News Corp and Dow Jones, and look forward to the many and varied ways in which this thriving digital business will ex

News Corp Completes Acquisition of Investor's Business Daily

News Corp Stock (NASDAQ: NWSA), a diversified media company that includes news and information services, book publishing, digital real estate services, and subscription video services (in Australia), experienced almost a 4% decline over the last week (five trading days) to levels of around $26 cu.

Will News Corp's Stock Rebound After The Recent Drop?

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has abandoned plans to launch a traditional TV news channel in Britain after deciding it was not commercially viable, an emailed memo to staff shows.

Murdoch's News Corp abandons plans for TV news channel in Britain

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corp will release its third quarter Fiscal 2021 results on Thursday, May 6, 2021. News Corp Chief Executive Robert Thomson and Chief Financial Officer Susan Panuccio will host a call with analysts and media to discuss the results at 5:00 p.m. EDT (Sydney: Friday, May 7, at 7:00 a.m. AEST). Reporters are invited to join the call on a listen-only basis. A live audio webcast of the call will be available via http://investors.newscorp.com. The call can also be access

News Corp to Report Fiscal 2021 Third Quarter Earnings

News Corp. has been on an acquisition spree of late, bringing IBD and HMH into the fold. But the News Corp. "stub" remains deeply discounted relative to the market value of its REA stake and publicly traded comps for its Dow Jones business.

News Corp.: A Deeply Discounted Sum-Of-Parts Play

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corporation (“News Corp”) announced today the pricing of its private offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”). The aggregate principal amount of Notes to be issued in the offering was increased to $1 billion from the previously announced $750 million. The notes will bear interest at a rate of 3.875% per annum, payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2021. The notes will

News Corp Announces Pricing and Upsizing of Private Offering of $1 Billion Senior Notes Due 2029

News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS) (NASDAQ: NWSA) is offering $750 million Senior Notes due 2029 in a private secondary offering. It intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions and working capital.

News Corp Seeks To Raise $750M Via Private Debt

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corporation (“News Corp”) announced today that it is offering $750 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) in a private offering, subject to market and other conditions. News Corp plans to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions and working capital. News Corp will make the offering pursuant to an exemption under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities A

News Corp Announces Private Offering of $750 million of Senior Notes due 2029

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

News Corporation (NWSA) agrees to acquire Houghton's Books & Media segment, which boasts of successful backlists in the publishing industry. This will fuel growth across HarperCollins.

News Corporation (NWSA) to Buy Houghton's Books & Media Arm

Further consolidation worries the industry. After unloading several noncore businesses over the past year, News Corp is expanding again, following last week's acquisition of Investor's Business Daily.

What Does News Corp's Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Purchase Mean For Publishing?

Rupert Muroch's News Corp said Monday it will acquire the Books & Media segment of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for $349 million in cash and merge it with HarperCollins amid ongoing consolidation in the book publishing business. HMH Books & Media has an extensive backlist, “a sustainable and growing source of revenues, high margins and cash...

News Corp. To Buy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Division For $349 Million

News Corp is paying $349 million in cash to acquire the books and media segment of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The operation will be added to News Corp's HarperCollins, significantly boosting the backlist of the world's second-largest consumer publisher. As much as they savor a contemporary hit, publishers rely on their backlists for a reliable flow...

News Corp To Acquire Book Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt For $349 Million

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co (NASDAQ: HMHC) inked an agreement to divest its consumer publishing business, HMH Books & Media, to News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA) division HarperCollins Publishers for $349 million cash. The divestiture will help HMH concentrate on K–12 education and drive digital sales, annual recurring revenue, free cash flow, and repay debt.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Shares Are Trading Higher On Selling Books & Media Segment To News Corp For $349M

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said it's agreed to sell its HMH Books & Media consumer publishing division to News Corp. for $349 million in cash. Houghton Mifflin said the deal to sell the publisher of the J.R.R.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt selling consumer publishing unit to News Corp. for $349 million

BOSTON, March 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Learning technology company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ("HMH" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: HMHC) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to divest HMH Books & Media, its consumer publishing business, to HarperCollins Publishers, a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWSA), a global, diversified media and information services company, for a cash purchase price of $349 million.The divestiture enables HMH to focus singularly on K–12 education and accelerate growth momentum in digital sales, annual recurring revenue and free cash flow while paying down a significant portion of its debt. For nearly two centuries, HMH Books & Media has published some of the world's most renowned novels, nonfiction, cookbooks and children's books.

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