News Corp (Class A)
News Corporation (Nasdaq: NWSA and NWS) is a global, diversified media and information services company headquartered in New York with operations primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The company's website is www.newscorp.com. From the company’s description.
Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure.
What News Corp (Class A) does
In the company’s own words
News Corporation (Nasdaq: NWSA and NWS) is a global, diversified media and information services company headquartered in New York with operations primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The company's website is www.newscorp.com.
News Corp operates through five reportable segments that collectively generated revenues across news, digital real estate services, and book publishing. The Dow Jones segment, which generated $2.5 billion in revenue, operates a global provider of news, data, and business information through premier brands including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, and professional information products such as Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Factiva, and Dow Jones Newswires. The Digital Real Estate Services segment, contributing $2.0 billion in revenue, consists of the company's 62.0% interest in REA Group, a market-leading digital media business specializing in property across Australia, and its 80% interest in Move, which operates Realtor.com®, a premier real estate information and services platform in the United States. The Book Publishing segment, generating $2.3 billion in revenue, comprises HarperCollins, the second-largest consumer book publisher globally, operating more than 120 branded imprints and maintaining a catalog of over 250,000 publications in 16 languages. The News Media segment, producing $2.2 billion in revenue, includes News Corp Australia, News UK, and the New York Post, along with News Broadcasting, which operates talkSPORT and other radio networks, and Australian News Channel.
The company's business model emphasizes premium content creation and distribution across digital and traditional platforms, generating revenue through subscriptions, circulation sales, advertising, real estate listing products, licensing fees, and consumer product sales. News Corp maintains significant competitive advantages through its portfolio of globally recognized brands, substantial audience scale, proprietary data and technology platforms, and diversified revenue streams. The company distributes content across websites, mobile applications, social media, streaming platforms, print publications, and radio, positioning itself to capitalize on the ongoing shift toward digital consumption while maintaining traditional revenue sources.
Company details
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry (SIC)
- Publishing
- Headquarters
- NEW YORK, NY
- Fiscal year end
- June
- CIK
- 1564708
- SIC
- 2711
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2014–2026 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns News Corp (Class A) — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · News Corp (Class A)’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
By share class
| Class | Held by funds | Funds | Shares out |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWSClass B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 16.5% | 350 | 180.5M |
| NWSAClass A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 37.2% | 527 | 360.5M |
News Corp (Class A)’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 2 issues of News Corp (Class A)’s debt, $315.96M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.23%, maturing 2029 to 2032.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
All filings →Each filing opens into its own statements and disclosures here.
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