News Corporation is a media conglomerate that operates world-wide. Its major shareholder and managing director is Rupert Murdoch. It is a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and as a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol NWC
Formerly incorporated in Adelaide, Australia, and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, News Corporation is now a U.S. company re-incorporated in the State of Delaware after a majority of shareholders approved the move. This reincorporation was completed on November 12, 2004.
The holdings of News Corporation include:
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Books
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Newspapers
- Australian newspapers
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UK newspapers, published by News International Ltd.
- News Group Newspapers Ltd.
- Times Newspapers Ltd.
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US newspapers and magazines
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Magazines
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Music
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Satellite
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BSkyB, United Kingdom (35% holding)
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DirecTV Group, North and South America
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DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite TV provider
- DirectTV Latin America
- Hughes Network Systems
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Foxtel, Australia (25% holding)
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Sky Italia, Italian satellite TV service
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Star TV, an Asian satellite TV service
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Sports
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Studios
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TV
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Fox Network a US-wide broadcast television network
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Fox News Channel, a 24-hour cable news channel
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Fox Sports Net, a chain of regional cable television networks broadcasting local sporting events linked together by national sports news programming. Local chanels include "Fox Sports Southwest", "Fox Sports Bay Area", etc.
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Fox Soccer Channel, a United States digital cable network specializing mainly in soccer.
- Fox Sports en Español , a Spanish-language North American cable sports network; its sports lineup is tailored to appeal to a Latin American audience.
- Fox Sports en Latinoamérica , a Mexico-based Latin American satellite and cable sports network.
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Foxtel, Australia's largest satellite and cable pay TV provider, a joint venture with Telstra and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
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FX Networks, a cable network broadcasting reruns of programming previously shown on other channels, but recently creating its own programming, including the Emmy Award-winning program The Shield.
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National Geographic Channel
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SPEED Channel
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Sky One A UK-based general entertainment channel (part of BSkyB)
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Sky News UK-based satellite/cable news channel (part of BSkyB)
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Sky Sports UK-based satellite/cable sports channel plex (part of BSkyB)
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Sky Movies UK-based satellite/cable movie channel plex (part of BSkyB)
- Sky Box Office UK-based on-demand movie channel (part of BSkyB)
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Other assets
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