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{{Infobox_Company
|company_name=News Corporation
|company_logo=[[Image:News Corporation.svg|231px]]
|company_type=Public: ({{nyse|NWS}}, {{nyse|NWSa}}, {{asx|NWS}}, {{lse|NCRA}})
|foundation= {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adelaide]], [[Australia]] (1979)
|location= {{flagicon|US}} [[New York City]], formerly in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|key_people=[[Rupert Murdoch]]<br>[[Peter Chernin]]<br>[[David DeVoe]]<br>[[Lawrence Jacobs]]<br>[[James Murdoch (media executive)|James Murdoch]]<br>
|industry=[[Broadcasting]], [[Publishing]], [[Mass Media|Media]], [[Internet]], [[Entertainment]]
|slogan = Creating and distributing top quality news, sports and entertainment around the world
|products=[[Films]], [[Television]], [[Cable television|Cable Programming]], [[Satellite Television]], [[Magazines]], [[Newspapers]], [[Books]], [[Sports|Sporting Events]], [[Websites]]
|revenue={{gain}}$28.66 billion [[USD]] (March 21, 2008)<ref>[http://www.newscorp.com/Report2007/AnnualReport2007/HTML2/news_corp_ar2007_0069.htm News Corporation - Annual Report 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|num_employees=64,000 (2008)<ref name=zenobank>{{cite web |url=http://zenobank.com/index.php?symbol=NWSA&page=quotesearch |title=Company Profile for News Corporation (NWSA) |accessdate=2008-09-30}}</ref>
|homepage=[http://www.newscorp.com/ www.newscorp.com]}}
[[Image:1211avenueoftheamericas.jpg|thumb|right|275px|1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based]]
'''News Corporation''' (often abbreviated to '''News Corp''') ({{nyse|NWS}}, {{nyse|NWSa}}, {{asx|NWS}}, {{lse|NCRA}}) is the world's largest [[Media conglomerate|media]] [[list of conglomerates|conglomerate companies]] by [[market capitalisation]].<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/business/news/e3i729f8835496e3ace5be346c06e9db2f7 News No. 1 in the world with $67.8 bil<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,22617852-14334,00.html Rupert Murdoch celebrates market milestone | NEWS.com.au Business<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is [[Rupert Murdoch]] and the President and Chief Operating Officer is [[Peter Chernin]].

News Corporation is a [[public company]] listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] and the [[Australian Securities Exchange]] and as a secondary listing on the [[London Stock Exchange]]. Formerly incorporated in [[South Australia]], the company was re-incorporated in the [[United States]] state of [[Delaware corporation|Delaware]] after a majority of shareholders approved the move on [[November 12]] [[2004]].

News Corporation's headquarters is at 1211 [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Ave.)]], in [[Media of New York City|New York City]], in the newer 1960s-1970s corridor of the [[Rockefeller Center]] complex.

Revenue for the year ended [[June 30]] [[2007]] was [[United States dollar|US$]]28.655 billion with an operating income of [[United States dollar|US$]]4.452 billion. Almost 70% of the company's sales come from its US businesses.

==History==
News Corp was created in 1980 by [[Rupert Murdoch]] as a [[holding company]] for [[News Limited]]. News Limited was created by Murdoch from the assets he inherited in 1952 following the death of his father, Sir [[Keith Murdoch]], and subsequent expansion. The main asset left to him was ownership of the ''[[The News (Adelaide)|Adelaide News]]''.

In 1986 and 1987, News Corp (through [[subsidiary]] [[News International]]) moved to adjust the production process of its British newspapers, over which the printing unions had long maintained a highly restrictive grip.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960821-2,00.html Revolution on Fleet Street - TIME<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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]]. This led to a confrontation with the printing unions [[NGA (British trades union)|NGA]] and [[SOGAT]]. The move of News International's London operation to [[Wapping]] in the East End resulted in nightly battles outside the new plant. Delivery vans and depots were frequently and violently attacked.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960821-3,00.html Revolution on Fleet Street - TIME<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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]]''. Soon afterwards it founded the ''[[National Star]]'', a [[supermarket tabloid]], and in 1976 it purchased the ''[[New York Post]]''. In 1981 News Corp bought half the movie studio [[20th Century Fox]], buying the other half in 1984. In 1985 News Corp announced it was buying the [[Metromedia]] group of stations, setting the stage for the launch of a fourth U.S. broadcast network. On [[September 4]] [[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]] 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. 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 [[BSkyB|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]] 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]] (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]] to develop a major news [[website]] as well as funding a conservative news magazine, ''[[The Weekly Standard]]''. In the same year, News Corp launched the [[Foxtel]] pay television network in Australia in a partnership with [[Telstra]] and [[Publishing and Broadcasting Limited]].

In 1996, Fox established the [[Fox News Channel]], a 24-hour [[Cable News|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]]'s [[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 (born 1972)|James Murdoch]] for several years.

In late 2003, News Corp acquired a 34% stake in [[Hughes]] [[DirecTV]], from [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] for Electronics, operator of the largest American satellite TV system, 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. The corporation on 15 October 2007 spun off a business news channel from Fox News - [[Fox Business Network]].<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i118a16d2ff59590bd77181d8da9c9fb9
''Fox Business makes TV debut'', Hollywood Reporter, 16 October 2007]. Accessed: 10-17-2007.</ref> The channel's lawyers were "reviewing all of the fine details of the contract" between Dow Jones and [[CNBC]], said Alexis Glick, Fox Business News's vice president of business news and the channel's morning anchor. But, she added, "we will actively use" the other Dow Jones properties.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2007-10-14-fox-business-network_N.htm/ ''Fox Business Network blazes new trail'', USA Today, 14 October 2007]. Accessed: 10-17-2007.</ref> "...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]].<ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071016.RCARRICK16/TPStory/Business/ ''Fox Business: Fluff meets financial'', Toronto Globe and Mail, 16 October 2007]. Accessed: 10-17-2007.</ref>

==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]] to [[John Malone]]'s [[Liberty Media]]; in return it bought back Liberty's 16.3% shares in News Corp., giving Murdoch tighter control of the latter firm. [http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2006-12-22-newscorp-liberty_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA] Murdoch sold 17.5 million class A shares in December 2007<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/BUSINESS/News-Corp-Murdoch-trust-sells-shares/2007/11/16/1194766914058.html News Corp Murdoch trust sells shares - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*Saudi prince [[Al-Waleed bin Talal]] who is an investing tycoon and chairman of the [[Kingdom Holding Company]] said in an interview with [[Charlie Rose]] that he had about a 6-7% stake in News Corp.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml;jsessionid=CEHWDQYDNRBDZQFIQMGSM5OAVCBQWJVC?xml=/money/2005/08/26/cnmurd26.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/portal/source "Murdoch's son sees pay doubled ahead of exit"]</ref><ref>[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5248387077652418022&q=alwaleed&hl=en Charlie Rose - Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Corporate governance==
The company's Board of Directors consists of 15 individuals:
*[[Rupert Murdoch]] (Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer)
*[[José María Aznar]]
*[[Peter Barnes]]
*[[Peter Chernin]] (President & Chief Operating Officer)
*[[Kenneth Cowley]]
*[[David DeVoe]] (Chief Financial Officer)
*[[Viet Dinh]]
*[[Sir Roderick Eddington]] (Lead Director)
*[[Andrew Knight]]
*[[Lachlan Murdoch]]
*[[James Murdoch]] (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Europe & Asia)
*[[Mark Hurd]]
*[[Thomas Perkins]]
*[[Arthur Siskind]] (Senior Adviser to the Chairman)
*[[John Thornton]]
*[[Stanley Shuman]] (Emeritus)

==Office of the Chairman==
*[[Rupert Murdoch]] (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer)
*[[Peter Chernin]] (Chief Operating Officer & President)
*[[David DeVoe]] (Chief Financial Officer)
*[[Lawrence Jacobs]] (Group General Counsel)
*[[James Murdoch (media executive)|James Murdoch]] (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Europe & Asia)
*[[Roger Ailes]] (Chairman of Fox Television Stations Group)

==Holdings==

{{mergeto|List of assets owned by News Corporation|date=March 2008}}

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===Books===
*[[HarperCollins]] book publishing company
**HarperCollins India (40%) joint venture with [[India Today Group]]
*[[Zondervan]] Christian book publisher
**[[Youth Specialties]] - 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]]'' (Nationwide)
**Community Media Group (16 QLD & NSW suburban/regional titles)
**''[[The Courier-Mail]]'' (Queensland)
**''[[The Sunday Mail]]'' (Queensland)
**''[[The Cairns Post]]'' (Cairns, Queensland)
**''[[The Gold Coast Bulletin]]'' (Gold Coast, Queensland)
**''The Townsville Bulletin'' (Townsville, Queensland)
**''[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]'' (New South Wales)
**''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' (New South Wales)
**''[[Herald Sun]]'' (Victoria)
**''[[Herald Sun|Sunday Herald Sun]]'' (Victoria)
**''[[The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd|The Weekly Times]]'' (Victoria)
**Leader Newspapers (30 suburban Melbourne, VIC titles)
**''[[MX (newspaper)|MX]]'' (Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane CBD)
**''[[The Geelong Advertiser]]'' (Geelong, Victoria)
**''[[The Advertiser (Australia)|The Advertiser]]'' (South Australia)
**''[[The Sunday Mail]]'' (South Australia)
**''[[Messenger Newspapers]]'' (11 suburban Adelaide, SA titles)
**''[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]]'' (Western Australia)
**''[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]'' (Tasmania)
**Quest Newspapers (19 suburban Brisbane, QLD titles)
**''[[The Sunday Tasmanian]]'' (Tasmania)
**''[[Northern Territory News]]'' (Northern Territory)
**''[[The Sunday Territorian]]'' (Northern Territory)
**''[[Tablelands Advertiser|The Tablelands Advertiser]]'' (Atherton Tablelands and the Far North, Queensland)
*Fiji
**''[[Fiji Times]]'' (National)
** Nai Lalakai
** [[Shanti Dut]]
*Papua New Guinea
**''[[Papua New Guinea Post-Courier]]'' (National)(62.5%)
*[[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] newspapers, published by subsidiaries of [[News International]] Ltd.
**News Group Newspapers Ltd.
***the [[tabloid]] ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' (published in Ireland as ''[[The Sun (newspaper)#Related newspapers|The Irish Sun]]'')
***the [[tabloid]] ''[[News of the World]]''
**Times Newspapers Ltd.
***the [[broadsheet]] ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]''
***the 'ex-[[broadsheet]]' (Now in [[Compact (newspaper)|compact]] form) ''[[The Times]]''
***''[[The Times Literary Supplement]]''
**NI Free Newspapers Ltd.
***the free newspaper ''[[thelondonpaper]]''
*[[United States|US]] newspapers and magazines
**The ''[[New York Post]]''
**[[Dow Jones & Company]]
***''Consumer Media Group''
****[[The Wall Street Journal]] - the leading US financial newspaper.
****Wall Street Journal Europe
****Wall Street Journal Asia
****Barron's - weekly financial markets magazine.
****[[Marketwatch]] - Financial news and information website.
****Far Eastern Economic Review
***''Enterprise Media Group''
****[[Dow Jones Newswires]] - global, real-time news and information provider.
****[[Factiva]] - provides business news and information together with content delivery tools and services.
****[[Dow Jones Indexes]] - stock market indexes and indicators, including the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]].
****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]] (33%) - Russia's leading financial newspaper (joint venture with [[Financial Times]] and Independent Media).
***[[SmartMoney]] (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]] insert/website)
*''[[The Weekly Standard]]'' (Washington, D.C.)
*Australian
**Alpha Magazine
**Australian Country Style
**Australian Golf Digest
**Australian Good Taste
**[[Big League]]
**BCME
**Delicious
**Donna Hay
**Fast Fours
**[[GQ Australia|GQ]] (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 (magazine)|Vogue]] (Australia)
**Vogue Entertaining & Travel
**[[Vogue Living]]
*''[[Love it!]]'' (UK based Magazine)
*''[[InsideOut]]'' (UK Based Magazine)

===Music / Radio===
*[[MySpace Records]]
*India
**[[Radio City (India radio station)]](20%)held through [[STAR TV]]- commercial FM network with stations in 20 cities.
*Russia
**Nashe (50%)
**Best FM (50%)

===Sport===
*50% of the [[National Rugby League]] (Australia and New Zealand)
*Majority ownership of the [[Brisbane Broncos]] (68.9%) and, full ownership of the [[Melbourne Storm]] [[rugby league]] team.
*[[Colorado Rockies]] (15%)

===Studios===
*[[Fox Filmed Entertainment]]: 20th Century Fox's parent company
*[[20th Century Fox]]: a film production company
*[[20th Century Fox Television]] - primetime television programming.
*[[20th Television]] - television distribution (syndication).
*[[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] - specialised films.
*[[Fox 2000 Pictures]] - general audience feature films.
*[[Fox Television Studios]](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]] - 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]] - Promotion and distribution of Christian and related "family friendly" movies on DVD and some theatrical release.
*[[Fox Studios Australia]], [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney, New South Wales]]
*[[Blue Sky Studios]] - production of CGI films eg. Ice Age.
*[[Fox Entertainment Group]]
*[[New Regency Productions]] (20%) - general audience feature films.
*[[Regency Television]] (50%) - mainstream television shows.
*[[Regency Enterprises]] (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 [[December 22]], [[2007]]. The stations are US [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] affiliates.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kercheval, Nancy and Danielle Rossingh|title=News Corp. to Sell U.S. TV Stations for $1.1 Billion (Update5)|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3tNrZzvfKiM|publisher=Bloomberg.com|date=2007-12-22|accessdate=2007-12-22}}</ref>

====Broadcast====
*[[Fox Broadcasting Company]] (FOX), a US broadcast television network
*[[My Network TV]], a US broadcast television network
*[[Fox Television Stations Group]], a group of [[owned and operated]] FOX television stations
*[[Saeta TV Channel 10]], channel of Uruguay
*[[ITV plc]] (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 (Bulgaria)|bTV]], a broadcast television network in [[Bulgaria]]
**[[B1 TV]] '''(12,5%)''', a broadcast television network in [[Romania]], in partnership with Ismar International NV
**[[Fox Televizija]], a broadcast television network in [[Serbia]] (49%)
**[[Fox Turkey]], a Turkish terrestrial channel (56,5%) (formerly TGRT)
**[[Imedi Media Holding]] (100%), a [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] radio and TV broadcaster.
***Imedi Television
***Radio Imedi
**[[TV Puls]] (35%), a terrestrial channel in [[Poland]].
**[[Israel 10]] (9%), a terrestrial channel in Israel.
**LNT (100%), a terrestrial channel in Latvia
**TV5 Riga (100%), a terrestrial channel in Latvia
*[[ANTV]] (20%), a private television station in [[Indonesia]], under the administration and label of STAR TV
* [[Prime Television New Zealand]] - commercial TV station, interest held through stake in [[SKY Network Television]]

====Satellite television====
*[[British Sky Broadcasting|BSkyB]], United Kingdom (39.1% holding).
*[[Foxtel]] (25%), Australia, a joint venture with [[Telstra]] and [[Publishing and Broadcasting Limited]]
*[[SKY Network Television]] , New Zealand (44%)
*[[Sky Italia]], Italian satellite TV service
*[[Premiere_(pay_television_network)|Premiere]] (25.01%), Germany's largest pay TV provider.
*[[STAR TV]], an Asian satellite TV service
*[[Phoenix Television]] (17.6%), satellite TV network with landing rights in Hong Kong, and select provinces on Mainland China
*[[Tata Sky]] (20%), an Indian DTH TV service (in partnership with [[Tata Group]])

====Cable====
''CHANNELS''
*[[Fox Business Network]], a business news channel.
*[[Fox Classics]], a channel airing solely classic movies
*[[Fox Movie Channel]], an all-movie channel that airs [[television commercial|commercial]]-free movies from [[20th Century Fox]] film library
*[[FOX News|Fox News Channel]], a 24-hour news channel
*[[Fox Reality]], a '[[Reality TV]]'-themed channel
*[[Fox Sports Net]], 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]], a college sports network consisting of three regionally-aligned channels
*[[SportSouth]], a [[regional sports network]] in the [[United States]], with its headquarters in [[Atlanta, Georgia]].
*Fox Sports International
**[[Fox Soccer Channel]], a [[United States]] [[digital cable]] network specialising mainly in [[football (soccer)|soccer]].
**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]] (50%), a [[Spanish language|Spanish-language]] [[North America]]n cable sports network; its sports lineup is tailored to appeal to a [[Latin America]]n audience.
***[[Fox Sports en Latinoamérica]], a [[Mexico]]-based [[Latin America]]n satellite and cable sports network.
*[[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]]''.
*[[SPEED Channel]]
*[[FUEL TV]]
*[[Big Ten Network]], cable and satellite channel dedicated to The [[Big Ten Conference]], launched Aug 2007 (49%)
*[[National Geographic Channel]] (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 Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
***[[Fox Life]]
***[[Fox Life HD]]
***[[Fox Crime]]
***[[FX (TV network)|FX]]
***[[Fox Horror]]
***[[Fox Movies]]
***[[Fox Sports]]
***[[Speed Channel]]
***[[National Geographic Channel]]
***[[National Geographic Channel HD]]
***[[National Geographic Wild]]
***[[National Geographic Adventure]]
***[[National Geographic Music]]
***[[National Geographic Junior]]
***[[Cult (TV channel)|Cult]]
***[[Next:HD]]
***[[Voyage (France)|Voyage]]
***[[The History Channel]]
***[[Real Estate TV]]
***[[BabyTV]]
**Fox Toma 1 - Spanish language television production.
**[[Fox Telecolombia]] - 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]] (50%)
***[[Fox Sports (Australia)|Fox Sports]] One
***Fox Sports Two
***Fox Sports Three
***[[FoxSportsNews]]
***[[FUEL TV]] (Australia)
***[[How To Channel]]
**Premium Movie Partnership (20%) - movie channels, a joint venture between [[20th Century Fox]], [[Sony]] [[Universal Pictures]], [[Paramount]] and [[Liberty Media]]
***[[Showtime Australia|Showtime]] 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]]
**[[Foxsports.com]] - website with sports news, scores, statistics, video and fantasy sports
**[[MySpace]] - Social networking website, general interest website acquired through purchase from [[Intermix Media]]
** MySpace TV, a video site which will host amateur videos, contents from net and studios that competes with [[Google]] [[YouTube]]
**[[Photobucket]] - Photo sharing website.
**[[Beliefnet]] - Largest online faith and spirituality network.
**[[Hulu]] (45%) - online video download site in partnership with [[NBC Universal]].
**Flektor - provides Web-based tools for photo and video editing and mashups.
**[[IGN]] Entertainment - Internet entertainment portal (Includes the sites [[IGN]], [[GameSpy]], [[Rotten Tomatoes]], [[TeamXbox]], and [[Askmen.com]])
**Slingshot Labs - web development incubator.
**Strategic Data Corp - interactive advertising company which develops technology to deliver targeted internet advertising.
**[http://www.scout.com Scout.com]
**[[WhatIfSports.com]] - sports simulation and prediction website. Also provides fantasy-style sports games to play.
*[http://www.indya.com/ Indya.com] - 'India's no. 1 Entertainment Portal'
*ROO Group Inc (5% increasing to 10% with performance targets)
*[[News Digital Media]]
**[http://www.news.com.au/ News.com.au] - Australian-oriented news website
***[[News Lab]]
**[http://www.careerOne.com.au CareerOne.com.au]
**[http://CarsGuide.com.au CarsGuide.com.au]
**[http://in2mobi.com.au in2mobi.com.au]
**[http://TrueLocal.com.au TrueLocal.com.au]
**[http://Moshtix.com.au Moshtix.com.au]
**[http://learningseat.com.au Learning Seat]
**Netus (75%) - investment co. in online properties.
*[[Realestate.com.au]] (58%)
**[http://Casa.it Casa.it] (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.
**[http://Propertyfinder.com Propertyfinder.com] (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.
**[http://HomeSite.com.au HomeSite.com.au], home renovation and improvement website.
**Square Foot Limited, Hong Kong's largest English Language property magazine and website
***[[Primedia]] - Holding co. of Inside DB, a Hong Kong lifestyle magazine.
*[http://www.tadpolenet.com TadpoleNet Media] (10%) Hosts of [http://www.armysailor.com ArmySailor.com]
*New Zealand
**[[DVD Unlimited]] - leading online DVD subscription service (ownership through stake in [[Sky Network Television]]).

===Other assets===

*[[News Datacom|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]], 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!]] - Mobile Entertainment/Mobile Handsets Personalisation/Games.
*[[News Outdoor Group]] - 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]] (45%) - real time news service.
*[[Stats Inc]] (50%) - worlds leading provider of sporting information and statistical analysis (a JV with [[Associated Press]])
*[[Fox Sports Grill]] (50%) - Upscale sports bar and restaurant with 8 locations - [[Scottsdale, Arizona]]; [[Irvine, California]]; [[Seattle, Washington]]; [[Glendale, Arizona]]; [[Plano, Texas]]; [[Houston, Texas]]; [[San Diego, California]]; and [[Atlanta, Georgia]].
*Fox Sports Skybox (70%) - Sports fan's Bar & Grill at [[Staples Center]] 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.
*[[Sibelius Software]] and [[SibeliusMusic]]

==Annual conference==

News Corporation organises an annual management conference, discussing media issues related to [[geopolitics]]. Attendees include News Corporation executives, senior journalists, [[Politicians]] and [[Celebrities]]. Previous events were in [[Cancun]], [[Mexico]], and the [[Hayman Island]] 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.<ref name='abc'>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Murdoch's Pebble Beach shindig | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2006/1711577.htm | work =[[Autralian Broadcasting Corporation]] | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-01 | language = }}</ref>

The 2006 event in [[Pebble Beach, California]] was led by [[Rupert Murdoch]]. According to a copy of the agenda leaked to the [[Los Angeles Times]] and other media accounts,<ref name='bono'>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Bono and Blair to join Murdoch on the beach | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jul/28/citynews.broadcasting | work =[[The Guardian]] | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-01 | language = }}</ref> issues discussed related from [[Europe]] to [[broadcasting]] and [[new media]], [[terrorism]] to the [[national policy]].<ref name='mogul'>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=The PM, the mogul and the secret agenda | date= | publisher= | url =http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,1827023,00.html | work =[[The Guardian]] | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-01 | language = }}</ref> [[George W. Bush]] was unable to attend because of an engagement at [[Bohemian Grove]]. <ref name='bono'>{{cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Bono and Blair to join Murdoch on the beach | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/jul/28/citynews.broadcasting | work =[[Guardian]] | pages = | accessdate = 2007-12-01 | language = }}</ref> The event included speeches from [[Rupert Murdoch]], Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]], [[Bono]], [[Al Gore]], Senator [[John McCain]] and [[Bill Clinton]] while Israeli vice-premier, [[Shimon Peres]], will appear on a panel named [[Islam]] and the West. The Other notable attendees include [[Newt Gingrich]] and [[Nicole Kidman]].

==See also==
*[[List of conglomerates]]
*[[List of assets owned by News Corporation]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.newscorp.com/ News Corporation] official site
*[http://www.ketupa.net/murdoch.htm Ketupa - News Corporation] profile with history and holdings
*[http://cjrarchives.org/_deprecate/newscorp-timeline.asp News Corp. Corporate Timeline - Columbia Journalism Review] This Site has not been updated since 2004.
*[http://www.broadsystem.com Broadsystem] - official site for News International subsidiary

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