News Corp Class B
About: News Corporation is a diversified media conglomerate with large presence in the US, the UK, and Australia. Key mastheads include The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, New York Post, The Times, The Sun, The Australian, Herald Sun, and The Daily Telegraph. Its 61%-owned REA Group is the dominant property listings business in Australia. In addition, it owns Harper Collins, one of the largest book publishers in the world, and has a sizable US digital property advertising business, Move. The 65% interest in Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV and streaming provider, was sold in April 2025. The sale to global sports streaming platform, DAZN, was struck at more than 7 times Foxtel's EBITDA.
Employees: 22,300
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
596% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $3.54M | Put options by funds: $508K
100% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 60 | Existing positions closed: 30
30% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 129 | Existing positions reduced: 99
9% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.45B [Q1] → $2.68B (+$229M) [Q2]
8% more funds holding
Funds holding: 301 [Q1] → 325 (+24) [Q2]
1.28% less ownership
Funds ownership: 42.63% [Q1] → 41.35% (-1.28%) [Q2]
25% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q1] → 3 (-1) [Q2]
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 15 articles about NWS published over the past 30 days
