Who owns Fox News?
Fox News is owned by Fox Corp (the United States, NASDAQ: FOXA).[1]
Evidence: Fox Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-06, SEC EDGAR, 6 August 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Fox Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1996
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Television networks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: FOXA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Fox News
Fox News launched in 1996 and has been the most watched American cable news channel for more than two decades. It paid $787.5 million in 2023 to settle a defamation claim by Dominion Voting Systems over its coverage of the 2020 election.
Ownership timeline of Fox News
Where Fox News sits in Fox Corp
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Fox Corp
Fox Corp controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- FOX (1986)
- Fox Sports (1994)
Other brands in television networks, and who owns them
The 87 brands in television networks on Brandtree belong to 28 owners. The largest is Sun TV Network, with 7; Fox Corp has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini TV | Sun TV Network | 🇮🇳 India |
| Global Television | Corus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| BET | Paramount Skydance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bounce (Scripps network) | Scripps | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cartoon Network | Warner Bros. Discovery | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Canal+ | Canal+ | 🇫🇷 France |
| AMC | AMC Networks | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Astro | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
About the owner: Fox Corp
Fox Corp is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States, founded in 2019. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: FOXA.
Fox Corporation is what the Murdoch family kept when Disney bought most of 21st Century Fox in 2019: the news, sport and broadcast assets rather than the film studio. Its name still appears on films it no longer owns, which is a common source of confusion.
🇺🇸 Fox News and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Fox News is not one of them.
- 20th Century Studios — Disney 🇺🇸
- AMC — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AMC Theatres — AMC Theatres 🇺🇸
- AMF — Lucky Strike Entertainment 🇺🇸
- Adventure Island — United Parks 🇺🇸
- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Fox News?
The parent company of Fox News is Fox Corp, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Fox News American?
Yes. Fox News originated in the United States in 1996 and its owner, Fox Corp, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Fox News still owned by Fox Corp?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Fox News is still owned by Fox Corp. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Fox Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-06 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 6 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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