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News Corp: brands it owns and its ownership tree

News Corp (NASDAQ: NWSA) is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States that owns 6 consumer brands across 2 categories, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]

News Corp holds the Murdoch family's newspaper and book publishing interests, separated in 2013 from the television and film business after the British phone hacking scandal. It owns titles that shape political coverage in three countries.

Company facts

Legal name
News Corporation
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Founded
2013
Tickers
NASDAQ: NWSA
SEC CIK
0001564708
Website
newscorp.com
Last verified
· 2 sources

News Corp in numbers

Everything News Corp owns

2026

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything News Corp owns Tree of 6 brands under News Corp. News Corp Dow Jones HarperCollins realtor.com The Sun The Times The Wall Street Journal

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Brand portfolio by category

Full portfolio, 6 brands, with sources →

Acquisitions by News Corp

Acquisition closed

News Corp acquires Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal

News Corporation acquired Dow Jones for about $5.6 billion, taking The Wall Street Journal after a contested approach to the Bancroft family that had controlled it for a century. The deal included commitments intended to protect the paper's editorial independence.

Value
$5.6bn
Seller
Regulatory
None recorded

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does News Corp own?

News Corp owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including The Wall Street Journal, The Times, HarperCollins, Dow Jones, realtor.com and The Sun.

Is News Corp an American company?

Yes. News Corp is headquartered in New York, New York, United States and was founded in 2013.

Who owns News Corp?

News Corp is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as NWSA on the NASDAQ.

What was News Corp's most recent acquisition?

The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal on 13 December 2007.

Sources (2) & 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. [1] News Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-07 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 7 August 2026; retrieved 8 September 2026.
  2. [2] News Corporation Form 8-K - completion of the Dow Jones acquisition — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 13 December 2007; retrieved 8 September 2026.

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