News Corporation

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media conglomerate multinational corporation

News Corporation was a global media conglomerate founded and led by Rupert Murdoch, encompassing major newspaper, television, film, and publishing assets before its 2013 split into separate publishing and entertainment companies.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
News Corp 21
News Corp Australia 3
News Corp Class B 1
News Corp brands 1
Rupert Murdoch’s Australian publishing operations 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf media conglomerate ⓘ
multinational corporation ⓘ
boardMember Rupert Murdoch ⓘ
controlledBy Murdoch family ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
dissolvedOrSplit 2013 ⓘ
foundedAs holding company for Murdoch media assets ⓘ
foundedBy Rupert Murdoch ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
inception 1980 ⓘ
industry broadcasting ⓘ
film production ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalForm public company ⓘ
majorShareholder Rupert Murdoch ⓘ
notableControversy News International phone hacking scandal ⓘ
notableEvent 2013 corporate split into publishing and entertainment companies ⓘ
operatedIn Asia ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
owned 20th Century Fox ⓘ
Dow Jones & Company ⓘ
Fox Broadcasting Company ⓘ
Fox News Channel ⓘ
Fox Sports ⓘ
Foxtel ⓘ
HarperCollins ⓘ
New York Post ⓘ
News International ⓘ
News Limited ⓘ
Sky Italia ⓘ
Star TV ⓘ
The Sun ⓘ
The Sunday Times ⓘ
The Times ⓘ
The Wall Street Journal ⓘ
ownedBy Rupert Murdoch ⓘ
predecessor News Limited ⓘ
reasonForSplit separation of publishing assets from entertainment assets ⓘ
stockExchangeListing Australian Securities Exchange ⓘ
NASDAQ ⓘ
successor 21st Century Fox ⓘ
News Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: News Corp
tickerSymbol NWS ⓘ
NWSA ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harper & Row → parentOrganization → News Corporation ⓘ
HarperCollins → parentOrganization → News Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: News Corp
News International → partOf → News Corporation ⓘ
21st Century Fox → predecessor → News Corporation ⓘ
News Limited → predecessorOf → News Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: News Corp Australia
New York Post → publisher → News Corporation ⓘ
News Limited → reorganizedUnder → News Corporation ⓘ
NWS → represents → News Corporation ⓘ
NWSA → represents → News Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: News Corp
Metromedia → soldAssetsTo → News Corporation ⓘ
Metromedia → soldTelevisionStationsTo → News Corporation ⓘ
21st Century Fox → spunOffFrom → News Corporation ⓘ
News Corporation → successor → News Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: News Corp
News Corporation Building → tenant → News Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: News Corp
NWS → tradedAs → News Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: News Corp Class B