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33-521: The group publisher is John Tabor; its executive editor is Howard Altschiller. On September 4, 2013, News Corp announced that it would sell the Dow Jones Local Media Group to Newcastle Investment Corp.—an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group , for $ 87 million. The newspapers will be operated by GateHouse Media , a newspaper group owned by Fortress. News Corp. CEO and former Wall Street Journal editor Robert James Thomson indicated that

66-481: A new, publicly traded company. Murdoch stated that performing this split would "unlock the true value of both companies and their distinct assets, enabling investors to benefit from the separate strategic opportunities resulting from more focused management of each division". The move also came in the wake of a series of scandals that had damaged the reputation of multiple News Corporation-owned properties. Robert Thomson , then editor of The Wall Street Journal ,

99-495: A newspaper group owned by Fortress. Robert Thomson indicated that the newspapers "were not strategically consistent with the emerging portfolio" of the company. GateHouse then filed for prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 27, 2013, to restructure its debt obligations to accommodate the acquisition. Then GateHouse emerged from bankruptcy on November 26, 2013. On December 20, 2013, News Corp announced its acquisition of Dublin , Ireland-based social news agency Storyful ,

132-509: A one-share-one-vote system. News Corp has stated that if the proposal is accepted, the new system of shares could only be introduced if agreement between voting and non-voting shareholders is reached. This relates to the ongoing court case in Nevada pitting Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch against the other three siblings, who all have voting shares. The company consists of the former News Corporation 's newspaper and book publishing assets, together with

165-413: A startup founded by journalist Mark Little . At the time, Storyful was described as "scour[ing] social-media services like Twitter and Instagram" to discover user-generated content "breaking news and viral online content" and after sourcing, to then verify, acquire, and distribute it. Storyful had, for instance, reported 2013 results of 750m views of user-generated videos by its partners. The cost of

198-413: A value slightly lower than expected by some analysts. The shares fell in price by 3% to $ 14.55 per share, valuing the new company at around $ 7.9 billion US . The corporate split was finalized on June 28, 2013; during the stock splitting process, one share of the new News Corp was given to shareholders for every four shares they owned in the former News Corp. The current News Corp began trading on

231-716: Is a major international media proprietor – he chairs two United States-based companies that control most of his assets: News Corp and Fox Corporation . Murdoch's career as a media proprietor began in 1952, when he inherited his father's stake in News Limited . The company's only major asset was an Adelaide daily newspaper distributed only in South Australia, The News . During the 1950s and 1960s, News Ltd acquired daily and weekly newspapers, including suburban and provincial publications, throughout Australia and New Zealand. From 1968, Murdoch bought British newspapers, beginning with

264-736: Is commemorated by the names of both Murdoch University and the suburb surrounding its main campus: Murdoch . Keith Arthur Murdoch, later Sir Keith Murdoch, was born in West Melbourne and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell . He became prominent as a journalist, while serving as a war correspondent during World War I . In 1921, Murdoch was appointed chief editor of the Melbourne Herald and in 1928 became managing director of its parent company, The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd . That same year he married Elisabeth Joy Greene (1909–2012), who

297-562: Is now operated as a subsidiary of News Corp's HarperCollins . On September 30, 2014, News Corp announced its acquisition of Move, Inc. , a real estate listings company and owner of Realtor.com , a 20% stake of which was, at the time, owned by REA Group , a publicly traded subsidiary of News Corp Australia. News Corp also began making investments in India in late 2014, such as a $ 30 million investment in real estate site ProTiger in November,

330-416: Is the publisher of The Wall Street Journal ; News UK , publisher of The Sun and The Times ; News Corp Australia ; and REA Group , operator of realestate.com.au, realtor.com , and book publisher HarperCollins . News Corp and 21st Century Fox are two companies that succeeded the original News Corp., which included Fox Entertainment Group and other broadcasting and media properties. The spin-out

363-676: The Herald Sunday . Delivered by carrier to 4,810 subscribers each Friday and Tuesday morning in Hampton , Hampton Falls , North Hampton and Seabrook, New Hampshire . On Sundays, subscribers to The Union receive the Herald Sunday . Mailed each Thursday to 9,685 subscribers in Arundel , Kennebunk , Kennebunkport , Ogunquit and Wells, Maine . Mailed each Wednesday to 4,315 subscribers in York, Maine . Prints approximately 3,000 copies each week for

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396-729: The Melbourne Argus (under the pen name of "Elzevir"). His academic career began with an appointment in 1904 as an assistant lecturer in English at Melbourne University . In 1913, he was appointed founding Professor of English at the University of Western Australia (UWA). During the 1920s, his essays were syndicated across Australia through the Herald & Weekly Times newspaper group run by his nephew, Sir Keith Murdoch (see below). Collections of Walter Murdoch's writings were published in book form from

429-651: The Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol "NWS" on July 1, 2013; at the same time, the former News Corporation (which encompassed purely of media properties, such as Fox Entertainment Group and 20th Century Fox ) was renamed 21st Century Fox . On September 4, 2013, News Corp announced that it would sell the Dow Jones Local Media Group , a group of 33 local newspapers, to Newcastle Investment Corp., an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group , for $ 87 million. The newspapers will be operated by GateHouse Media ,

462-474: The 1930s onward. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael & St George (CMG) in 1939, served as Chancellor of UWA in 1943–48 and was made a Professor Emeritus upon his retirement. Violet Murdoch died in 1952 and 10 years later Murdoch remarried, to Barbara Marshall Cameron. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael & St George (KCMG) in 1964. In Perth , Sir Walter Murdoch

495-702: The December 2014 purchase of BigDecisions.com, a financial planning website, and the acquisition of Indian media firm VCCircle in March 2015. In October 2015, News Corp sold its digital education brand Amplify to a management team supported by a group of private investors for an undisclosed sum. In June 2016, News Corp acquired Wireless Group (formerly UTV Media), a British radio broadcaster, for $ 296 million In January 2020, News Corp sold Unruly, an outstream video ad marketplace, in exchange of 6.91% of Tremor Video stock. On July 31, 2020, James Murdoch resigned from

528-569: The News Corp board of directors , "due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company's news outlets and certain other strategic decisions." On February 4, 2022, News Corp suffered a cyberattack from hackers believed to be linked to China. In February 2023, the company announced that it would be cutting 5% of its workforce across its various divisions. In September 2023, News Corp reported that Rupert Murdoch would retire from

561-704: The Rev. James Murdoch had 14 children. Their eldest child, the Rev. Patrick Murdoch was born in Pitsligo and raised at Rosehearty , Aberdeenshire. He was ordained at Cruden, Aberdeenshire , where he also married Annie Brown (in 1882). At the age of 34, Murdoch emigrated with his wife and parents to Victoria. He was prominent there as a Presbyterian minister and published several books on theology. Two of Patrick and Annie Murdoch's six children achieved prominence, Sir Keith Murdoch and Ivon George Murdoch . Nora Curle Smith, née Murdoch,

594-701: The Storyful acquisition was €18 million (£15m, US$ 25m), and marked News Corp's first acquisition since the split. News Corp CEO at the time, Robert Thomson, stated that the service had "become the village square for valuable video, using journalistic sensibility, integrity and creativity", and that with the acquisition, News Corp would "define the opportunities that the digital landscape presents, rather than simply adapt to them". On May 2, 2014, News Corp acquired romance novel publisher Harlequin Enterprises from Torstar for $ 415 million. The deal closed on August 1; it

627-715: The University of New Hampshire and Durham communities, as well as surrounding towns. News Corp (2013%E2%80%93present) News Corporation , stylized as News Corp , is an American mass media and publishing company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan , New York City. The company was formed on June 28, 2013, following a spin-off of the media outlets of the original News Corporation as 21st Century Fox (21CF). Operating across digital real estate information, news media, book publishing, and cable television, News Corp's notable assets include Dow Jones & Company , which

660-691: The basis of a new US free to air television network, Fox Broadcasting Company . To satisfy a legal requirement that only US citizens could own US television stations, Murdoch became a naturalised US citizen in 1985, and consequently forfeited his Australian citizenship. During the 1980s and 1990s, Murdoch became involved in pay television interests throughout the world, including Foxtel in Australia, STAR TV and Tata Sky in Asia and BSkyB , Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland in Europe. NewsCorp also came to control both

693-429: The board of News Corporation. He would also retire from the board of Fox Corporation and his son Lachlan Murdoch would replace him on both boards. The retirement would take effect in November 2023. On October 14, 2022, it was announced that, under the instruction of Rupert Murdoch, a special committee had been established to explore a potential merger of Fox and News Corp, bringing the two companies back together since

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726-567: The digital real-estate advertising properties that are now its largest business. Murdoch family Members of the Murdoch family are prominent international media magnates and media tycoons with roots in Australia and the United Kingdom, along with their media assets in the United States. Some members have also been prominent in the arts, clergy, and military. Five generations of

759-615: The family are descended from two Scottish immigrants to Australia: the Reverend James Murdoch (1818–1884), a minister of the Free Church of Scotland and his wife Helen, née Garden (1826–1905). Both were from the Pitsligo area of Aberdeenshire and migrated to the Colony of Victoria in 1884. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is known for being one of the founders and the owner of formerly

792-416: The former 21st Century Fox was spun-off from News Corp in 2013. On January 24, 2023, the proposed merger was abandoned by Murdoch. An annual meeting of shareholders to be held by webcast on 20 November, will determine whether the "dual-class" share structure (voting and non-voting) will be abolished, after Starboard Value , which has bought up a large share of News Corp over the previous year, has proposed

825-483: The new News Corporation was unveiled at an investor presentation on May 28, 2013; the handwritten logo uses script based on Murdoch's own handwriting. News Corp's board approved the split on May 24, 2013, while shareholders approved the split on June 11; Preliminary trading on the Australian Securities Exchange of the new News Corp's class B stock began on June 19, 2013, at around $ 15 per share;

858-785: The newspapers were "not strategically consistent with the emerging portfolio" of the company. GateHouse in turn filed prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy on September 27, 2013, to restructure its debt obligations in order to accommodate the acquisition. The information in these profiles is based on the SMG 2007 Retail Rate Card . Circulation figures refer to the company's reports of average press runs for July–September 2006. Delivered by carrier to 5,500 subscribers each Friday morning in Brentwood , East Kingston , Epping , Exeter , Kensington , Newfields , Newmarket , South Hampton and Stratham, New Hampshire . On Sundays, subscribers to The News-Letter receive

891-408: The stove, under the name "H. Nora Curle Smith": Thermo-Electrical Cooking Made Easy (1907; reprinted 2011). Sir Walter Murdoch, who was born at Rosehearty, was a prominent Australian academic and essayist. He married Violet Catherine Hughston in 1897. Murdoch published his first essay, "The new school of Australian poets", in 1899 and for many years he wrote a weekly column titled "Books and Men" for

924-655: The weekly News of the World and the daily The Sun . Murdoch made his first acquisition in the United States in 1973, when he purchased the San Antonio Express-News . Soon afterwards, he founded a US supermarket tabloid Star , and in 1976, he purchased the New York Post . In 1981, Murdoch acquired the London Times and Sunday Times . He bought a major stake in 20th Century Fox in 1984, which became

957-511: The world's largest media company News Corporation , a company that was spun-off in mid 2013 splitting its entertainment assets to 21st Century Fox and its media publishing assets to form the new News Corp . Currently the Murdochs still have the controlling interest in the remains of the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company that was spun-off to Fox Corporation , and still remain as top executives of News Corp . Helen and

990-476: Was announced as the initial chief operating officer for the company. While Murdoch did not serve as CEO, he remained chairman and a shareholder of the new News Corp. Thomson promised that the new company would "cultivate a start-up sensibility even though we already work for the world's most established and prestigious diversified media and information services company" and would emphasize building new business models around its properties and content. The logo of

1023-452: Was born in Pitsligo and married David Curle Smith (1859–1922). A pioneering electrical engineer, David Curle Smith was in charge of the municipal electricity supply at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia during the early 20th century, invented a pioneering electric stove , which he patented in 1906. To promote the stove, Nora Curle Smith wrote the world's first cookbook for electric stoves , which featured 161 recipes and operating instructions for

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1056-509: Was later prominent as the philanthropist Dame Elisabeth Murdoch (1909–2012). Murdoch was knighted in 1933. During World War II , Sir Keith Murdoch served briefly in an Australian government role, as Director-General of Information. Lieutenant Ivon George Murdoch , saw action with the 8th Battalion ( AIF ) on the Western Front during World War I. Rupert Murdoch, born in Melbourne ,

1089-599: Was structured so that 21CF was the legal continuation of the original News Corp., with the new News Corp being a new company formed by a stock split . Since March 19, 2019, Fox Corporation , which holds 21st Century Fox's national broadcasting, news and sports assets (following its sale to Disney the next day), is also under the Murdoch family 's control. On September 21, 2023, Rupert Murdoch announced he would step down as News Corp's chairman by November. On June 28, 2012, Rupert Murdoch announced that News Corporation 's publishing operations would be spun off to form

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