 Logo used from 1980 to 2013 | |
 1211 Avenue of the Americas, the headquarters of News Corporation | |
| Formerly | News Corporation Limited (1980–2004) |
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| Company type | Public |
| Nasdaq: NWSA (Class A) Nasdaq: NWS (Class B) ASX: NWSLV (Class A) ASX: NWS (Class B) | |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Predecessor | TCF Holdings |
| Founded |
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| Founder | Rupert Murdoch |
| Defunct | 28 June 2013 |
| Fate | Split into 21st Century Fox and the second incarnation of News Corporation |
| Successors | |
| Headquarters | 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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| Products | Cable network programming, Filmed entertainment, Television, direct-broadcast satellite television, Publishing, and other |
| Owner | Murdoch family (39% voting power) |
| Divisions | Fox Entertainment Group Fox Networks Group |
| Subsidiaries | List of assets owned by: |
| Website | newscorp.com at the Wayback Machine (archived June 24, 2013) |
The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Prior to its split in 2013, it was the world's largest media company in terms of total assets and the world's fourth largest media group in terms of revenue. It had become a media powerhouse since its inception, dominating the news, television, film, and print industries.[3][4][5][6][7]
News Corporation was a publicly traded company listed on the Nasdaq. Formerly incorporated in Adelaide, South Australia, the company was re-incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law after a majority of shareholders approved the move on November 12, 2004. News Corporation was headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, in the newer 1960s–1970s corridor of the Rockefeller Center complex.
On June 28, 2012, after concerns from shareholders in response to its recent scandals and to "unlock even greater long-term shareholder value", founder Rupert Murdoch announced that News Corporation's assets would be split into two publicly traded companies,[8] one oriented towards media, and the other towards publishing. The formal split was completed on June 28, 2013; the original News Corp. was renamed 21st Century Fox and consisted primarily of media outlets, while a new News Corporation was formed to take on the publishing and Australian broadcasting assets.
Its major holdings at the time of the split were News Limited (a group of newspaper publishers in Murdoch's native Australia), News International (a newspaper publisher in the United Kingdom, whose properties include The Times, The Sun, and the now-defunct News of the World (the subject of a phone hacking scandal that led to its closure in July 2011), Dow Jones & Company (an American publisher of financial news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal), the book publisher HarperCollins, and the Fox Entertainment Group (then owners of the 20th Century Fox film studio and the Fox television network).
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