Who Owns Dow Jones?
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Ownership Chain
Dow Jones
Dow Jones is a global provider of business and financial news, data, and information services, founded in 1882 and now a News Corp subsidiary that publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and other products for consumers and organizations worldwide.
News Corp
News Corp is an American multinational media and publishing company that owns news, digital real estate, and book-publishing brands across the United States, Europe, and Australasia.
Dow Jones
Dow Jones is a global provider of business and financial news, data, and information services, founded in 1882 and now a News Corp subsidiary that publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and other products for consumers and organizations worldwide.
News Corp
News Corp is an American multinational media and publishing company that owns news, digital real estate, and book-publishing brands across the United States, Europe, and Australasia.
Major Shareholders
Dow Jones
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | Voting | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
LGC Holdco, LLC (Murdoch family trusts) Family holding company owned by trusts for Lachlan, Grace and Chloe Murdoch; received about 62.6M Class B and 14k Class A News Corp shares in September 2025 (roughly 11% of total equity and about one‑third of News Corp’s voting power), making it the primary Murdoch vehicle that indirectly controls Dow Jones through News Corp. | Family | 11.2% | 33.4% | Sep 2025 |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. Largest institutional shareholder in News Corp, reporting ownership of about 60.1M shares (~10.8% of the company) across its index and active funds, giving it significant indirect economic exposure to Dow Jones. | Institutional | 10.8% | — | Sep 2025 |
State Street Global Advisors (State Street Corporation) Holds roughly 40.7M News Corp shares (~7.3% of outstanding equity), primarily via index funds and ETFs, making it a major institutional owner of Dow Jones indirectly through its stake in News Corp. | Institutional | 7.3% | — | Dec 2025 |
Independent Franchise Partners, LLP London‑based investment manager that disclosed ownership of about 38.0M News Corp shares (~6.8% of the company), a sizable long‑only position providing indirect exposure to Dow Jones. | Institutional | 6.8% | — | Sep 2025 |
BlackRock, Inc. Global asset manager holding roughly 35.9M News Corp shares (~6.4% ownership) via its mutual funds and iShares ETFs, making it one of the largest diversified institutional owners of Dow Jones’s parent. | Institutional | 6.4% | — | Sep 2025 |
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Active asset manager with an estimated 16.9M News Corp shares (~3.0% of total equity), representing a meaningful but smaller institutional stake in Dow Jones via News Corp. | Institutional | 3.0% | — | Sep 2025 |
SOF Ltd. Cayman‑based investment vehicle whose only reported holding is News Corp Class B stock; owns about 9.78M Class B shares (around 5% of that voting class and ~1.7% of total News Corp equity), giving it notable voting influence over News Corp and thus Dow Jones. | Institutional | 1.7% | 5.2% | Sep 2025 |
News Corp
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | Voting | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
LGC Holdco, LLC (Murdoch family trusts, controlled by Lachlan Murdoch) Schedule 13D filed in September 2025 reports LGC Holdco beneficially owning 62,584,577 Class B shares, about 33.2% of the outstanding Class B stock. As of May 2, 2025, News Corp had roughly 377.2M Class A and 188.9M Class B shares outstanding (about 566M total), implying an economic stake of ~11% of common equity for this block. Because only Class B shares have general voting rights, this stake represents about one‑third of ordinary shareholder votes, subject to a stockholders’ agreement that caps Murdoch‑family voting power at 44%. | Family | 11.1% | 33.2% | Sep 2025 |
Vanguard Group Inc. Quarterly 13F data for Q3 2025 show Vanguard holding about 51.3 million News Corp shares (primarily Class A), corresponding to roughly 9% of shares outstanding and making it the largest institutional shareholder. | Institutional | 9.1% | — | Sep 2025 |
State Street Corporation Q3 2025 institutional‑ownership filings indicate State Street holds approximately 31.4 million News Corp shares, or about 5–6% of the company’s outstanding equity. | Institutional | 5.6% | — | Sep 2025 |
Independent Franchise Partners LLP Independent Franchise Partners appears among the top institutional owners, with roughly 28.8 million shares as of September 30, 2025, equating to just over 5% of outstanding shares. | Institutional | 5.1% | — | Sep 2025 |
BlackRock, Inc. BlackRock’s Q3 2025 13F filings show holdings of about 28.6 million News Corp shares, representing slightly above 5% of the company. | Institutional | 5.1% | — | Sep 2025 |
Price T Rowe Associates Inc. (MD) Price T Rowe Associates is a major shareholder with roughly 16.7 million shares reported for Q3 2025, or about 3% of News Corp’s outstanding equity. | Institutional | 3.0% | — | Sep 2025 |
Barclays PLC Barclays PLC reported ownership of approximately 14.9 million News Corp shares as of September 30, 2025, close to 2½–3% of shares outstanding. | Institutional | 2.6% | — | Sep 2025 |
59 North Capital Management, LP Specialist fund 59 North Capital Management held around 14.0 million shares at the end of Q3 2025, corresponding to roughly 2–3% of News Corp’s equity. | Institutional | 2.5% | — | Sep 2025 |
Dodge & Cox Dodge & Cox appears in the top‑ten institutional holders with about 12.5 million shares as of September 30, 2025, or a little over 2% of the company. | Institutional | 2.2% | — | Sep 2025 |
Starboard Value LP Activist hedge fund Starboard Value disclosed in 2024 proxy materials that it beneficially owned roughly 8.7 million Class B and 14.0 million Class A shares (around 4% of total shares at that time) and has campaigned to eliminate News Corp’s dual‑class share structure; its exact current stake may have changed since those filings. | Institutional | — | — | Sep 2024 |
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