Who Owns News Corp?
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Ownership Chain
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.
News Corp appears to be independent with no known parent company.
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.
News Corp appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Major Shareholders
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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