News Corp publishes 140 newspapers in Australia including The Australian. Its U.S. assets include the New York Post, Dow Jones' The Wall Street Journal and the coupon insert company News America Marketing and the book publisher HarperCollins.

The company announced directors of the boards for the company, which will be renamed 21st Century Fox, as well as the spinoff publishing group, which will assume the News Corp. name. Existing shareholders will receive one share of the new News Corp.

News Corp. (NWSA), the media company controlled by billionaire Rupert Murdoch, expects to write down the value of its soon-to-be-independent publishing business by $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion this quarter.

New York, NY - May 24, 2013 - News Corporation and the new News Corporation today announced that the separation of News Corporation (the �Company�) into two distinct publicly traded companies, 21st Century Fox and the new News Corporation, has ...

The confirmation of the date follows last year's promise by News Corp to separate its entertainment and publishing businesses in the wake of the UK phone-hacking scandal in 2011 which led to the closure of the News of the World.

News Corp. is planning to split into two companies. One company will operate as a newspaper and book publisher and will retain the News Corp. name. The other will be an entertainment company, called 21st Century Fox. Here's how the split will work: ...

News Corp News Corp. directors will move forward with billionaire CEO Rupert Murdoch's plans to shake-up the company, approving the split of slower growing assets from the more profitable businesses next month.

News Corp.'s board has formally approved media conglom's split into two separate publicly traded companies, 21st Century Fox and the new News Corp., expected to occur on June 28. The company also announced board appointments for both entities, ...

News Corp. said Friday that its board has formally approved the firm's separation into two publicly traded companies, entertainment company 21st Century Fox and the publishing firm that will be known as the new News Corp. our editor recommends ...

The board of the existing News Corp has now formally approved the split-up of the company. Current News Corp stakeholders who own four shares of Class A or Class B common stock will receive one share of new News Corp's Class A or Class B common ...