Every material Form 8-K News Corp (Class B) filed with the SEC in 2024, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
News Corp reported fiscal first-quarter 2025 results for the three months ended September 30, 2024, with revenue of $2.58 billion, up 3%, and net income of $144 million, up from $58 million a year earlier. The company also said CFO Susan Panuccio will leave the role on January 1, 2025, and be succeeded by Lavanya Chandrashekar, while director Kelly Ayotte will not stand for re-election.
Revenue was $2.58 billion, up 3% from $2.50 billion; EPS were $0.21 versus $0.05 a year earlier
Total Segment EBITDA rose 14% to $415 million; adjusted EPS were $0.21 versus $0.16
Lavanya Chandrashekar, formerly CFO of Diageo plc, becomes CFO effective January 1, 2025; Panuccio stays as Senior Advisor through June 29, 2025
Board size will be reduced to six members after Kelly Ayotte's departure, which the filing says did not result from any disagreement with the company
News Corp reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $2.58 billion, up 6% from $2.43 billion a year earlier, and net income of $71 million, compared with a net loss of $32 million in the prior-year quarter. For the full fiscal year, revenue rose 2% to $10.09 billion and net income rose 89% to $354 million. The company also said it is assessing strategic and financial options for the Foxtel Group after third-party interest, with no assurance of a transaction.
Q4 revenue was $2.58 billion, up 6% from $2.43 billion, led by REA Group, Book Publishing and Dow Jones.
Q4 net income was $71 million versus a $32 million net loss a year earlier; EPS was $0.09 versus $(0.01).
Full-year net income was $354 million, up 89%; full-year revenue was $10.09 billion, up 2%.
The company is assessing strategic and financial options for Foxtel Group and declared a semi-annual dividend of $0.10 per share, payable October 9, 2024.
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