Every material Form 8-K News Corp (Class B) filed with the SEC in 2025, 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.
At its November 19, 2025 annual meeting, News Corp stockholders approved three amendments to the company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, covering officer liability limits, removal of an obsolete corporate opportunity waiver, and forum selection for claims. The company also filed the amended certificates with Delaware on the same day, and the 8-K discloses a new employment agreement for Chief Human Resources Officer Ruth Allen. The votes and terms are largely governance and administrative matters that shape shareholder rights and executive pay protections.
Proposal 4 (limit liability of certain officers) passed with 92.3% For and 7.7% Against; Proposal 5 (eliminate corporate opportunity waiver) passed with 100.0% For; Proposal 6 (federal and Delaware forum provisions) passed with 95.7% For
Ruth Allen's amended employment agreement takes effect January 1, 2026, extends her term to December 31, 2028, and sets a $900,000 base salary, a $900,000 target bonus and a $1,100,000 target long-term equity award
Stockholders ratified Ernst & Young LLP as auditor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 with 99.0% For, and approved the advisory executive compensation proposal with 88.8% For
News Corp reported results for the fiscal 2026 first quarter ended September 30, 2025, with revenue up 2% to $2.14 billion and Total Segment EBITDA up 5% to $340 million. Net income attributable to stockholders fell to $112 million from $119 million, and GAAP EPS was $0.20 versus $0.21, though adjusted EPS rose to $0.22 from $0.20, so shareholders see mixed headline results.
Revenue was $2.14 billion, up 2% from $2.10 billion, led by Dow Jones and Digital Real Estate Services.
Net income from continuing operations was $150 million, up from $149 million; net income attributable to News Corporation stockholders was $112 million, down from $119 million.
Book Publishing segment EBITDA fell 28% to $58 million, including a $13 million customer receivable write-off.
Share repurchases were $92 million in the quarter, compared with $38 million a year earlier.
News Corp entered a new stockholders agreement with LGC Holdco and the LGC Family Trusts on September 8, 2025, ending the prior agreement with the Murdoch Family Trust as part of resolving the MFT litigation. The filing also discloses a secondary offering of 14,071,293 Class B shares at $31.98 per share by selling stockholders, which closed September 10, 2025, with the company receiving no proceeds.
New agreement caps the LGC Family Trusts, LGC Holdco and Murdoch Individuals at 44% of Class B voting power
Selling stockholders sold 14,071,293 Class B shares to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at $31.98 per share
Offering closed September 10, 2025; News Corp sold no shares and received no proceeds
News Corp reported fiscal 2025 full-year revenue of $8.45 billion, up 2%, and net income from continuing operations of $648 million, up 71%. The company also announced a new $1 billion stock repurchase program, which adds to about $300 million remaining under an earlier program, and fourth-quarter adjusted EPS of $0.19 compared with $0.20 a year earlier.
Full-year revenue was $8.45 billion, up 2% from $8.25 billion; Total Segment EBITDA was $1.42 billion, up 14%.
Full-year diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.84 versus $0.47; adjusted diluted EPS was $0.89 versus $0.74.
Fourth-quarter revenue was $2.11 billion, up 1%; quarterly net income from continuing operations was $86 million, up 28%, while adjusted EPS was $0.19 versus $0.20.
A new $1 billion buyback was authorized in July, and a semi-annual dividend of $0.10 per share is payable October 8, 2025.
News Corp's board approved extending the employment agreement of Chief Executive Robert Thomson so that it now expires on June 30, 2030. The company announced the extension in a June 22, 2025 press release, which describes Thomson's tenure since 2013 and credits him with the company's transformation; the filing gives no compensation terms.
Board approved the extension on June 20, 2025; the agreement now expires June 30, 2030.
Thomson has served as Chief Executive since 2013, according to the press release.
Chair Lachlan Murdoch said he looks forward to Thomson's continued leadership.
The filing does not disclose changes to compensation or other contract terms.
News Corp reported results for the fiscal third quarter ended March 31, 2025, with net income from continuing operations up 67% to $107 million and reported EPS from continuing operations of $0.14, versus $0.07 a year earlier. Revenue rose 1% to $2.01 billion, while News Media revenue fell 8%, and the release gives no forward guidance. The Foxtel sale to DAZN closed on April 2, 2025, which the company said is expected to be accretive to earnings per share, though the filing does not quantify that effect.
Total Segment EBITDA rose 12% to $290 million from $259 million; Dow Jones and Digital Real Estate Services led the gains
Reported EPS from continuing operations was $0.14 versus $0.07; adjusted EPS was $0.17 versus $0.13
Foxtel sale to DAZN closed April 2, 2025; News Corp received a minority stake of approximately 6% in DAZN
Free cash flow for the nine months ended March 31, 2025 was $539 million, up from $475 million
News Corp said Chief Technology Officer David Kline will resign to accept a role outside the company. He will remain in his position until June 30, 2025, to help transition his duties, and the company has begun a search for a successor. The change affects a senior executive role but the filing reports no financial figures.
David Kline, Chief Technology Officer, informed the company on March 19, 2025, that he would resign
Kline will remain in his current position until June 30, 2025, to assist with the transition
News Corp has begun a search for a successor; Kline joined the company in January 2020
News Corp recast its financial results to treat Foxtel as discontinued operations, following the agreement to sell Foxtel to DAZN Group. On the recast basis, revenue and net income attributable to stockholders both rose in the quarter ended September 30, 2024 and in fiscal 2024 compared with the prior-year periods, though these figures are unaudited supplemental information rather than new results.
Foxtel moved to discontinued operations from the second quarter of fiscal 2025, following the sale agreement with DAZN Group and Telstra announced December 22, 2024.
Quarter ended September 30, 2024: recast revenue of $2,096 million vs. $2,031 million a year earlier; net income attributable to stockholders of $119 million vs. $30 million.
Fiscal 2024 recast revenue of $8,252 million vs. $8,012 million in fiscal 2023; net income attributable to stockholders of $266 million vs. $149 million.
News Corp reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $2.24 billion, up 5%, and net income from continuing operations of $306 million, up 58%, for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. The company also agreed to sell Foxtel to DAZN for A$3.4 billion enterprise value, with closing expected in the second half of fiscal 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.
Quarterly revenue was $2.24 billion, up 5% from $2.14 billion; Total Segment EBITDA was $478 million, up 20%
Reported EPS from continuing operations was $0.40 versus $0.28 a year earlier; Adjusted EPS was $0.33 versus $0.27
Foxtel sale to DAZN at A$3.4 billion enterprise value; News Corp will receive a minority stake of about 6% in DAZN and one board seat
A semi-annual cash dividend of $0.10 per share is payable April 9, 2025 to holders of record as of March 12, 2025
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