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Notification of cessation of securities - NWS
Appendix 3H (Notification of cessation of securities)
- Dec 23, 2024
- 4 pages
This Month
ASX records best session in six months, as bank, property stocks rally
Bargain hunters piled into the Australian sharemarket after two days of heavy selling, pushing the ASX 200 up 1.7 per cent and sending the banking and property sectors higher.
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- Sarah Jones
ASX rebounds; News Corp sells Foxtel; Packer’s $400m Toorak project
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
News Corp sells Foxtel to British sports streaming giant in $3.4b deal
The multibillion-dollar deal will dramatically alter the local media landscape and create a rich competitor for sports broadcast deals.
- Zoe Samios
DAZN chief executive lands in Sydney as Foxtel buyout talks progress
Shay Segev’s visit comes at the same time as Rupert Murdoch has returned to the country for the first time in six years and as News Corp assesses bids for Foxtel.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Murdoch loses case; AirTrunk’s big bonuses; CEO’s alleged killer held
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Foxtel’s UK suitor calls in Bank of America for advice
The group, backed by billionaire Len Blavatnik, is understood to be working with BofA’s telecommunications and media team.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
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- Murdoch family case
Logan Roy’s death morphed into a real life Murdoch succession drama
Shortly after the fictional patriarch died on television, the family behind the News and Fox empires began to plot life after their patriarch, Rupert.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
November
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Founder problems? Pull the other one. Founder stocks are flying
Look at the companies whose shares have hit all-time highs this week and what do you see?
- Anthony Macdonald
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Billionaire-backed British sports streamer turns Foxtel suitor
DAZN has been trying to build a global platform, aggressively expanding including in Australia. News Corp’s cable TV business could be its next target.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
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- Activist shareholders
Most non-Murdoch News Corp investors backed failed share collapse
A bid to end the family’s ‘outsized influence’ on the company has been “convincingly” defeated, News Corp says. Most other shareholders backed it, early results suggest.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Perpetual wants to maintain Murdoch control at News Corp
News Corp shareholders have been asked to vote on whether the company’s dual-class share structure should be collapsed this week.
- Anthony Macdonald
Another News Corp loyalist eyes retirement
Word’s gotten back the media company’s Campbell Reid may soon depart.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Updated
- Crime
Police charge Alan Jones with 24 offences days before trip to US
The veteran broadcaster was charged with 24 offences against eight alleged victims after an investigation into “sexual touching offences spanning two decades”.
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- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Star Casino gets a man on the inside at News Corp
The casino’s former PR man Peter Jenkins has popped up at Sydney’s ‘Daily Telegraph’.
- Mark Di Stefano
‘Active means active’: News Corp says Foxtel discussions are on
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson has given a fleeting update after putting Foxtel up for sale. There are “active discussions”, he says.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Second investor backs bid to end Murdoch’s control over News Corp
Irenic Capital supports a bid to collapse the company’s two classes of shares, which have cemented the founding family’s authority.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
October
Netflix’s co-CEO says it’s ‘impossible’ to run the $500b giant alone
Greg Peters once wanted to be an astronaut – now he’s leading a company worth more than Disney, Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery combined.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Jeff Bezos faces backlash for refusal to endorse Harris
The world’s second-richest man owns the prestigious Washington Post. He is being accused of squashing the newspaper’s endorsement of the Democratic candidate.
- Christopher Grimes and Daniel Thomas
Rock stars and Wiggles: Google takes on big tech rules
The search giant is bankrolling parties and events that are an unsubtle reminder to the government of its huge power.
- Paul Smith and Sam Buckingham-Jones
Harris says she’s ‘not Biden’ in fiery Fox News interview
The Democrat sparred with the host over immigration policy while asserting that, if elected, her presidency would be different to the current administration.
- Matthew Cranston