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Notification of cessation of securities - NWS
Appendix 3H (Notification of cessation of securities)
- Feb 10, 2025
- 4 pages
This Month
News Corp offers a glimpse into Sky News earnings in bumper result
Chief executive Robert Thompson said the election of Donald Trump had increased business confidence and lifted “the yoke of the woke”.
- Zoe Samios
‘Self-interested people’: Why Murdoch and Trump are back in business
Rupert Murdoch is known for aligning his business interests with the politician of the hour. His appearance with Donald Trump this week was no different.
- Zoe Samios
January
Foxtel’s new owner Len Blavatnik makes a $10b bet on big sport
The Soviet Union-born businessman made his first billion in the oil industry before reinventing himself as a music mogul. Can he pull off his third act?
- Updated
- Kylar Loussikian and Zoe Samios
‘I clearly disagree’: Albanese criticises Grace Tame T-shirt
The activist and former Australian of the Year wore a T-shirt with the slogan “F--- Murdoch” at an official reception at The Lodge.
- Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Trump's America
Trump may retaliate against Labor’s tech levy by doubling expat taxes
Almost 90,000 expats and thousands of Australian companies could see their tax rates doubled unless Labor junks the so-called “news bargaining incentive”.
- Michael Read
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Foxtel’s $3.4b sale a bet on a billionaire, not a deal of the decade
There’s much more to the pay TV and streaming provider’s ownership change than the headline price. Now Saudi Arabia is involved.
- Anthony Macdonald
Former Foxtel chief executive Peter Tonagh to join Nine board
The businessman has recently left the ABC board, where he was deputy chairman. His appointment comes amid a broader overhaul of the media group’s management.
- Kylar Loussikian
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Amanda Laing firms for mega Nine broadcast job amid restructure
The former Foxtel executive left the News Corp-run pay television business last year. She could soon oversee Nine’s television, radio and Stan.
- Kylar Loussikian
December 2024
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.
- Updated
- 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
- Updated
- 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 2024
- 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
- Updated
- 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