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A detailed listed ''As of News Corporation business interests - up to date to early 2003 - July 2011, the list below is at incomplete, particularly for newspapers; see instead Wikipedia's page on [http://wwwen.ketupawikipedia.netorg/murdoch1wiki/News_Corporation#Holdings News Corporation ('Holdings' section)].htm''
*[[Andrew S.B. Knight]], Director, [[Rothschild Investment Trust C.P.]]
*[[Lachlan Murdoch]], Deputy Chief Operating Officer, News Corporation
*[[Thomas J. Perkins]], Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & Byers
→Corporate Officers: <ref>News Corporation [http://newscorp.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/ Board], organizational web page, accessed November 24, 2015.</ref>
'''News Corporation''' describes itself as "a constellation of media businesses, News Corporation's global operations encompass the fields of filmed entertainment, newspapers, pay and free-to-air television, cable network programming, book publishing, magazines and consumer marketing." [http://www.newscorp.com/mission.html]
==Saudi ownership==
[[Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal]] is a major shareholder in [[News Corporation]], the corporate parent of [[Fox News]] in the United States. [[right-wing|Right-wing]] [[media]] [[watchdog]] group ''[[Accuracy in Media]]'' claimed in December 2005 that the Saudi prince was using his influence as a major shareholder to put pressure on Fox News about its [http://www.aim.org/press_release/4222_0_19_0_C coverage of the riots in France]. ''Accuracy in Media'' wrote,
<blockquote> At the annual meeting of News Corporation, parent of Fox News, chairman [[Rupert Murdoch]] confirmed that a call from a Saudi Prince had resulted in a change in how the Fox News Channel covered the Muslim riots in France in 2005. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, a significant investor in News Corporation, told Murdoch he objected to highlighting the Muslim role in the riots. Murdoch said the change was made after it was determined that there was a Catholic role in the riots.<ref>Cliff Kincaid [http://www.aim.org/media-monitor/the-saudi-prince-and-fox-news/ The Saudi Prince and Fox News], Accuracy in Media, November 24, 2006</ref></blockquote>
==Major political donations to Republican interests==
In June, 2010, News Corp donated $1 million to the [[Republican Governors Association]]. Later that summer, it also donated $1 million to the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]], another pro-GOP group. <ref>Ben Smith [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42989.html News Corp. gave $1 million to pro-GOP group], Politico.com, September 30, 2010</ref>
== Mission Statement ==
political affiliation may be. Those mistaken facts, the study found,
increased viewers' support for the war. Note that these beliefs
were not simply biased, they were based on provably demonstrably incorrect facts.
More on the PIPA study[http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16892] at the [[Fox News]] page.
== Corporate Entities ==
===Other lists, likely more up-to-date===
A comprehensive timetable on the evolution of News Corporation, up to July 2007, is available at http://www.ketupa.net/murdoch2.htm.
A comprehensive timetable on the evolution detailed listed of News Corporation business interests - up to date to June 2007 - is available at http://www.ketupa.net/murdoch2murdoch1.htm.
=== Filmed Entertainment === Fox Consumer Products, Fox Interactive, Fox Studios Australia, Fox Television Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.,
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing And Merchandising, Twentieth Century Fox Television
=== Television === British Sky Broadcasting Ltd, FOX Broadcasting Company, Fox Sports, FOXSports.com, Fox Television Stations, Inc., FOXTEL, News Corporation Limited Japan, Sky Latin America (SKY Brasil Serviços Ltda., Innova, Sky Multi Country), SKY PerfecTV!, STAR (Channel [V], ESPN STAR Sports, National Geographic Channel Asia, Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd.), Twentieth Television
=== Cable Network Programming === [[Fox News]] Channel, Fox Cable Networks Group (Fox Sports Net, FX Networks)
=== Magazines and Inserts === News America Marketing, Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc., the [[Weekly Standard]]
=== Newspapers === *[[New York Post]], *News International plc, *[[News Limited]]*[[The Times (London)|The Times]] (London) and The [[Sunday Times (London)| Sunday Times]]
=== Book Publishing === [[HarperCollins]], [[Zondervan]]
=== Other Assets === NDS Group PLC, Chinabyte.com, News Interactive
On December 22, 2003 News Corporation finalised a $US6billion bid to take a controlling stake in [[Hughes Electronics ]] and its US pay TV operation, [[DirecTV]]. "Now, with the addition of DirecTV, Murdoch has the last piece in a global distribution system that is unparalleled - and he will be rolling out a swag of new channels to run on that system. If you are a content company like [[Viacom]], [[Disney ]] or [[Time Warner]], at some point in the future you will depend upon Murdoch to run your programs around the world," Chenoweth wrote. [http://afr.com/premium/articles/2004/01/26/1075087952939.html]
== Corporate Officers ==
Accessed November 2015: <ref>News Corporation [http://newscorp.com/corporate-governance/board-of-directors/ Board], organizational web page, accessed November 24, 2015.</ref>
*[[K. Rupert Murdoch]] - Executive Chairman, News Corp
*[[Joel I. Klein]] - Executive Vice President, News Corp
*[[Peter L. Barnes]] - Lead Director, News Corp
*[[James R. Murdoch]] - Chief Executive Officer, 21st Century Fox
*[[José María Aznar]] - President, Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis; Former Prime Minister of Spain 7
*[[Lachlan K. Murdoch]] - Co-Chairman, News Corp; Executive Chairman, 21st Century Fox; Executive Chairman, NOVA Entertainment Group
*[[Natalie Bancroft]] - Director, News Corp
*[[Ana Paula Pessoa]] - Chief Financial Officer, Rio 2016 Olympic Games
*[[Elaine L. Chao]] - 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor, 2001-2009
*[[Masroor Siddiqui]] - Managing Partner, Naya Management LLP
*[[John Elkann]] - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, EXOR S.p.A.
*[[Robert J. Thomson]] - Chief Executive, News Corp
''Former Directors''
*[[K. Rupert Murdoch]], Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, News Corporation*[[Geoffrey C. BibleJosé María Aznar]], ChairmanPresident [[Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis]] (FAES) and former President of Spain*[[Peter Barnes]], Wagga Enterpriseformer president of Philip Morris Asia
*[[Chase Carey]], Non-Executive Director, News Corporation
*[[Peter Chernin]], President and Chief Operating Officer, News Corporation
*[[Kenneth E. Cowley]], Chairman, Independent Newspapers Limited
*[[David F. DeVoe]], Chief Financial Officer, News Corporation
*[[Viet Dinh]], a professor of law at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
*[[Rod Eddington]], Chief Executive, British Airways
*[[Andrew S.B. Knight]], Director, [[Rothschild Investment Trust C.P.]]
*Lachlan Murdoch, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, News Corporation
*[[Roderick R. Paige]], Founder and Chairman of Chartwell Education Group, LLC
*[[Thomas J. Perkins]], Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caulfield & Byers
*[[Arthur M. Siskind]], Group General Counsel, News Corporation
*[[John L. Thornton]], Professor of Global Leadership, Tsinghua University of Beijing
===Former Directors===
*[[Geoffrey C. Bible]], Chairman, Wagga Enterprise
*[[Juho Aatos Michel Erkko]], Chairman, SanomaWSOY Corporation
*[[James Murdoch]], Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, STAR Group
*[[Stanley S. Shuman]], Executive Vice President & Managing Director,[[Allen & Company, Inc.]]
*[[Arthur M. SiskindGraham Kraehe]], Group General Counsel, News Corporation*[[Viet Dinh]], a professor of law at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.*[[Peter Barnes]], former president of Philip Morris Asia
==Public Relations staff and consultants==
''O'Dwyers PR Daily'' reported that in March 2005 News Corporation disclosed in its federal filing that it had hired the [[Glover Park Group]] for "advocacy & image advertising, media relations, issues & crisis management and research". [http://www.odwyerspr.com/members/0322murdoch.htm]
==Contact details==
Website: http://www.newscorp.com/index2.html
==Articles and resources=====References==={{reflist|2}}===Related SourceWatch articles======External linksresources======External articles===*Neil Chenoweth, "[http://afr.com/premium/articles/2004/01/26/1075087952939.html Malone, Murdoch's new best friend]", ''Australian Financial Review'', January 27, 2004.*Neil Chenoweth, "[http://afr.com/premium/articles/2004/01/30/1075340842438.html The man the Murdoch children fear]", ''Australian Financial Review'', January 31, 2004. *Neil Chenoweth and Sean Aylmer, "[http://afr.com/premium/articles/2004/01/22/1074732541096.html Malone loosens Murdoch's grip on News]", ''Australian Financial Review'', January 23, 2004.
*Geraldine Fabrikant, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/07/business/07place.html?th "News Corp. Plans to Follow Its Chief to the United States,"] ''New York Times'', April 7, 2004: "Rupert Murdoch, who gave up his Australian citizenship 19 years ago to become a United States citizen, plans something similar for the News Corporation, the media empire his family controls. ... The company, whose holdings include The New York Post and the 20th Century Fox movie studio, will reincorporate in the United States, where it earns about 75 percent of its revenue and profit. News Corporation hopes the move, which includes shifting its primary stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange from the Australian exchange, will lure a wider investor base and give it access to lower-cost capital."
*Edward Jay Epstein, "[http://www.slate.com/id/2120868/ Rupert Murdoch Strikes Back: His bold plan to give away 20 million digital video recorders]", ''Slate'', June 14, 2005.
*Seth Sutel, "[http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/20050715-1408-newscorp-internetunit.html News Corp. starts Internet unit]", ''San Diego Union Tribune'', July 15, 2005. (This is an Associated Press story).
*Jim Snyder, "[http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/081005/news.html NewsCorp. marshals Lobbyists]", ''The Hill'', August 10, 2005.*Tony Walker and Colleen Ryan, "[http://afr.com/premium/articles/2005/08/24/1124562920190.html Murdoch's long march hits Chinese wall]", ''Australian Financial Review'', August 25, 2005. (Sub req'd).*Stephen Lendman, "[http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8024 Big Media and The New World Order: The Murdoch Empire]", ''Global Research'', February 7, 2008. [[Category:Media]][[Category:Corporations]]{{wikipedia}}
