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'''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 ==
== 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 detailed listed of News Corporation business interests - up to date to June 2007 - is at http://www.ketupa.net/murdoch1.htm
''As of July 2011, the list below is incomplete, particularly for newspapers; see instead Wikipedia's page on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corporation#Holdings News Corporation ('Holdings' section)].''
=== Filmed Entertainment ===
=== Newspapers ===
*[[New York Post]], *News International plc, *[[News Limited]]*[[The Times (London)|The Times]] (London) and The [[Sunday Times (London)| Sunday Times]]
=== Book Publishing ===
== 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
*[[José María Aznar]], President [[Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis]] (FAES) and former President of Spain
*[[Peter Barnes]], former president of Philip Morris Asia
*[[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
==Contact details==
Website: http://www.newscorp.com/index2.html
==Articles and resources=====References==={{reflist|2}}===Related SourceWatch articles======External resources======External linksarticles===
*Neil Chenoweth, "Malone, Murdoch's new best friend", ''Australian Financial Review'', January 27, 2004.
*Neil Chenoweth, "The man the Murdoch children fear", ''Australian Financial Review'', January 31, 2004.
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