News Corp.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
1211 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-8701, United States
(212)852-7000, http://www.newscorp.com

Primary SIC: Newspaper Publishing & Printing, Primary NAICS: Newspaper Publishers
Description: News Corporation was initially incorporated in Australia, in 1979, and re-incorporated in the U.S., in 2004. The company holds primary executive offices in Sydney, Australia; and New York City, NY. It trades on the NASDAQ and the Australian Securities Exchange and has a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange. News Corporation is a diversified global media company. It does business in eight primary segments - filmed entertainment, television, cable network programming, direct broadcast satellite television, magazines and inserts, newspapers and information services, book publishing and other. The company does business under a number of subsidiaries, including Twentieth Century Fox, HarperCollins Publishing and News America Marketing Group. The company produces a number of highly recognizable products, including the Dow Jones, MySpace.com, and GQ Australia. During 2008, HarperCollins had 165 titles on the New York Times bestseller list, with 14 titles hitting number one, including The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden. Movies produced since fiscal year 2006, include The Simpsons Movie, Little Miss Sunshine and Juno.Manufacturing: Filmed entertainment; television; cable network programming; magazines and inserts; newspapers and book publishing; satellite, television and cable broadcasting; print and electronic television guidance applications