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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--News Corp announced today that Chief Financial Officer Lavanya Chandrashekar will participate in the Citi 2026 Global TMT Conference on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. The session will begin at 10:50 AM EDT (7:50 AM PDT). To listen to the live webcast, please visit the News Corp website at https://investors.newscorp.com/calendar-events. A replay of the webcast is expected to be available at the same location for a period of time following the conference. About News Corp N.

Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch are contemplating a recombination of Fox Corp and News ​Corp , uniting a TV company with a widespread news operation and cementing the family's control over a dwindling empire, court ‌documents and video show.

New Realtor.com report finds a K-shaped market in which financially secure luxury buyers remain engaged while price-sensitive shoppers retreat AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The share of online home-shopping traffic going to homes priced below $370,000 has fallen 11.4 percentage points since 2021, to 42.8% in 2026, according to a new Realtor.com ®  report. That decline has brought buyer interest almost in line with the 42.2% share of listings in that price range, creating the appearance of a more balanced housing market, but largely because many price-sensitive shoppers have been priced out and have stopped searching.

New York Post Media Group collaborates with Google Cloud to launch Hamilton, a personalized news experience built with the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform New experience brings conversational search, custom news digests and smarter discovery to readers of The New York Post and The California Post NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Post Media Group (NYPMG), home of The New York Post, The California Post, Page Six, Page Six Hollywood and Decider, today announced the launch of Hamilton, a free, personalized news experience that transforms how readers discover, consume, and engage with journalism. Developed with Google Cloud's full-stack AI, including Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Hamilton is rolling out across The New York Post and The California Post apps, combining conversational search, personalized news digests, tailored recommendations, and intelligent notifications into a single reader experience built for the next era of news consumption.

News NASDAQ: NWS reported record fourth-quarter profitability for fiscal 2026, with revenue rising 11% year over year to $2.3 billion and total segment EBITDA increasing 31% to $423 million. Net income from continuing operations climbed 167% to $230 million, while reported earnings per share rose to $0.33 from $0.09 a year earlier and adjusted EPS increased to $0.35 from $0.19.

Digital-only subscriptions to The Wall Street Journal averaged nearly 4.5 million in the quarter, compared with 4.33 million in the prior quarter.

Lower Asking Rents Offer Some Relief, Though Many Class of 2026 Graduates Still Face Affordability Challenges in Realtor.com ®'s Q2 2026 Los Angeles Rental Report AUSTIN, Texas, July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's college graduates heading to Los Angeles County are entering a rental market that's more affordable than it has been in years, but housing costs remain high for many just starting their careers. The median asking rent fell to $2,603 in the second quarter of 2026, down $91, or 3.4%, from a year earlier and the lowest level since the end of 2021, according to the Q2 2026 Los Angeles County Rental Report  from Realtor.com ®.

Manhattan Rents Are Up 9.0% as All Four Boroughs Post Increases in Realtor.com ®'s Q2 2026 NYC Rental Report AUSTIN, Texas, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- This year's college graduates heading to New York City for work are looking at the most expensive rental market the city has posted since Realtor.com® began tracking in 2019. The median asking rent climbed to $3,707 in the second quarter of 2026, up $164, or 4.6%, year over year.

News Corp , facing a lawsuit by search engine Brave Software, has filed a countersuit accusing it ‌of "flagrant theft" in distributing and selling versions of articles from the Wall Street Journal and New York Post to AI companies.