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News Corp: 1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036; www.newscorp.com; On June 28, 2013, News Corporation split into two companies: 21st Century Fox, which retained most of News Corporation's television, film, and new media holdings; and News Corp, which focuses primarily on publishing. Both companies are chaired by Rupert Murdoch.

1915: William Fox leads successful fight against Thomas Edison's Motion Pictures Patents Company. The Patents Company is dissolved in the face of anti-trust legislation.
1931 (March 11): Rupert Keith Murdoch is born in Australia. Father, Keith Murdoch, is an established newspaper man in the country
1935: Century Pictures and Fox Film merge to form 20th Century-Fox
1952: Murdoch inherits Adelaide News, an Australian mid-size daily, and the Adelaide Sunday Mail
1960: Murdoch's Australian newspaper holdings increase with the acquisition of Cumberland Newspapers, and Mirror Newspapers, Ltd., publishers of Sydney's Daily and Sunday Mirror
1964: Murdoch launches The Australian as the first national newspaper
1969: Murdoch takes over News of the World and launches London Sun
1972: Murdoch purchases Sydney Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
1973: Murdoch purchases his first newspaper in the U.S.; San Antonio Express and News
1974: Enters the supermarket tabloid business by launching The National Star
1977: Murdoch buys New York Post for $30 million from liberal socialite Dorothy Schiff. He continues his New York buying spree by purchasing New York magazine, Village Voice and New West from Clay Felker
1979: Diversifies by acquiring Ansett Transport Industries which owns Melbourne TV station, Channel 10. Australia modifies media ownership laws to allow the deal. Critics call the move "The Murdoch Amendments"
1980: News Corp. forms
1981: Takes over Times and Sunday Times in London
1982: Buys the Boston Herald-American and changes the name to Boston Herald. News Corp. also buys Australian book publisher Angus & Robertson
1983: Sky, the first satellite TV channel launches. News Corp. buys Chicago Sun Times for $90 million
1984: Murdoch and News Corp. make take over bid of Warner Brothers but are thwarted
1985: Murdoch becomes United States citizen in order to purchase more American media outlets. Sells Village Voice. News Corp. buys TCF Holdings Inc., parent company of Twentieth Century Fox Film. In a related deal, News Corp. purchases seven television stations from Metromedia for $1.55 billion (WNEW-TV, New York; KTTV-TV, Los Angeles; WFLD-TV, Chicago; WTTG-TV, Washington, DC; KNBN-TV, Dallas; KRIV-TV, Houston, WFXT-TV in Boston. These stations reach 22% of all television households in the United States. These two deals help to form backbone of a new broadcast television network
1986: Fox Broadcasting Company is established. News Corp. moves its UK newspaper printing operations to new plant in Wapping. A protracted labor strike ensues. Murdoch sells Chicago Sun-Times
1987: Takes control Melbourne Herald and Weekly Times, Australia's largest media group. News Corp. becomes world's largest newspaper publisher. News Corp. also purchases the South China Morning Post, UK newspaper Today and United States book publisher Harper and Row. Murdoch now controlled approximately sixty percent of Australian newspapers and thirty-five percent of UK newspapers
1988: Purchases Triangle Publications (main holding TV Guide) from Walter Annenberg for $3 billion. Sells off New York Post
1989: Harper Collins is formed after newly acquired William Collins Publishing is merged with Harper and Row. The Simpsons becomes Fox Network's first hit program. Satellite television provider Sky TV is launched.
1990: - BSkyB is formed after Sky merges with British Satellite Broadcasting. Accumulation of large debts leads News Corp. down the road to bankruptcy. Citibank, the company's prime lender, takes active role in saving News Corp.
1991: News Corp. undergoes massive sell off to help lower corporate debt. The properties sold off include: New York, Seventeen, Soap Opera Digest, Soap Opera Weekly, Premiere, and Daily Racing Form
1992: Buys broadcasting rights for the Premier League, an Australian rugby league, for $300 million
1993: Gains controlling interest in Asian satellite television service, Star TV. Acquires the right to broadcast NFL games. The move shakes up American sports television as it leaves the NBC network without football coverage. Obtaining the NFL broadcasting rights costs over $1 billion but seen as a necessary investment to help promote fledging Fox Network. News Corp. reacquires New York Post
1996: HarperCollins sells its education unit to Pearson
1997: Acquires Los Angeles Dodgers and Dodgers stadium from the O'Malley family for $311 million
1998: Orders HarperCollins to squash the memoirs of Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last governor and vocal critic of the Communist China government
1999: Acquires William Morrow and Avon Books in a deal with Hearst
2001: Sells stake in Fox Family Network to Disney. Duopolies established in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., and Houston
2002: Duopolies established in Chicago and Orlando
2003: Puts LA Dodgers up for sale. Spends $6.6 billion for stake in Hughes Electronic, the parent company of DirecTV
2004: Los Angeles Dodgers sold to real estate developer Frank McCourt for $430 million
2012: On 28 June 2012, Rupert Murdoch announced that News Corporation's assets would be split into two publicly traded companies, one oriented towards media, and the other towards publishing
2013: On 28 June 2013, News Corporation was renamed 21st Century Fox, consisting primarily of media outlets, while a new News Corp was formed to take on the publishing division of the company

Dow Jones: The Wall Street Journal; Wall Street Journal Global (Asia, Europe, Latin America, Brazil,
China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Turkey); The Wall Street Journal Radio; The Wall Street Journal Digital Network; The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition; Barron's; Dow Jones Local Media Group (Ottaway):; Cape Cod Media Group (MA); Cape Cod Times; Cape Cod View; Barnstable Patriot; Hudson Valley Media Group (NY); Times Herald-Record (Middletown); Orange Magazine (Orange County); Nantucket Island Media Group (MA); The Inquirer and Mirror (Nantucket); Nantucket Today; Pocono Mountains Media Group (PA); Pocono Record (Stroudsburg); San Joaquin Media Group (CA); The Record (Stockton); Seacoast Media Group (NH); The Portsmouth Herald; The Exeter News-Letter; The Hampton Union; The York Weekly; York County Coast Star; South Coast Media Group (MA); The Standard-Times (New Bedford); The Advocate (Fairhaven); The Chronicle (Westport and Dartmouth); Middleboro Gazette; The Spectator (Somerset and Swansea); The Fall RIver Spirit; New England Business Bulletin; Southern Oregon Media Group (OR); Medford Mail Tribune; The Nickel (Medford); Ashland Daily Tidings; AllThingsD.com; BigCharts.com; eFinancialNews; Dow Jones Averages; Dow Jones Client Solutions; Dow Jones Companies & Executives; Dow Jones Events; Dow Jones Indexes; Dow Jones Insight; Dow Jones Investment Banker; Dow Jones LP Source; Dow Jones Newswires; Dow Jones Private Markets; Dow Jones Reprint Portal; Dow Jones Watchlist; Dow Jones VentureSource; FINS.com; SmartMoney.com; Vedomosti (with Pearson and Independent Media); Virtual Stock Exchange; DJX; Factiva; Risk & Compliance; Private Equity/Venture Capital; Dow Jones Newswires; MarketWatch; ETF Trader; Hulbert Financial Digest Monthly Newsletter; Hulbert Interactive; MarketWatch Options Trader; Proactive Fund Investor; Retirement Weekly; Revolution Investing; The Technical Indicator; Financial News
HarperCollins Publishers: Amistad; Avon; Avon A; Avon Inspire; Avon Red; Caedmon; Harper Design; Ecco; Harper; Harper Business; HarperLuxe; Harper Paperbacks; Harper Perennial; Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Harper Voyager; HarperAudio; HarperBibles; HarperCollins e-Books; HarperOne; ItBooks; Rayo; William Morrow; HarperCollins Children's Books; Amistad; Balzer + Bray; Collins; Greenwillow Books; HarperCollins Children's Audio; HarperCollins Children's Books; HarperCollins e-books; HarperFestival; HarperTeen; Katherine Tegen Books; Rayo; Walden Pond Press; HarperCollins Australia; HarperCollins Canada; HarperCollins India; HarperCollins New Zealand; HarperCollins US; HarperCollins UK; Zondervan
News America Marketing: SmartSource; UtiliSource; News Marketing Canada
News Corp Australia: The Australian; The Daily Telegraph; The Sunday Telegraph; Herald Sun; Herald Sun Sunday; The Courier Mail; The Sunday Mail; The Advertiser; NT News (a.k.a. Northern Territory News); Sunday Territorian; The Sunday Times; Perth Now; Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania; Sunday Tasmania; Fox Sports; Foxtel (50%); REA Group; realestate.com.au; realcommercial.com.au; property.com.au; ealholidays.com.au; HubOnline; casa.it; atHome.lu; squarefoot.com.hk; news+; NewsLifeMedia; Super Food Ideas; ABC delicious magazine; donna hay magazine; taste.com.au magazine; Vogue Living; Country Style; Inside Out; Gardening Australia; Vogue Australia; GQ Australia; Big League; Australian Golf Digest; homelife; Best Recipes; birth; kidspot.com.au; Investments; Carsguide; SportingPulse; Australian Associated Press
News UK: The Sun; The Times; The Sunday Times; TLS (The Times Literary Supplement)
Other: Amplify (Educational products and services); News America Marketing; News Corp. Digital Media; News International; NDS (49%); New York Post; last updated 4/21/2014