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Companies · NWSA · Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing · Other events · Aug 27, 2026

News Corp buys back $155M of stock, but daily filing adds little new

$1B buybackpriced in
$448.5M spent of $1B authorization; ~$551.5M remains
NEWS CORP (NWSA) — what happened, in plain English, and what it means versus what the market expected.

The market already knew the buyback was active. The program was authorized on July 15, 2025, and this is a daily notification rather than a new authorization or expansion. The filing says the company may repurchase up to $1 billion of Nasdaq-listed Class A and Class B shares and that no ASX-listed CDIs will be repurchased. 〔0〕

Execution was substantial, but the disclosure is backward-looking. The filing reports 5,284,957 shares bought before August 27, 2026 for total consideration of $154.7 million, plus 22,113 shares bought on August 27 for $776,712.49. (Daily buy-back notification)

MetricFiling figure
Buybacks before August 27, 20265,284,957 shares (Daily buy-back notification)
Buybacks on August 27, 202622,113 shares (Daily buy-back notification)
Consideration before August 27, 2026$154.7 million (Daily buy-back notification)
Consideration on August 27, 2026$0.8 million (Daily buy-back notification)
Cumulative spending under programApproximately $448.5 million (Daily buy-back notification)
Remaining authorization, calculatedApproximately $551.5 million

The net read is neutral because there is no expectation gap to measure. This filing neither raises the authorization nor changes its terms; it simply confirms that repurchases continue at the company’s discretion based on market conditions. 〔1〕

The filing leaves the key economic details undisclosed. It does not identify the Class A/Class B split of purchases, provide a new completion timetable, or quantify the resulting change in diluted shares outstanding. The notification therefore confirms capital deployment but does not materially reshape the investment picture.

Read the original 8-K on SEC EDGAR ↗
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