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News Corp Earnings Takeaways: Foreign Exchange Headwinds A Drag
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) announced its second quarter fiscal 2016 earnings on Thursday, February 4. As per our expectations, a decline was witnessed in all revenue streams, except for digital real estate, mainly due to foreign exchange (FX) headw...
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News Corp Earnings Preview: Print Media To Remain A Drag On Results
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) is scheduled to announce its second quarter fiscal 2016 earnings on Thursday, February 4. The company continued to struggle amid changing consumer behavior towards digital media. Despite enhancing its digital expertise by...
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News Corp Dabbles Into Different Segments To Restore Profitability
In a bid to restore profitability, media giant News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) is dabbling in various arenas simultaneously. The ongoing shift from print to digital has upended the media industry, dragging many key players (including News Corp) into d...
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Can News Corp’s Broadcast Deal With NRL Impact Its Valuation?
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) announced recently that it in conjunction with its subsidiary Fox Sports Australia it has secured a five year deal with the National Rugby League (NRL) for seasons 2018 to 2022.. For 2016, Fox sports acquired the right to...
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How News Corp Aims To Increase Its Digital Real Estate Services Revenues
The Digital Real Estate Services segment accounts for more than 35% of News Corp ‘s (NASDAQ:NWSA) valuation, in our estimation, and this segment derives revenues by selling online advertising services on its residential real estate and comm...
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A Scenario That Can Add To News Corp’s Value
The recent wave of acquisitions by News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) has made it certain that the way forward for the company is its digital real estate business, which accounts for a third of its value, as per our estimates. Acquisitions such as Unruly, ...
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Real Estate, Digital Platform To Shape The Future For News Corp
Multinational mass media company News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) reported first quarter fiscal 2016 earnings that came in below expectations, as total revenues declined 4% year on year (y-o-y) to $2 billion. However, the company is on track in its tran...
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Will Unruly’s Acquisition Help News Corp Accelerate Its Digital Business?
In September 2015, News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWSA) announced that it had agreed to acquire Unruly Holdings, a global ad platform with video-sharing and tracking capabilities. Unruly’s competence lies in predicting the potential for video adverti...
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Trends In Global Advertising Industry: Winners And Losers – Part 2
In the first part of this article, we explored the trends that are shaping the global advertising industry. To summarize the first article, advertisers are increasingly allocating more of their budgets for online ads at the expense of TV and prin...
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A Closer Look At News Corp’s News and Information Services Business
News Corporation ‘s (NASDAQ:NWSA) News and Information Services division has experienced revenue declines over the past few years due to lower circulation and subscription revenue. The division’s cash flows are still positive, but its...
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News Corp Q4 Earnings: Book Publishing Leads Growth Even As News And Information Services Continue To Decline
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) recently reported its fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2015 earnings. (Fiscal years end with June.) Book publishing continued to see solid growth amid the benefits from Harlequin acquisition. The company management ex...
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Weekly Publishing Notes: News Corp Markets Harper Lee’s New Novel, NYT’s T Brand Studio Opens London Office
The publishing companies saw significant activity this week, with News Corp’s subsidiary HarperCollins planning a mega marketing campaign for Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman . The To Kill a Mockingbird sequel is Lee’s first book in 55 years ...
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News Corp’s Print Media Will Continue To Decline, Though Other Segments Show Promise
News Corp’s (NASDAQ:NWSA) print business continues to face headwinds amid declining circulation and a shift in ad spending to other media. The trend is visible across the industry due to higher penetration of the Internet. As online inform...
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Currency Headwinds Weigh Over News Corp’s FY Q3 2015 Earnings
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) recently reported its Q3 fiscal 2015 earnings with revenues stable at $2.06 billion while EBITDA declined 7% to $163 million. Adjusted earnings were $0.05 per share as compared to $0.11 per share in the prior year quarter,...
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News Corp: HarperCollins And Amazon Ink A Multiyear Publishing Deal
News Corp ‘s (NASDAQ:NWSA) book publishing unit, HarperCollins, and retailer Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) have inked a multi-year publishing deal. The new deal for print as well as digital titles will allow HarperCollins to set the retail prices fo...
