He built that business into a broadcast behemoth now indelibly tied to politics and culture. Since Memorial Day, Fox News, with its polarising anchors and right-leaning content, has been the most-watched television network in prime time, according to Nielsen. Advertising revenue for the corporation also grew in the fiscal year that ended in June, increasing by 26 per cent to $US7 billion.
The Murdoch media empire has assets all over the world. Credit: Getty
Another jewel of the portfolio is Fox Sports, which broadcast this year’s Super Bowl and streamed the game on Tubi. The tie-up helped make Super Bowl 59 the most watched of all time, with 127.7 million viewers. Although the network will not air football’s biggest game in 2026, it has secured the rights to broadcast the FIFA men’s World Cup beginning next June. That event’s final game is the most-watched sporting event in the world.
And Fox Corp. is expanding its reach to more fledgling properties. In June, Fox announced that Tubi, the free streaming service with hundreds of thousands of movies and television episodes, had exceeded 100 million monthly active users. Last month, Fox Corp. expanded its digital footprint, releasing Fox One, a paid streaming service that includes programming from Fox’s broadcast and cable properties; and in June acquired Caliente TV, a sports streaming service in Mexico.
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What’s in it: The Wall Street Journal and other Dow Jones publications, HarperCollins, The New York Post, Realtor.com, The Times, The Sunday Times and The Sun in Britain, The Australian and other newspapers in Australia
What does it earn? Total revenue for the fiscal year that ended June 30 was nearly $US8.5 billion. Net income was $US648 million.
What’s notable: Murdoch entered the US media market in the 1970s with a string of newspaper acquisitions, including The New York Post. A flurry of sales and purchases took place over the next several decades, but a robust portfolio remains: international news, book publishing and digital real estate services.
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Under the News Corp umbrella is Dow Jones, an asset that includes The Wall Street Journal and the businesses Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Energy that provide analysis and risk protection insights. The corporation also provides digital and print news, with publications including The Times and The Sunday Times in Britain. The New York Post announced in August that it would expand in 2026 to include a California newspaper, The California Post.
HarperCollins, the publishing giant, is a big contributor to the business. Book publishing revenue hit $US2.1 billion in the year through June, the division’s second-best year for revenue.
And News Corp also has a foot in the housing market, with a majority stake in Move Inc., a real estate listing company that operates Realtor.com. Despite a sluggish year for the housing market in the United States, Realtor.com’s revenue grew for the third consecutive quarter. The company recently announced the acquisition of Zenlist, a service that matches agents to clients in home searches.
News Corp also owns the British tabloid newspaper The Sun, a number of national and regional Australian newspapers and the news channel Sky News Australia.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times
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