News Corporation


 * This article is about the defunct media company. For the publishing arm, see News Corp.

The original incarnation of News Corporation was an American multinational mass media corporation operated and owned by media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, headquartered in New York City.

1980–2013


The company was created in 1980 as a holding company for News Limited (now News Corp Australia). On June 28, 2013, News Corporation split into the new conglomerates; 21st Century Fox (defunct) and the present-day News Corp.