News Corp Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

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News Corp has acquired 26 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 5 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 10 assets.

News Corp’s largest acquisition to date was in 2007, when it acquired Dow Jones for $5.0B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2019, when it sold Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network to RedBird Capital Partners for $3.5B. News Corp has acquired in 5 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (30%) and software (17%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity34
    • M&A Buy Activity24
    • M&A Sell Activity10
  • Total Sectors Invested 8
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 23
  • M&A Advisors 6

News Corp

News Corporation

1211 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, New York 10036
United States,
(212) 416-3400
www.newscorp.com

News Corp is a diversified international media and entertainment company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast satellite television; magazines and inserts; newspapers; book publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and the Pacific Basin. News Corp was formed in 2012 and is based in New York City.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 21 - - 3 - - 24
vol $9.5B $1.7B $11.2B
Sell (0.4/yr) # 8 1 1 - - - 10
vol $35M $3.5B $3.5B
  34

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
IHS Markit - Base Chemicals Business 2021-12-27 295M USD Divestiture
London, United Kingdom
Oil Price Information Service LLC 2021-08-02 1.2B USD Divestiture
Rockville, Maryland · www.opisnet.com
Investor's Business Daily, Inc. 2021-03-25 275M USD Add-on Acquisition
Los Angeles, California · www.investors.com
News America Marketing Properties LLC 2020-03-31 - Divestiture
New York, New York · www.newsamerica.com
Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network LLC 2019-08-29 3.5B USD Divestiture
New York, New York · www.yesnetwork.com
ballball.com 2018-03-13 - Divestiture
, Singapore · www.ballball.com
GyanMatrix Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (GMX) 2017-06-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Bengaluru, India · www.gyanmatrix.com
APN News - Australian Regional Media 2016-06-22 26M AUD Divestiture
, Australia
Amplify Education, Inc. 2015-09-30 - Sold to Management
Brooklyn, New York · www.amplify.com
Unruly Group Ltd. 2015-09-16 89M GBP Add-on Acquisition
London, United Kingdom · www.unruly.co
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Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Oil Price Information Service LLC 2021-08-02 Singapore Solar Exchange Pte Ltd. - Pricing Data Assets 2022-06-14 1
Rockville, Maryland · www.opisnet.com Singapore, Singapore
HarperCollins Publishers LLC    - HMH Books & Media 2021-03-29 4
New York, New York · www.harpercollins.com Boston, Massachusetts · www.hmhco.com
Dow Jones & Co. 2007-12-13 VentureSource 2020-07-15 1
New York, New York · www.dowjones.com New York, New York
HarperCollins Publishers LLC    - Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2011-10-31 3
New York, New York · www.harpercollins.com Nashville, Tennessee · www.thomasnelson.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 7 (29%) 1.6B (15%) 2 (20%) 35M (1%)
Digital Media 4 (17%) 925M (8%) 4 (40%) -
Software 4 (17%) 1.2B (10%) 1 (10%) -
Information Services 3 (13%) 5.3B (47%) - -
Media 2 (8%) 1.4B (13%) 1 (10%) 3.5B (99%)
Publishing 2 (8%) 372M (3%) - -
Education 1 (4%) 360M (3%) 1 (10%) -
Information Technology 1 (4%) - - -
Marketing - - 1 (10%) -
Total 24 $11.2B 10 $3.5B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 13 9.0B 8 3.5B
  California 6 2.5B 3 35M
  New York 3 5.4B 3 3.5B
  Colorado 1 - 1 -
  Maryland 1 1.2B - -
  Virginia - - 1 -
India 4 - - -
United Kingdom 3 399M 1 -
Australia 2 1.4B - -
Canada 1 346M - -
  Ontario 1 346M - -
Ireland 1 20M - -
Singapore - - 1 -
Domestic 13 (54%) 9.0B (80%) 8 (80%) 3.5B (100%)
Cross-border 11 (46%) 2.2B (20%) 2 (20%) -
Total 24 $11.2B 10 $3.5B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Division
 2
Centerview Partners LLC
 2
Allen & Company
 1
Legal Deals
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
 2
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
 2
Baker & Hostetler LLP
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $7.6B
$100M to $1B 7 $3.5B
< $100M 4 $151M
TOTAL $11.2B
Largest Dow Jones & Co.
$5.0B (2007-12-13)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $3.5B
< $100M 1 $35M
TOTAL $3.5B
Largest Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network LLC
$3.5B (2019-08-29)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
13%
3 (13%)
Strategic(s)
21%
5 (21%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
20%
2 (20%)
Strategic(s)
50%
5 (50%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Media

Revenue

10,385   11% 2022
9,358   4% 2021
9,008   11% 2020
10,074   12% 2019
9,024   11% 2018
8,139   2% 2017
8,292   4% 2016
8,633   2015
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Employees

25,500

Established

2012

Public

NASDAQ: NWSA

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