How Will News Corp Benefit From The APN Acquisition?

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News Corporation recently entered into an agreement with APN News & Media to buy its Australian Regional Media (ARM) division for $36.6 million. Below we take a look at how the acquisition could impact News Corp’s news and information segment going forward.

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Furthermore, News Corp will take over 12 daily newspapers, 60 community publications and 30 regional websites currently under APN, resulting in a larger market share of the Australian newspaper industry for News Corp. The company also mentioned that there are significant operational and cost synergies to be gained from this transaction.

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1) The purpose of these analyses is to help readers focus on a few important things. We hope such lean communication sparks thinking, and encourages readers to comment / ask questions on the comments section
2) Figures mentioned are approximate values to help our readers remember the key concepts more intuitively. For precise figures, please refer to the full Trefis analysis for News Corporation.

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