Company Of The Day: News Corp

October 18th, 2022 by Trefis Team
+3.07%
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What?

News Corp (NYSE:NWSA) confirmed that it was looking to merge with Fox, recombining after close to a decade as separate companies.

Why?

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The companies are likely looking to gain scale in an increasingly competitive media business.

So What?

While Newscorp stock was up by almost 3% in trading on Monday, Fox shareholders do not appear very enthusiastic about the deal, with the stock down 8%.

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Returns Oct 2022
MTD [1]		 2022
YTD [1]		 2017-22
Total [2]
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[1] Month-to-date and year-to-date as of 10/18/2022
[2] Cumulative total returns since the end of 2016

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