News Corp

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Owned	USA
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Mass media

Operates in USA, UK and Australia in news and information services; book publishing; digital real estate services; cable network programming; and others. Brands include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones and HarperCollins Publishers. Brands in Australia include the The Australian, Daily Telegraph (Sydney), Herald Sun (Melbourne), Courier Mail (Brisbane), The Advertiser (Adelaide), Mercury (Tasmania), which with regional newspapers, gives them more than 59% of total circulation of newspapers. They also own Fox Sports Australia, realestate.com.au and Foxtel (50%). The company had 8000 employees in Australia in 2016.

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PRAISE	CRITICISM	INFORMATION
News Corporation Ltd
CDP Climate Change Score of A- In 2020, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change risk. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Climate Change Score of A-. Source: CDP (2020) CDP Forests Score of B In 2020, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts towards removing commodity-driven deforestation and forest degradation from its direct operations and supply chains. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Forests Score of B. Source: CDP (2020)	39.9% at JUST Capital JUST Capital polls Americans every year to identify the issues that matter most in defining just business behaviour. For their 2021 rankings the public identified 19 issues, which are organised under the headings Workers, Communities, Customers, Shareholders and Environment. JUST Capital then define metrics that map to those issues and track and analyse the largest, publicly traded U.S. companies. This analysis powers their rankings, in which this company ranked 760th of 928 companies, and 20th of 26 Media companies. Source: JUST Capital (2020) 2.2% in Newsweek Green Ranking 2017 This company received a score of 2.2/100 in the Newsweek Green Ranking 2017, which ranks the world's largest publicly traded companies on eight indicators covering energy, greenhouse gases, water, waste, fines and penalties, linking executive pay to sustainability targets, board-level committee oversight of environmental issues and third-party audits. Ranking methodology by Corporate Knights and HIP Investor. Source: Newsweek (2017) Settlement payment In 2016 this company agreed to pay US$280m to resolve claims that it monopolised the market for in-store promotions at more than 50,000 retail stores across the US. They made a settlement in the Manhattan Federal Court to settle the US$2b lawsuit. Source: news article (2016) 20/100 S&P Global ESG Score This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 20/100 in the Media category of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices (last updated 7 Feb 2021). The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices. Source: S&P Global (2021)	Most controversial companies of 2012 This company appeared fourth on RepRisk's top ten "most environmentally and socially controversial companies of 2012". Companies on the list were severely criticised during 2012 by the world's media, governments and NGOs. [Listed under Information due to age of report] Source: RepRisk (2013) CEO Pay Ratio of 228:1 In 2019 the median pay for a worker at this company was US$64,666. The CEO was paid 228 times this amount. Exorbitant CEO pay is a major contributor to rising inequality. CEOs are getting more because of their power to set pay, not because they are increasing productivity or possess specific, high-demand skills. The economy would suffer no harm if CEOs were paid less (or taxed more). In contrast, the CEO-to-typical-worker compensation ratio was 20-to-1 in 1965 and 58-to-1 in 1989. Source: AFL-CIO (2020) Political donations According to the democracyforsale.net website, this company donated $41,024 to Australia's major political parties between 2012 and 2018, as disclosed to the Australian Electoral Commision (AEC). Source: Democracy For Sale (2018) Environmental claims This company has environmental claims on its website. Source: company website (2017) 40% in Forest 500 Rankings The Forest 500 identifies, ranks, and tracks the governments, companies and financial institutions worldwide that together could virtually eradicate tropical deforestation. Rankings are based on their public policies and commitments and potential impacts on tropical forests in the context of forest risk commodities (palm oil, soy, beef, leather, timber and paper). This company received a score of 40%. Source: Forest 500 (2020) Modern Slavery statement California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement. Source: Modern Slavery Registry (2018) OpenSecrets.org profile OpenSecrets.org tracks the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens' lives. Follow link to see this company's record of political donations, lobbying, outside spending and more. Source: Open Secrets (2017) Media Ownership Chart News Corporation's media holdings include: the Fox Broadcasting Company; television and cable networks such as Fox, Fox Business Channel, National Geographic and FX; print publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and TVGuide; the magazines Barron's and SmartMoney; book publisher HarperCollins; film production companies 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Blue Sky Studios; numerous websites including MarketWatch.com; and non-media holdings including the National Rugby League. Source: Stop Big Media (2010)

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Company Details

Type	Public company
Revenue	US$8.3 billion in 2016
Employees	24,000 in 2016
Subsidiaries	Foxtel Management Pty Ltd (65% owned)  Pay television Subscription television service incorporated in 1995 with 2.8 million subscribers across Australia. Previously a 50:50 joint venture between Telstra and News Corp, in 2018 News Corp's Fox Sports was absorbed by the company, resulting in News Corp owning a 65% stake and Telstra 35%.

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