---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564708-23-000442"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWSA"
cik: "0001564708"
company_name: "NEWS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T10:39:49.633187+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rupert Murdoch to step down as News Corp Executive Chairman; Lachlan to become sole Chair

## Summary
- Rupert Murdoch to step down as Executive Chairman of News Corp effective at November 2023 annual meeting.
- He will be appointed Chairman Emeritus of News Corp (and Fox Corp) after stepping down.
- Lachlan Murdoch will become sole Chair of News Corp; continues as Executive Chair & CEO of Fox Corp.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with the company; board to reduce to seven directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564708-23-000442
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWSA
- cik: 0001564708
- company_name: NEWS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470823000442/0001564708-23-000442-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470823000442/nws-20230921.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-23-000442
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-23-000442.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-23-000442.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rupert Murdoch changed role as Executive Chairman at NEWS CORP.
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: On September 21, 2023, News Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as Executive Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective as of the upcoming annual meeting of stockholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”) in mid-November. Mr. Murdoch will be appointed Chairman Emeritus of the Company, effective as of the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470823000442/0001564708-23-000442-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lachlan Murdoch changed role as sole Chair of the Board at NEWS CORP.
  - Action: will become
  - Role: sole Chair of the Board
  source text: Following the 2023 Annual Meeting, Lachlan Murdoch will become the sole Chair of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470823000442/0001564708-23-000442-index.htm

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