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Issuer:     NEWS CORP (NWSA)
CIK:        0001564708
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-09-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564708-23-000442
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470823000442/0001564708-23-000442-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470823000442/nws-20230921.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-23-000442

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