---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564708-25-000144"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWSA"
cik: "0001564708"
company_name: "NEWS CORP"
filed_at: "2025-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T05:47:30.694211+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# News Corp CTO David Kline resigns to take external role; successor search underway

## Summary
- David Kline informed News Corp on March 19, 2025 of his resignation as Chief Technology Officer.
- He will remain in position through June 30, 2025 to assist with transition.
- A search for his successor has commenced.
- Kline joined News Corp in January 2020 and led global technology operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564708-25-000144
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWSA
- cik: 0001564708
- company_name: NEWS CORP
- filed_at: 2025-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470825000144/0001564708-25-000144-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470825000144/nws-20250319.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-25-000144
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-25-000144.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-25-000144.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Kline resigned as Chief Technology Officer at NEWS CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: On March 19, 2025, David Kline, Chief Technology Officer of News Corporation (the “Company”), informed the Company he would be resigning from his position to accept another role outside of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470825000144/0001564708-25-000144-index.htm

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