---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564708-26-000079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWSA"
cik: "0001564708"
company_name: "NEWS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:46:40.385787+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# News Corp buys $3.1M of stock on Apr 15; cumulative $188M of $1B program

## Summary
- On Apr 15, 2026, repurchased 76,679 Class A shares (NWSA) for ~$1.95M and 38,321 Class B shares (NWS) for ~$1.12M.
- Cumulative purchases under the 2025 Repurchase Program total ~$188.25M, leaving ~$811.75M of the $1B authorization.
- Program authorized July 15, 2025; repurchases executed via Goldman Sachs on Nasdaq with no ASX-listed CDIs bought back.
- Prices paid: Class A highest $25.54, lowest $25.13; Class B highest $29.39, lowest $28.99.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564708-26-000079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWSA
- cik: 0001564708
- company_name: NEWS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000079/0001564708-26-000079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000079/nws-20260415.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000079
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000079.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000079.txt

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