---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564708-26-000189"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWSA"
cik: "0001564708"
company_name: "NEWS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-26T23:58:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-27T10:05:09.562316+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# News Corp daily buyback: 72,914 shares repurchased Aug 26; $446M of $1B program used

## Summary
- On Aug 26, 2026, repurchased 50,801 Class A shares for $1,570,096.35 and 22,113 Class B shares for $776,920.35.
- Cumulative spend under 2025 Repurchase Program (authorized July 15, 2025) totals ~$446,106,549 of $1B authorized.
- Class A cumulative: 11,243,842 shares for $289,804,090.09; Class B: 5,262,844 shares for $153,955,441.72.
- Broker: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC; no ASX-listed CDIs repurchased; program aims to enhance shareholder value.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564708-26-000189
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWSA
- cik: 0001564708
- company_name: NEWS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-26T23:58:31+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000189/0001564708-26-000189-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000189/nws-20260826.htm

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