{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001564708-26-000209","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"NWSA","cik":"0001564708","company_name":"NEWS CORP","filed_at":"2026-09-25T00:24:28+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-25T10:05:00.806060+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:17:13.108760+00:00","sec_items":["8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.2,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.2,"confidence":"high","headline":"News Corp buyback tops $496M of $1B authorization; 62,323 Class A shares repurchased Sept 24","bullets":["Cumulative repurchases: 12,359,711 Class A shares (NWSA) for US$323,443,801.22 and 5,747,195 Class B shares (NWS) for US$170,234,114.94.","On Sept 24, 2026 the company bought 62,323 Class A shares for US$1,769,624.19 at US$28.21-US$28.74, and 27,128 Class B shares for US$854,727.32 at US$31.30-US$31.79.","Total consideration paid under the July 15, 2025 $1B 2025 Repurchase Program is approximately US$496,302,268 - about half the authorization.","Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the broker; repurchases cover both Class A and Class B Nasdaq-listed stock, and no ASX-listed CDIs will be bought back.","Shares on issue: 359,443,324 Class A and 141,146,617 Class B; program purpose stated as enhancing shareholder value."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000209","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000209.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000209.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000209.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000209/0001564708-26-000209-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000209/nws-20260924.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:17:13.108760+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}