{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001564708-26-000211","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"NWSA","cik":"0001564708","company_name":"NEWS CORP","filed_at":"2026-09-28T23:51:22+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-29T10:05:00.322931+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:39:51.760370+00:00","sec_items":["8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"News Corp buys back 62,323 Class A, 27,128 Class B shares Sept 28; $501.6M of $1B program used","bullets":["Class A: 62,323 shares repurchased on Sept 28, 2026 for US$1,783,385; cumulative 12,484,357 shares for US$326,985,206 under the 2025 Repurchase Program.","Class B: 27,128 shares for US$863,121; cumulative 5,801,451 shares for US$171,946,263, bringing total program spend to roughly US$501,577,975 of the US$1B authorization.","Class A prices paid range from US$22.20 (Feb 9, 2026) to US$31.58 (Aug 27, 2026); Class B range US$25.49 (Feb 13, 2026) to US$35.69.","Shares on issue: 359,143,232 Class A and 141,017,361 Class B; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the buyback broker and no ASX-listed CDIs will be repurchased.","Program authorized July 15, 2025 for up to US$1B of Nasdaq-listed Class A and Class B stock; stated reason is to enhance shareholder value."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000211","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000211.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000211.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000211.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000211/0001564708-26-000211-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000211/nws-20260928.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:39:51.760370+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"}