{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001564708-26-000214","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"NWSA","cik":"0001564708","company_name":"NEWS CORP","filed_at":"2026-10-02T00:09:23+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-02T10:05:00.230864+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:30:01.897385+00:00","sec_items":["8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"News Corp buyback hits ~US$509M of US$1B program; 89,451 shares repurchased Oct 1, 2026","bullets":["Class A cumulative buybacks: 12,671,326 shares on issue-basis purchases for US$332,336,477; 62,323 shares bought Oct 1, 2026 for US$1,769,487 at $28.20-$28.72.","Class B cumulative buybacks: 5,882,835 shares for US$174,525,876; 27,128 shares bought Oct 1, 2026 for US$849,394 at $31.08-$31.66.","Total purchased under the 2025 Repurchase Program to date: approximately US$509,481,234 of the US$1 billion authorized on July 15, 2025.","Shares on issue: 359,143,232 Class A (NWSA) and 141,017,361 Class B (NWS); Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the buyback broker.","Stated reason for the repurchase program is 'to enhance shareholder value'; no ASX-listed CDIs will be repurchased."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000214","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000214.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000214.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000214.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000214/0001564708-26-000214-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000214/nws-20261001.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:30:01.897385+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"}