{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001564708-26-000215","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"NWSA","cik":"0001564708","company_name":"NEWS CORP","filed_at":"2026-10-05T10:36:07+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-05T10:40:00.536714+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:43:21.412517+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 has repurchased 18.6M shares for ~$509M under its $1B 2025 buy-back program","bullets":["Class A buybacks to date: 12,733,649 shares for US$334.1M; Class B: 5,909,963 shares for US$175.4M.","On Oct 2, 2026 it bought 62,323 Class A shares for US$1.79M ($28.31-$28.96) and 27,128 Class B shares for US$858,107 ($31.25-$31.89).","Total purchased under the 2025 Repurchase Program authorized July 15, 2025 is approximately US$512.1M of the US$1B authorization; about US$488M remains.","Class A buyback prices have ranged from US$22.20 (Feb 9, 2026) to US$31.58 (Aug 27, 2026); Class B from US$25.49 (Feb 13, 2026) to US$35.69 (Aug 27, 2026).","Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is the buy-back broker; shares on issue are 358,831,617 Class A (NWSA) and 140,881,721 Class B (NWS)."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000215","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000215.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000215.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564708-26-000215.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000215/0001564708-26-000215-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1564708/000156470826000215/nws-20261002.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:43:21.412517+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"}