10 Facts About News Corp

1. Fox News Corp scored an astonishing PR own goal in August 2003 when they launched a law suit against the American political satirist, Al Franken.

2. Rupert Murdoch and News Corp have become synonymous with the corporate media, a media telling the story of capitalism and corporations rather than of people and communities.

3. In July 2011, News Corp closed down the News of the World newspaper in the United Kingdom due to allegations of phone hackings.

4. In 2009, News Corp established NewsCore, a global wire service set up to provide news stories to all of News Corp's journalistic outlets.

5. In 1986 and 1987, News Corp moved to adjust the production process of its British newspapers, over which the printing unions had long maintained a highly restrictive grip.

6. In 1982, News Corp bought two eighths of the movie studio 20th Century Fox, buying the other half in 1984.

7. On June 2016, News Corp acquired Wireless Group, a British radio broadcaster, for $296 million.

8. In October 2015, News Corp sold its digital education brand Amplify to a management team supported by a group of private investors for an undisclosed sum.

9. On May 2, 2014, News Corp acquired romance novel publisher Harlequin Enterprises from Torstar for $415 million.

10. On December 20, 2013, News Corp announced its acquisition of Mark Little's Storyful, a news agency specializing in verifying and distributing user-generated content relating to news events from social networking services, for $25 million, marking News Corp's first acquisition since the split.