News Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

News' CEO is Robert Thomson, appointed in Jan 2013, has a tenure of 11.25 years. total yearly compensation is $19.28M, comprised of 15.6% salary and 84.4% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0% of the company’s shares, worth €45.55K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.7 years and 10.8 years respectively.

Key information

Robert Thomson

Chief executive officer

US$19.3m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	15.6%
CEO tenure	11.3yrs
CEO ownership	0.0003%
Management average tenure	5.7yrs
Board average tenure	10.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Robert Thomson's remuneration changed compared to News's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Dec 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$228m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$139m
Jun 30 2023	US$19m	US$3m	US$149m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$267m
Dec 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$299m
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$467m
Jun 30 2022	US$20m	US$3m	US$623m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$499m
Dec 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$496m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$492m
Jun 30 2021	US$23m	US$3m	US$330m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	-US$53m
Dec 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$862m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$1b
Jun 30 2020	US$14m	US$3m	-US$1b
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	-US$923m
Dec 31 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$183m
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$173m
Jun 30 2019	US$15m	US$3m	US$155m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$166m
Dec 31 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$1b
Sep 30 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$1b
Jun 30 2018	US$13m	US$2m	-US$2b
Mar 31 2018	n/a	n/a	-US$2b
Dec 31 2017	n/a	n/a	-US$451m
Sep 30 2017	n/a	n/a	-US$657m
Jun 30 2017	US$14m	US$2m	-US$740m

Compensation vs Market: Robert's total compensation ($USD19.28M) is above average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD5.66M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Robert's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Robert Thomson (62 yo)

11.3yrs

Tenure

US$19,277,292

Compensation

Mr. Robert J. Thomson has been the Chief Executive Officer of News Corporation since January 2013. He served as Editor-in-Chief of Dow Jones & Company, Inc and Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal fr...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Robert Thomson	CEO & Director	11.3yrs	US$19.28m	0.00035% $ 45.5k
Susan Panuccio	Chief Financial Officer	7.1yrs	US$7.01m	0.027% $ 3.5m
David Pitofsky	Executive VP & General Counsel	9.2yrs	US$4.63m	0.015% $ 1.9m
Marygrace DeGrazio	Chief Accounting Officer	1.8yrs	no data	0.0038% $ 495.8k
David Kline	Executive VP & CTO	4.3yrs	no data	no data
Michael Florin	Senior VP & Head of Investor Relations	11yrs	no data	no data
Arthur Bochner	Executive VP & Chief Communications Officer	no data	no data	no data
Ruth Allen	Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer	2.3yrs	no data	no data
Anoushka Healy	Executive VP & Chief Strategy Officer	no data	no data	no data
Michael Bunder	Senior VP	no data	no data	no data
James Marcovitz	Senior VP & Deputy General Counsel	no data	no data	no data
Todd Thorpe	Executive VP & Global Head of Government Affairs	2.3yrs	no data	no data

5.7yrs

Average Tenure

58yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: NC0B's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.7 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Robert Thomson	CEO & Director	10.8yrs	US$19.28m	0.00035% $ 45.5k
Masroor Siddiqui	Independent Lead Director	10.8yrs	US$310.27k	no data
Lachlan Murdoch	Chairman of the Board	10.8yrs	US$1.18m	0.00028% $ 36.4k
Keith Murdoch	Chairman Emeritus	less than a year	US$5.25m	13.62% $ 1.8b
Michael Miller	Executive Chair of News Corp Australasia	8.4yrs	no data	no data
José Aznar	Independent Director	10.8yrs	US$273.94k	0.00019% $ 24.7k
Natalie Bancroft	Independent Director	10.8yrs	US$262.02k	0.00037% $ 48.1k
Ana Pessoa	Independent Director	10.8yrs	US$267.02k	no data
Sarah Wood	Chairman of Unruly	6yrs	no data	no data
Kelly Ayotte	Independent Director	7yrs	US$267.72k	no data

10.8yrs

Average Tenure

54yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: NC0B's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 10.8 years average tenure).

News Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

News Corporation Announces Management Changes

News Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Nov 15, 2023

Fox Corporation and News Corporation Announce Board Changes

News Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Nov 15, 2022

News Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Nov 15, 2022

News Corporation Appoints Marygrace DeGrazio as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer

Recent updates

News Corporation to Report Q3, 2024 Results on May 08, 2024

Murdoch's News Corp Reportedly Eyes Joint Telegraph Bid with Rivals

News Corporation Declares Semi-Annual Cash Dividend, Payable on April 10, 2024

News Corporation to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Feb 07, 2024

News Corporation Announces Management Changes

News Corporation to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Nov 09, 2023

News Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Nov 15, 2023

Fox Corporation and News Corporation Announce Board Changes

News Corporation Declares Semi Annual Cash Dividend for Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, Payable on October 11, 2023

News Corporation to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Aug 10, 2023

News Corporation Announces Dividend for Class B Shares for the Period of Six Months Ended December 31, 2022, Payable on April 12, 2023

News Corporation Announces Expected Headcount Reduction

News Corporation to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Feb 09, 2023

News Corporation (NasdaqGS:NWSA) agreed to acquire unknown stake in Fourth Estate Holdings Ltd. from Jackie Scott and Todd Scott.

News Corp Confirms the Talks to Sell Move to Costar

Irenic Capital Management Asks News Corp to Spin Off Unit Instead of Merger with Fox Corp

News Corporation to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Nov 08, 2022

News Corp, Fox Corp Weigh Up Merger

News Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Nov 15, 2022

News Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Nov 15, 2022

News Corporation Declares Semi-Annual Cash Dividend for Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, Payable on October 12, 2022

News Corporation to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Aug 08, 2022

News Corporation Appoints Marygrace DeGrazio as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer

News Corporation to Report Q3, 2022 Results on May 05, 2022

News Corporation Announces Dividend for the Period of Six Months Ended December 31, 2021, Payable Om April 13, 2022

News Corporation (NasdaqGS:NWSA) completed the acquisition of Oil Price Information Services (OPIS), Coal, Metals and Mining and PetroChem Wire businesses from IHS Markit Ltd. (NYSE:INFO).

News Corporation Declares Semi-Annual Cash Dividend for Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, Payable on April 13, 2022

News Corporation (NasdaqGS:NWSA) announces an Equity Buyback for $1,000 million worth of its shares.

Phil Murphy Receives Expressions of Interest for His Shares in Brisbane Broncos

News Corp and Facebook Reach Agreement in Australia

News Corp and Google Agree to Global Partnership on News

News Corporation to Report Q2, 2021 Results on Feb 04, 2021

HT Media Limited (BSE:532662) completed the acquisition of Mosaic Media Ventures Private Limited from NWS Digital Asia Pte Ltd and News Corporation (NasdaqGS:NWSA).

News Corp Bids for Simon & Schuster

News Corporation to Report Q1, 2021 Results on Nov 05, 2020

News Corporation Announces Resignation of Joel Klein from the Board

News Corporation Announces Plan to Shift New York Printing

News Corporation to Report Q4, 2020 Results on Aug 06, 2020

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