News Corp. Class BNWS
13F holders, Q1 2025 (March 31)302holders +9
41new positions
31sold out
8famous investors
$30.37avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q1 2025, 302 institutions reported holding News Corp. Class B (NWS) in their 13F filings, up 9 from Q4 2024. 41 opened new positions and 31 sold out. The largest holders were SOF Ltd ($297.1M), Independent Franchise Partners LLP ($295.5M) and State Street Corp. ($258.2M). 8 famous investors held it, including Jeff Smith (4.3% of Starboard Value's portfolio), Mario Gabelli (0.0% of GAMCO Investors's portfolio) and Jim Simons / Peter Brown (0.0% of Renaissance Technologies's portfolio).
- Company
- News Corp. Class B
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- CUSIP
- 65249B208
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q4 2024 → Q1 2025
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 41 | $26.9M |
| Exits | 31 | $14.1M |
All 13F filers, Q4 2024 → Q1 2025: 5,332,138 shares bought and 6,870,124 shares sold, net −1,537,986 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 302 holders
| SOF Ltd | 100.00% | No change | 9,781,882 | $297.1M |
| Independent Franchise Partners LLP | 2.11% | Add +0.8% | 9,728,572 | $295.5M |
| State Street Corp. | 0.01% | Add +16.9% | 8,476,245 | $258.2M |
| Starboard Value | 4.32% | Reduce -7.9% | 7,814,831 | $237.3M |
| Vanguard Group Inc. | 0.00% | Add +5.3% | 6,879,273 | $208.9M |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +2.9% | 6,762,523 | $205.4M |
| 59 North Capital Management, LP | 4.16% | Reduce -12.6% | 3,799,973 | $115.4M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.01% | Add +3.5% | 2,955,825 | $89.6M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.01% | Reduce -0.4% | 1,956,999 | $59.4M |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 0.61% | Reduce -3.2% | 1,950,223 | $59.2M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.01% | Add +10.9% | 1,758,890 | $53.4M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.01% | Reduce -0.2% | 1,566,684 | $47.6M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.00% | Add +12.5% | 1,376,964 | $41.8M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.00% | Add +179.9% | 1,019,578 | $31.0M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.00% | Reduce -3.1% | 910,175 | $27.6M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.01% | Reduce -2.4% | 824,641 | $25.0M |
| Irenic Capital Management LP | 3.57% | Reduce -46.2% | 742,009 | $22.5M |
| Metropolis Capital Ltd | 0.69% | Add +11.8% | 609,566 | $18.5M |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 0.04% | Reduce -51.7% | 569,646 | $17.3M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.00% | Add +174.1% | 461,917 | $14.0M |
| Barclays PLC | 0.01% | Add +27.1% | 432,023 | $13.1M |
| Norges Bank | 0.00% | Reduce -9.0% | 428,596 | $13.0M |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 0.20% | Add +60.2% | 356,975 | $10.8M |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.00% | Reduce -25.4% | 339,556 | $10.3M |
| FMR LLC | 0.00% | Add +60.2% | 324,359 | $9.9M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.00% | Add +1.8% | 307,560 | $9.3M |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.00% | Reduce -15.4% | 306,907 | $9.3M |
| Renaissance Technologies | 0.01% | Reduce -16.3% | 306,393 | $9.3M |
| BNP Paribas Financial Markets | 0.01% | Reduce -20.3% | 291,042 | $8.8M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.00% | — | 276,373 | $8.4M |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 0.09% | Reduce -0.1% | 236,135 | $7.2M |
| Cooper Investors PTY Ltd. | 1.16% | New | 235,601 | $7.2M |
| Amundi | 0.00% | Add +16.2% | 239,051 | $7.0M |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc. | 0.00% | Add +22.7% | 220,230 | $6.7M |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 0.01% | Add +487.2% | 207,369 | $6.3M |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -1.0% | 206,680 | $6.3M |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 0.01% | Add +1.0% | 205,729 | $6.2M |
| T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -94.1% | 176,326 | $5.4M |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 0.03% | Add +281.6% | 157,138 | $4.8M |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina | 0.02% | Add +1.5% | 151,439 | $4.6M |
| Howard Capital Management, LLC | 0.11% | No change | 143,272 | $4.4M |
| Principal Financial Group Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -0.7% | 134,135 | $4.1M |
| Northern Right Capital Management, L.P. | 1.56% | No change | 125,459 | $3.8M |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.00% | Reduce -34.3% | 124,863 | $3.8M |
| Citadel Advisors | 0.00% | Reduce -33.4% | 122,641 | $3.7M |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 0.00% | Reduce -0.7% | 112,649 | $3.4M |
| Dorsey Wright & Associates | 0.87% | Add +2.4% | 112,409 | $3.4M |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd. | 0.05% | Reduce -4.9% | 111,484 | $3.4M |
| Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC | 0.08% | Reduce -3.9% | 109,813 | $3.3M |
| GAMCO Investors | 0.04% | Add +3.7% | 108,867 | $3.3M |
| Beverly Hills Private Wealth, LLC | 0.66% | Add +7.7% | 108,562 | $3.3M |
| Adage Capital Partners Gp, L.L.C. | 0.01% | Reduce -2.6% | 101,934 | $3.1M |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 0.00% | No change | 100,982 | $3.1M |
| Cibc World Markets Corp. | 0.02% | Add +15.1% | 98,550 | $3.0M |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 0.02% | New | 98,351 | $3.0M |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0.01% | New | 98,305 | $3.0M |
| Gabelli Funds LLC | 0.02% | Reduce -9.7% | 93,000 | $2.8M |
| Aberdeen Group plc | 0.01% | Add +98.0% | 92,719 | $2.8M |
| LPL Financial LLC | 0.00% | Add +77.1% | 89,231 | $2.7M |
| STRS Ohio | 0.01% | Add +1.8% | 87,810 | $2.7M |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -36.1% | 82,384 | $2.5M |
| Twinbeech Capital LP | 0.04% | New | 76,492 | $2.3M |
| National Bank of Canada | 0.00% | Add +38.5% | 72,484 | $2.2M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.00% | Reduce -26.5% | 68,473 | $2.1M |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 0.00% | Add +22.8% | 66,191 | $2.0M |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.00% | Add +25.8% | 64,630 | $2.0M |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd. | 0.00% | Reduce -7.6% | 60,665 | $1.8M |
| Prudential Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -0.9% | 60,543 | $1.8M |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 0.00% | Add +60.3% | 59,592 | $1.8M |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Add +1.6% | 59,120 | $1.8M |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc. | 0.01% | Add +167.0% | 58,913 | $1.8M |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -0.3% | 58,586 | $1.8M |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 0.05% | Add +56.3% | 58,136 | $1.8M |
| Trustmark Bank Trust Department | 0.12% | Add +13.2% | 53,966 | $1.6M |
| Bank of Montreal | 0.00% | Reduce -43.3% | 53,280 | $1.6M |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. | 0.07% | New | 52,434 | $1.6M |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund | 0.02% | No change | 52,318 | $1.6M |
| Holt Capital Advisors, L.L.C. dba Holt Capital Partners, L.P. | 0.24% | Reduce -0.1% | 51,911 | $1.6M |
| Ethic Inc. | 0.03% | Reduce -3.7% | 50,980 | $1.5M |
| Shilanski & Associates, Inc. | 0.47% | Add +5.5% | 49,598 | $1.5M |
| Sei Investments Co. | 0.00% | Add +12.3% | 49,375 | $1.5M |
| Semanteon Capital Management, LP | 0.80% | New | 48,465 | $1.5M |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +24.2% | 47,871 | $1.5M |
| Mariner, LLC | 0.00% | Add +16.9% | 47,436 | $1.4M |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +61.6% | 45,242 | $1.4M |
| Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC | 0.09% | No change | 43,814 | $1.3M |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 0.01% | Add +4.9% | 42,867 | $1.3M |
| Pinebridge Investments, L.P. | 0.01% | Add +175.4% | 42,564 | $1.3M |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 0.01% | No change | 41,680 | $1.3M |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 0.01% | Add +107.6% | 40,301 | $1.2M |
| Farringdon Capital, Ltd. | 0.59% | New | 38,456 | $1.2M |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0.00% | Reduce -13.3% | 38,409 | $1.2M |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 0.00% | Reduce -10.4% | 34,996 | $1.1M |
| Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC | 0.15% | No change | 33,860 | $1.0M |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 0.00% | No change | 33,618 | $1.0M |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 0.00% | Add +0.1% | 32,409 | $984K |
| Xponance LLC | 0.01% | Add +5.3% | 31,500 | $957K |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.00% | Add +2.9% | 30,766 | $934K |
| State of Michigan Retirement System | 0.01% | No change | 30,345 | $922K |
| Teza Capital Management LLC | 0.42% | Reduce -61.7% | 30,202 | $917K |
"% of holder's portfolio" is NWS's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of News Corp. Class B the manager owns.