News Corp. Class BNWS
13F holders, Q2 2025 (June 30)At the end of Q2 2025, 328 institutions reported holding News Corp. Class B (NWS) in their 13F filings, up 26 from Q1 2025. 58 opened new positions and 33 sold out. The largest holders were SOF Ltd ($335.6M), Independent Franchise Partners LLP ($323.3M) and State Street Corp. ($248.9M). 8 famous investors held it, including Jeff Smith (4.1% 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 Q1 2025 → Q2 2025
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 58 | $32.3M |
| Exits | 33 | $15.4M |
All 13F filers, Q1 2025 → Q2 2025: 3,738,701 shares bought and 6,728,792 shares sold, net −2,990,091 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 328 holders
| SOF Ltd | 100.00% | No change | 9,781,882 | $335.6M |
| Independent Franchise Partners LLP | 2.15% | Reduce -3.1% | 9,423,928 | $323.3M |
| State Street Corp. | 0.01% | Reduce -14.4% | 7,255,629 | $248.9M |
| Vanguard Group Inc. | 0.00% | Add +4.1% | 7,161,378 | $245.7M |
| Starboard Value | 4.08% | Reduce -12.2% | 6,862,525 | $235.5M |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -2.1% | 6,617,491 | $227.0M |
| 59 North Capital Management, LP | 4.34% | Reduce -6.7% | 3,543,717 | $121.6M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -1.8% | 2,902,156 | $99.4M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.02% | Reduce -0.2% | 1,952,834 | $67.0M |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | 0.64% | Reduce -1.1% | 1,929,507 | $66.2M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.01% | Reduce -2.9% | 1,521,486 | $52.2M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.00% | Add +7.3% | 1,477,183 | $50.7M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.00% | Add +0.0% | 910,565 | $31.2M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.01% | Add +2.6% | 846,279 | $29.0M |
| Metropolis Capital Ltd | 0.74% | Add +12.3% | 684,729 | $23.5M |
| Irenic Capital Management LP | 5.12% | Reduce -13.2% | 643,809 | $22.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.00% | Reduce -43.2% | 579,426 | $19.9M |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.00% | Add +794.1% | 577,867 | $19.8M |
| BNP Paribas Financial Markets | 0.01% | Add +81.0% | 526,882 | $18.1M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.00% | Reduce -70.3% | 522,407 | $17.9M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.00% | Add +60.4% | 493,382 | $16.9M |
| Barclays PLC | 0.01% | Add +11.8% | 482,777 | $16.6M |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 0.03% | Add +352.2% | 444,538 | $15.3M |
| Norges Bank | 0.00% | No change | 428,596 | $14.7M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.00% | Reduce -10.4% | 413,730 | $14.2M |
| Amundi | 0.00% | Add +60.0% | 382,476 | $13.1M |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina | 0.04% | Add +122.8% | 337,440 | $11.6M |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.00% | Reduce -8.6% | 310,437 | $10.7M |
| FMR LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -7.9% | 298,772 | $10.3M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.00% | Add +4.0% | 287,508 | $9.9M |
| Cooper Investors PTY Ltd. | 1.75% | Add +19.0% | 280,286 | $9.6M |
| HRT Financial LP | 0.04% | New | 275,238 | $9.4M |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 0.15% | Reduce -26.8% | 261,482 | $9.0M |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.00% | Reduce -15.2% | 260,168 | $8.9M |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc. | 0.00% | Add +9.7% | 241,591 | $8.3M |
| Renaissance Technologies | 0.01% | Reduce -24.4% | 231,493 | $7.9M |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 0.01% | Add +1.4% | 208,543 | $7.2M |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 0.00% | Reduce -1.5% | 203,566 | $7.0M |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 0.03% | Add +26.4% | 198,660 | $6.8M |
| T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -7.6% | 162,939 | $5.6M |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.00% | Add +30.4% | 162,840 | $5.6M |
| Principal Financial Group Inc. | 0.00% | Add +7.4% | 144,079 | $4.9M |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 0.01% | Reduce -30.8% | 143,571 | $4.9M |
| Howard Capital Management, LLC | 0.07% | No change | 143,272 | $4.9M |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 0.01% | Reduce -77.7% | 127,336 | $4.4M |
| Northern Right Capital Management, L.P. | 1.47% | No change | 125,459 | $4.3M |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 0.00% | Add +14.8% | 115,977 | $4.0M |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 0.00% | Add +0.3% | 113,014 | $3.9M |
| Beverly Hills Private Wealth, LLC | 0.73% | Add +4.0% | 112,846 | $3.9M |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | 0.01% | Add +546.7% | 112,197 | $3.8M |
| Dorsey Wright & Associates | 0.91% | Reduce -0.7% | 111,607 | $3.8M |
| LPL Financial LLC | 0.00% | Add +21.4% | 108,329 | $3.7M |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd. | 0.05% | Reduce -3.0% | 108,140 | $3.7M |
| GAMCO Investors | 0.04% | Reduce -3.5% | 105,067 | $3.6M |
| XY Capital Ltd | 2.48% | New | 104,807 | $3.6M |
| Adage Capital Partners Gp, L.L.C. | 0.01% | Add +0.1% | 102,034 | $3.5M |
| Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC | 0.08% | Reduce -10.8% | 98,001 | $3.4M |
| Aberdeen Group plc | 0.01% | Add +3.3% | 95,732 | $3.3M |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 0.02% | Reduce -3.4% | 94,981 | $3.3M |
| Gabelli Funds LLC | 0.02% | No change | 93,000 | $3.2M |
| Ossiam | 0.03% | Add +165.9% | 79,022 | $2.7M |
| STRS Ohio | 0.01% | Reduce -10.1% | 78,972 | $2.7M |
| Cibc World Markets Corp. | 0.02% | Reduce -30.7% | 68,253 | $2.3M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.00% | Reduce -2.8% | 66,555 | $2.3M |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 0.00% | No change | 66,191 | $2.3M |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd. | 0.01% | Add +9.1% | 66,154 | $2.3M |
| National Bank of Canada | 0.00% | Reduce -8.8% | 66,103 | $2.3M |
| Prudential Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Add +7.8% | 65,273 | $2.2M |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 0.00% | Add +9.3% | 65,123 | $2.2M |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 0.09% | Add +124.5% | 63,432 | $2.2M |
| Regal Partners Ltd | 0.18% | New | 62,425 | $2.1M |
| Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund | 0.03% | Add +18.0% | 61,712 | $2.1M |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, LLC | 0.01% | Add +0.5% | 58,870 | $2.0M |
| Trustmark Bank Trust Department | 0.13% | Add +1.2% | 54,601 | $1.9M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.00% | Add +104.9% | 54,243 | $1.9M |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +12.3% | 53,743 | $1.8M |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -36.7% | 52,136 | $1.8M |
| Holt Capital Advisors, L.L.C. dba Holt Capital Partners, L.P. | 0.31% | Reduce -0.1% | 51,879 | $1.8M |
| Mariner, LLC | 0.00% | Add +6.7% | 50,627 | $1.7M |
| Shilanski & Associates, Inc. | 0.49% | Add +1.1% | 50,169 | $1.7M |
| Millennium Management | 0.00% | New | 49,449 | $1.7M |
| Sei Investments Co. | 0.00% | Reduce -3.0% | 47,918 | $1.6M |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 0.01% | Add +274.0% | 46,652 | $1.6M |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. | 0.00% | Add +1.9% | 46,080 | $1.6M |
| Board of the Pension Protection Fund | 1.68% | New | 45,400 | $1.6M |
| Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC | 0.21% | Add +31.6% | 44,560 | $1.5M |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.00% | Reduce -25.3% | 44,178 | $1.5M |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 0.01% | Add +5.7% | 44,042 | $1.5M |
| Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC | 0.13% | No change | 43,814 | $1.5M |
| Pinebridge Investments, L.P. | 0.01% | Add +1.9% | 43,377 | $1.5M |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 0.01% | New | 41,878 | $1.4M |
| Stance Capital LLC | 0.53% | New | 41,036 | $1.4M |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 0.01% | Reduce -7.2% | 39,802 | $1.4M |
| AQR Capital Management | 0.00% | Add +45.1% | 39,003 | $1.3M |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.00% | Add +21.3% | 37,328 | $1.3M |
| Stifel Financial Corp. | 0.00% | Add +32.8% | 37,130 | $1.3M |
| Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio | 0.00% | Reduce -0.7% | 34,743 | $1.2M |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 0.00% | Reduce -0.3% | 33,520 | $1.2M |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 0.13% | Add +21.4% | 33,029 | $1.1M |
| Bank of Montreal | 0.00% | Reduce -38.4% | 32,810 | $1.1M |
"% of holder's portfolio" is NWS's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of News Corp. Class B the manager owns.