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NEWS CORP Director's Dealing 2014

Dec 9, 2014

30325_rns_2014-12-09_cb33aad3-260d-41c6-bbfe-3f457327cf4d.pdf

Director's Dealing

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 4

Washington, D.C. 20549

fgecd Check this box if no longer subject to Section STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer NameandTicker 2. Issuer NameandTicker or Trading Symbol or Trading Symbol or Trading Symbol or Trading Symbol 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
MURDOCH JAMES R NEWS CORP [NWS] (Check all applicable)
c/o News Corporation, 1211 Avenue of the Americas
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/05/2014
X Director
_____ Officer (give title below)
_ 10% Owner
___ Other (specify below)
(Street) 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
New York, NY 10036 ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security 2. Transaction 2A. Deemed 3. 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned 6. 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) Date Execution Date, if Transaction (A) or Disposed of (D) Following Reported Transaction(s) Ownership of Indirect
(Month/Day/Year) any Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) (Instr. 3 and 4) Form: Beneficial
(Month/Day/Year) (Instr. 8) Direct (D) Ownership
(A) or Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount or
(D)
Price (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock 97,65~~4~~(1) D
By JRM
Class A Common Stock 613,42~~5~~(1) I Family
Trust
Class B Common Stock 41~~1~~(1) D
Class A Common Stock 12/05/2014 ~~G~~(2) V 97,435 D $ 0 219 D
Class A Common Stock 12/08/2014 S 613,425 D $15.64
(3)
0 I By JRM
Family
Trust

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative
Security
(Instr. 3)
2.
Conversion
or Exercise
Price of
Derivative
3. Transaction
Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3A. Deemed
Execution Date, if
any
(Month/Day/Year)
4.
Transaction
Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Acquired (A) or
Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and
6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of
Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of
Derivative
Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number
of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
10.
Ownership
Form of
Derivative
Security:
Direct (D)
11. Nature
of Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Security 5) Following or Indirect Reported (I) Date Expiration Title[Amount or Number of ] Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) Exercisable Date Shares Code V (A) (D) (Instr. 4)

Reporting Owners

Relationships Reporting Owner Name / Address Director 10% Owner Officer Other MURDOCH JAMES R c/o News Corporation X 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036

Signatures

/s/ Kenneth C. Mertz as Attorney-in-Fact for James R. Murdoch 12/09/2014 **Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

  • If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

  • ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

  • (1) Shares acquired on June 28, 2013 in a pro rata distribution by Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. ("Fox") of shares of News Corporation in connection with the separation of News Corporation from Fox.

  • (2) The gift reported was effected pursuant to an irrevocable donation and transfer of shares to Quadrivium, a charitable foundation.

  • The price reported is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $15.46 to $15.81, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to News

  • (3) Corporation, any security holder of News Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.

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