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NEWS CORP Director's Dealing 2015

Oct 4, 2015

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Director's Dealing

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 4 Washington, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
Check this box if no longer subjectto Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5obligations may continue._See_Instruction 1(b). STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIPFiled pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940OMB Number:Estimated averageburden hours perresponse3235-02870.5
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*MURDOCH JAMES R 2. Issuer NameandTicker or Trading SymbolNEWS CORP [NWS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Checkall applicable)
(Last) (First) (Middle)c/o News Corporation1211 Avenue of the Americas(Street) 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)10/01/2015 XDirector 10% Owner Officer(give title below) Other(specify below)
New York NY 10036(City) (State) (Zip) 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)XForm filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security(Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date(Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed ExecutionDate, if any(Month/Day/Year) 3.TransactionCode(Instr. 8)CodeV 4. Securities Acquired(A) or Disposed Of (D)(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)Amount(A)or(D)Price 5. Amount ofSecuritiesBeneficially OwnedFollowing ReportedTransaction(s)(Instr. 3 and 4) 6. OwnershipForm: Direct(D) or Indirect(I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature ofIndirectBeneficialOwnership(Instr. 4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

8. Price ofDerivativeSecurity(Instr. 5) 8. Price ofDerivativeSecurity(Instr. 5) 9. Number ofDerivativeSecuritiesBeneficiallyOwnedFollowingReportedTransaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10.OwnershipForm ofDerivativeSecurity:Direct(D) orIndirect (I)(Instr. 4) 11. Natureof IndirectBeneficialOwnership(Instr. 4)
1. Title ofDerivativeSecurity(Instr. 3) 2.Conversionor ExercisePrice ofDerivativeSecurity 3.TransactionDate(Month/Day/ Year) 3A. DeemedExecutionDate, if any(Month/Day /Year) 4.TransactionCode(Instr. 8) 5. NumberofDerivativeSecuritiesAcquired(A) orDisposed of(D) (Instr.3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable andExpiration Date(Month/ Day /Year) 7. Title and Amountof SecuritiesUnderlyingDerivative Security(Instr. 3 and 4) 8. PriceDerivatiSecurity(Instr. 5
Code V (A) (D) DateExercisable ExpirationDate(Month/Day/Year) Title AmountorNumberofShares
DeferredStock Units (1) 10/01/2015 A 2,847 (2) (2) Class ACommonStock 2,847 $12 .73 2,847 D

Explanation of Responses:

  1. Each deferred stock unit represents the equivalent of one share of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock. 2. The deferred stock units become payable in cash on the first trading day of the quarter five years following the grant.

/s/ Kenneth C. Mertz as Attorney-in-Fact for James R. Murdoch 10/02/2015

** Signature of Reporting Person

Date

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