News Corp sees a property-led future

Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 14 : 10-Aug-16

Media giant News Corporation has posted a 2015-16 profit of $US179m, compared with a $US147m loss in 2014-15. Group revenue was three per cent lower at $US8.3bn, while its newspaper division’s revenue was down seven per cent at $US5.3bn. However, revenue at its digital real estate services business rose by 32 per cent to $US822m. This division includes property listings businesses such as REA Group and Realtor.com. News Corp CEO Robert Thomson expects the division to become the group’s biggest source of earnings.

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NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, REA GROUP LIMITED – ASX REA, REALTOR.COM, MOVE INCORPORATED, IPROPERTY GROUP LIMITED, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NEWS AMERICA MARKETING INCORPORATED, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCORPORATED, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS

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