News Corp
News Corporation, or News Corp, is an American publishing and mass media company with its headquarters in Manhattan. Starting as a small newspaper in Australia in the 1920s under Sir Keith Murdoch, the father of the previous chairman Rupert Murdoch, News Corp now encompasses many media and information brands, including Dow Jones & Company, The Wall Street Journal, The Sun, News UK, and News Corp Australia. The company also runs the book publisher HarperCollins. The current chairman of News Corp is Lachlan Murdoch, son of the founder Rupert Murdoch. The company has had a long and checkered history of dealings with China. For many years, from the 1990s onward, Murdoch worked concertedly to gain access to China’s budding media market — but was never successful. In February 2022, news emerged that China was suspected of hacking the accounts of several journalists at News Corp. In 2025, some commentators in Australia accused News Corp publications of pushing the “China threat” in its coverage.
