Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Aug 15, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Aug 19, 2026
OfficerOption exercise
Context
Classification
option exercise
Code M — exercise or conversion of a derivative security
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001632944-26-000003
Filed / recorded
Aug 19, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
NEWS CORP
Issuer CIK
1564708
Ticker
NWS
Reporting person
David B Pitofsky
Relationship
Officer
Officer title
General Counsel
Security
Class A Common Stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Aug 15, 2026
Transaction code
M
Shares / units
77,959
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
161,250
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Includes dividend equivalents accrued during the performance period that are subject to the same performance-based and time-based vesting conditions as the underlying stock-settled performance stock units.
The stock-settled performance stock units were deemed to have settled for an equivalent number of shares of News Corporation's Class A Common Stock.