Stock Performance
The following graph compares the cumulative total return to stockholders of a $100 investment in News Corporation’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock for the five-year period from June 30, 2004 through June 30, 2009, with a similar investment in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and the market value weighted returns of a Peer Group Index and assumes reinvestment of dividends. Since December 29, 2008, News Corporation’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock have been listed and traded on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, its principal market, under the symbols “NWSA” and “NWS”, respectively. Prior to December 29, 2008, Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock were listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbols “NWS.A” and “NWS”, respectively. The Peer Group Index, which consists of media and entertainment companies that represent News Corporation’s competitors in the industry, includes The Walt Disney Company, Time Warner Inc. (as adjusted for the spin-off of Time Warner Cable Inc.), CBS Corporation Class B Common Stock and Viacom Inc. Class B Common Stock (created on December 31, 2005 by the separation of the company formerly known as Viacom Inc. into two publicly held companies, CBS Corporation and Viacom Inc.). The removal of Time Warner Cable Inc. from Time Warner Inc. for all periods did not have a material impact on the Peer Group Index performance for the periods presented.
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| NWSA | $100 | $ 95 | $118 | $132 | $ 94 | $ 58 |
| NWS | $100 | $ 95 | $115 | $131 | $ 88 | $ 62 |
| S&P 500 | $100 | $106 | $115 | $139 | $121 | $ 89 |
| Peer Group | $100 | $ 95 | $102 | $123 | $ 97 | $ 71 |
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