New York, April 22, 2009 –
News Corporation today announced the Company has invested an additional
€115m in Premiere AG, increasing its stake in the German pay-television
platform to 30.5 percent, following the successful completion of Premiere’s
second equity capital increase.
News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) had total assets as of
December 31, 2008 of approximately US$50 billion and total annual revenues
of approximately US$33 billion. News Corporation is a diversified global
media company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed
entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast
satellite television; magazines and inserts; newspapers and information
services; book publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are
conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United
Kingdom, Australia, Asia and Latin America.
Contact:
Teri Everett 212-852-7070
Alice Macandrew +44 207 782 6019