NWSA - News Corp.

News Corporation is a diversified global media company. It has operations in eight segments: Filmed Entertainment, Television, Cable Network Programming, Direct Broadcast Satellite Television, Integrated Marketing Services, Newspapers and Information Services, Book Publishing, and Others. The Companys activities are conducted in the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Australia, Asia and Latin America. In April 2010, the Company completed the sale of bTV, its Bulgarian terrestrial television business, to Central European Media Enterprises (CME). In February 2009, the Company, two newly incorporated subsidiaries of funds advised by Permira Advisers LLP (the Permira Newcos) and the Companys then majority owned, publicly held subsidiary, NDS Group plc (NDS), completed a transaction pursuant to which all issued and outstanding NDS were acquired. In June 2010, the Company acquired Skiff, LLC. In April 2011, the Company acquired Shine Group.