News Corporation - SEC Form 4

RNS Number:2391L
News Corporation
07 January 2008

FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
Check this box Washington, D.C. 20549 OMB Number: 3235-0287
if no longer Expires: January 31, 2008
subject to Estimated average burden
Section 16. Form hours per response 0.5
4 or Form 5
obligations may
continue. See
Instruction 1(b). STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
Person * Symbol to Issuer
MURDOCH, LACHLAN K. NEWS CORP (NWS) (Check all applicable)

(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
c/o News America Incorporated, 1211 /Day/Year) _____ Officer (give _____ Other
Avenue of the Americas 01/02/2008 title below) (specify below)

(Street) 4. If Amendment, Date of Original 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Filed (Month/Day/Year) (Check Applicable Line)
New York, NY 10036 _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One
Reporting Person

(City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of 2. 2A. 3. 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
Security Transaction Deemed Transaction Acquired (A) or Securities Form: Direct Indirect
(Instr. 3) Date (Month Execution Code Disposed of (D) Beneficially (D) or Indirect Beneficial
/Day/Year) Date, if (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and Owned Following (I) Ownership
any 5) Reported (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
(Month/ Code V Amount (A) Price Transaction(s)
Day/Year) or (Instr. 3 and
(D) 4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. 2. 3. 3A. 4. 5. 6. Date 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Title Conver- Transa- Deemed Transa- Number Exercis- Title Price Number Owner- Nature
of sion ction Execution ction of able and of of ship of
Derivative or Date Date, if Code Deriva- and Amount Deriva- Deriva- Form: Indirect
Security Exercise (Month/ any (Instr. tive Expira- of tive tive Direct Benefi-
(Instr. 3) Price of Day/ (Month/ 8) Securi- tion Underlying Security Securi- (D) or cial
Deriva- Year) Day ties Date Securities (Instr. ties Indirect Owner-
tive /Year) Acquired (Month/ (Instr. 3 5) Benefi- (I) ship
Security (A) or Day and 4) cially (Instr. (Instr.
Disposed /Year) Owned 4) 4)
of (D) Follow-
(Instr. ing
3, 4 Reported
and 5) Transa-
ction(s)
Instr.4)

Code V (A) (D) Date Expir- Title Amount
Exerci- ation or
sable Date Number
of
Shares
Deferred (1) 01/02/2008 A 1,311 (2) (2) Class 1,311 $20.01 1,311 D
Stock A
Units Common
Stock

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships

Director 10% Owner Officer Other

MURDOCH, LACHLAN K. X
c/o News America Incorporated
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

Signatures

/s/ Laura O'Leary as Attorney-in-Fact for Lachlan K. Murdoch 01/04/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15
U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Each deferred stock unit represents the equivalent of one share of Class A Common Stock.
(2) The deferred stock units become payable in cash upon the fifth anniversary of the grant date.

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