News Ownership | Who Owns News?

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News Ownership Summary

News is owned by 18.91% institutional investors, 0.07% insiders, and 81.02% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.79% of NWSA shares. State Street® CommServSelSectSPDR®ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.71% of its assets in News shares.

NWSA Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	News	18.91%	0.07%	81.02%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	31.15%	18.07%	50.78%
Industry	Publishing Stocks	30.22%	29.32%	40.46%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	49.86M	8.79%	$1.30B
Independent franchise partners llp	32.07M	5.73%	$796.41M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	31.06M	5.55%	$771.20M
State street	30.26M	5.41%	$751.45M
Vanguard capital management	25.71M	4.59%	$638.50M
59 north capital management, lp	13.23M	2.36%	$328.56M
Dodge & cox	12.54M	2.24%	$311.32M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	10.92M	1.95%	$271.17M
Geode capital management	10.72M	1.92%	$265.62M
Metropolis capital	9.19M	1.64%	$229.16M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Asset value investors	3.96M	99.18%	$98.78M
Northern right capital management	1.34M	9.88%	$33.29M
Dendur capital lp	2.34M	7.46%	$71.89M
59 north capital management, lp	13.23M	7.31%	$328.56M
Metropolis capital	9.19M	6.65%	$229.16M
Independent franchise partners llp	32.07M	5.22%	$796.41M
West tower group	68.28K	4.76%	$1.70M
Incline global management	305.83K	2.78%	$9.39M
Hunting hill global capital	140.17K	2.71%	$3.49M
Madison avenue partners, lp	1.45M	2.66%	$44.63M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	6.00M	0.01%	6.00M
Sixth street partners management company	4.93M	0.02%	4.93M
Aqr capital management	9.06M	0.08%	3.29M
Millennium management	3.12M	0.03%	2.90M
Hrt financial lp	2.24M	0.10%	2.24M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Barclays	6.70M	0.03%	-11.47M
State street	30.26M	0.02%	-8.55M
Contour asset management	-	-	-5.15M
Point72 asset management	7.62M	0.21%	-3.59M
Starboard value lp	2.04M	1.12%	-3.57M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	6.00M	0.01%	6.00M	$149.00M
Sixth street partners management company	4.93M	0.02%	4.93M	$122.52M
Madison avenue partners, lp	1.45M	2.66%	1.45M	$44.63M
J. goldman & co lp	1.30M	1.00%	1.30M	$39.86M
Renaissance	1.12M	0.04%	1.12M	$27.81M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-3.00
Northwest financial advisors	-4.00
Greenline partners	-4.00
Scarborough advisors	-5.00
Nemes rush group	-6.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	325	-44.44%	108,960,068	-71.77%	18	0.41%	156	-41.35%	104	-52.94%
Dec 31, 2025	403	-33.17%	226,591,815	-41.46%	39	0.86%	173	-43.83%	153	-17.30%
Sep 30, 2025	570	2.15%	385,392,243	5.61%	67	1.64%	288	-8.28%	177	4.73%
Jun 30, 2025	565	2.73%	388,824,584	5.18%	68	1.61%	317	2.92%	171	14.77%
Mar 31, 2025	547	5.39%	374,545,431	-1.19%	66	1.49%	306	19.53%	149	-18.13%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
State Street® CommServSelSectSPDR®ETF	14.65M	2.71%	-43.85K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	14.10M	2.49%	11.28K
Vanguard Morn Total Stk Mkt Idx Investor	12.95M	2.39%	-254.42K
The Comm Svcs Sel Sect SPDR® ETF	13.22M	2.34%	84.97K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	12.95M	2.32%	-254.42K
Dodge & Cox Stock I	9.97M	1.79%	-
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	9.48M	1.70%	-283.74K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	8.34M	1.50%	-132.31K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	5.54M	0.99%	17.28K
Vanguard Morn Small Cap Value Index	5.30M	0.98%	-139.10K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Sep 05, 2024	Kline David R	Chief Technology Officer	Sell	$269.63K
Aug 15, 2024	Kline David R	Chief Technology Officer	Sell	$375.73K
Aug 15, 2024	Allen Ruth	Chief Human Resources Officer	Sell	$196.25K
Aug 15, 2024	Pitofsky David B	General Counsel	Sell	$1.15M
Aug 15, 2024	PANUCCIO SUSAN	Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$1.56M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	-	6

NWSA Ownership FAQ

Who Owns News?

News shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 18.91%, followed by 0.07% insiders and 81.02% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in News's industry, Publishing Stocks , is 30.22%, which News falls below.

Who owns the most shares of News?

News’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (49.86M shares, 8.79%), Independent franchise partners llp (32.07M shares, 5.73%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (31.06M shares, 5.55%). Together, they hold 20.06% of News’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own News?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of News.

Who is News’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Asset value investors is News’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 99.18% of its assets in 3.96M News shares, valued at 98.78M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of News shares?

State Street® CommServSelSectSPDR®ETF is the top mutual fund holder of News shares, with 2.71% of its total shares outstanding invested in 14.65M News shares.

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