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News Corp (NYSE:NWS) will release its Fiscal 2026 second quarter results on Thursday, February 5, 2026. The earnings release will be posted on the company's investor website prior to a live audio webcast.

Chief Executive Robert Thomson and Chief Financial Officer Lavanya Chandrashekar will discuss results on a live audio webcast at 5:00 p.m. EST (Sydney: Feb 6, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. AEDT); a replay and archived webcast will be available on the investor site after the call.

Dow Jones (NWS) announced Factiva has secured licensing rights from more than 8,000 premium news and business sources for GenAI use, adding over 4,000 new licensed sources since the initial launch of Factiva Smart Summary.

Factiva positions itself as an AI marketplace supplying licensed, traceable, copyright-compliant content to power enterprise GenAI tools, APIs and the Factiva.com platform, citing major publisher partners and emphasizing provenance and publisher compensation.

Realtor.com (NYSE:NWS) reports asking rents across the 50 largest U.S. metros fell 0.7% year‑over‑year in December 2025 to a median of $1,689, the 29th consecutive annual decline. However, rent relief is concentrated at the high end: since Dec 2019 the median asking rent rose 16.9%, the 25th percentile rose 19.9% and the 75th percentile rose 12.5%, indicating affordability pressures for lower‑cost rentals. From Dec 2022–Dec 2025 the median eased 2.3% while the 25th percentile only fell 0.8%, showing shallower relief for cheaper units.

Realtor.com (NWS) analysis of FHFA data shows that in 2025 Q3 the share of U.S. outstanding mortgages with rates 6% or higher reached 21.2%, surpassing the 20.0% share with rates below 3%. More than half of mortgages (51.5%) remain at or below 4%, and 68.6% carry rates of 5% or lower, sustaining a strong rate-lock effect. The share of mortgages above 6% rose by over four percentage points year-over-year to 21.2%, while modest easing into the low-6% range and improved housing supply are beginning to ease mobility constraints for some sellers.

Realtor.com (NWS) announced a strategic integration with CubiCasa to add interactive floor plans and CubiCasa Tour content directly to Realtor.com listing pages. The change will make high-quality floor plans more prominent on listings, helping home shoppers visualize layout and flow earlier in the search process. The partnership aims to increase availability of floor plans, create richer listing experiences for buyers, and support an industry shift toward making floor plans a standard feature on every listing. Realtor.com and CubiCasa position the move as improving transparency and comparison capability for consumers and agents.

Realtor.com (NWS) reports U.S. housing inventory expanded for the 26th consecutive month in December 2025, with active listings at 976,833 (+12.1% YoY) while month-over-month listings fell 8.9% due to typical seasonality. The national median listing price was $399,950, down 0.6% YoY. Inventory growth decelerated after midyear peaks, leaving national inventory still 12.5% below 2017–2019 norms. Regional splits persisted: Northeast and Midwest remained tighter with price-per-square-foot gains, while the South and West saw stronger inventory growth and softer prices. At the metro level, 9 of the 50 largest markets exceed pre-pandemic inventory by ≥25%, while 16 remain ≥25% below pre-pandemic norms.

Polymarket and Dow Jones (Nasdaq: NWS) announced an exclusive partnership to publish Polymarket’s real-time prediction market data across Dow Jones consumer platforms, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Investor’s Business Daily.

Polymarket data will appear in dedicated digital data modules (homepage and market pages), select print placements, and new consumer features such as a custom earnings calendar showing market-implied expectations around corporate performance. Additional data-driven experiences are planned to roll out over time.

Realtor.com (NWS) released its Best Markets for First-Time Homebuyers 2026 ranking, naming Rochester, NY; Harrisburg, PA; and Granite City, IL as the top three markets.

The report highlights affordability, inventory, local amenities and metro forecasts, noting all 10 featured places have median listing prices affordable to median 25–34-year-old earners under a 30% payment-share rule (assumes 6.25% mortgage, 30-year, 10% down). Only 35.2% of evaluated places meet that affordability standard and the typical U.S. household needs seven years to save for a down payment.

Realtor.com (NWS) reports the typical U.S. household needs 7 years to save for a down payment in 2025, down from a peak of 12 years in 2022 and a brief peak of ~16 years in April 2022. The typical down payment rose to $30,400 (Q3 2025), more than double the Q3 2019 level of $13,900. The U.S. personal savings rate averaged 5.1% in 2025 versus a pre-pandemic norm of 6.5%, slowing accumulation. High-cost coastal metros show extreme timelines (20–36+ years), while many Southern metros and military hubs require under five years.