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News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS) will release fiscal 2026 first-quarter results on Thursday, November 6, 2025. The company said Chief Executive Robert Thomson and Chief Financial Officer Lavanya Chandrashekar will discuss results via a live audio webcast at 5:00 p.m. EST (Sydney: November 7 at 9:00 a.m. AEDT).

The earnings release will be posted on the company's investor website prior to the call. Investors can register for the live audio webcast via the supplied registration link and access a replay and archived webcast on the investor site shortly after the call.

The Wall Street Journal (NWS) announced WSJ Invest Live, a two-day editorially led investment conference in West Palm Beach on February 2-3, 2026. The event will convene investors, asset managers, market leaders and policy voices for interviews, panels and networking focused on market volatility, dealmaking and the U.S. economic agenda. Related Ross is the founding sponsor and is investing more than $10 billion in South Florida projects tied to housing, infrastructure, healthcare and education. Featured confirmed speakers include leaders from Blackstone, Citadel, Lazard, Andreessen Horowitz and other major firms.

Realtor.com (NWS) analyzed nearly 2 million mortgage originations (2023–2024) and finds borrower choices can materially change mortgage costs even when market rates are high. Key findings: lender shopping produced up to 0.55 percentage-point rate spreads (example: 6.05% vs 6.60% → $43,929 lifetime savings on a $425,000 home). Raising credit from "good" to "very good" averaged a 0.11 ppt discount (~$8,735 lifetime), while moving from 10% to 20% down improved rates by ~0.09 ppt and could save ~$101,355 over 30 years. Investment properties and second homes paid about 0.5 ppt more. Methods: OLS regression controlling for borrower, loan, property, market, lender, and geography.

Dow Jones (NYSE:NWS) Special Committee elected John F. Tefft on Oct. 21, 2025 to succeed Anne W. Patterson, who retired after seven years of service.

Tefft will serve the remainder of Patterson’s term through Dec. 31, 2027, after which he is eligible for reelection to a five-year term. A retired diplomat, he served as U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation (2014–2017) and previously to Lithuania, Georgia and Ukraine. Tefft rejoined RAND Corp. as a Senior Fellow after his Moscow posting and received the American Foreign Service Association’s Lifetime Contributions to American Diplomacy award in Oct. 2023. The five-person committee safeguards editorial independence at The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones and must approve appointments of the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Page Editor.

Dow Jones (NYSE:NWS) announced on October 21, 2025 that Sarah Cottle has been named executive vice president and general manager of Dow Jones Energy.

Cottle joins effective immediately and will report to Almar Latour. She will oversee Dow Jones Energy’s portfolio including OPIS, Chemical Market Analytics, PetroChem Wire, McCloskey, A2i Systems and Eco-Movement. Cottle previously served as GM and SVP, Global Head of Data and Insights at S&P Global and held senior roles at S&P Global Platts, ICIS, Bloomberg and CNBC. Her career began as a markets reporter for Dow Jones in Singapore.

Realtor.com (NWSA) reports Q3 2025 typical down payment of $30,400, about $500 above Q2 and roughly unchanged year-over-year, with the average down payment near 14.4% of purchase price. The report notes the typical buyer FICO score at 735, a 10-year high, and continued concentration of purchases among higher-income buyers. Investment and second-home buyers posted larger down payments — 26.7% and 26.9% respectively, equating to median down payments of $84,200 and $110,100. Regional patterns: Northeast highest share 18.2% (median down payment $62,900); South lowest share 12.5% (median $22,800). Data based on Optimal Blue through Q3 2025.

Realtor.com (NWSA) reports New York City median asking rent reached $3,599 in Q3 2025, a 5.4% year-over-year increase and 20.2% above6.0% to $3,581.

The report shows a typical NYC renter could afford a home priced roughly $400,000–$690,000 in many markets assuming 20% down and a 30-year mortgage at 6.35% (Sept 2025). Nearby opportunities include Yonkers (~$421,000) and various New Jersey suburbs; out-of-metro examples include Philadelphia ($286,000) and Orlando ($391,000). Income needed to afford NYC rent ranges from about $126k to $190k annually by borough.

Realtor.com (NWSA) published an Oct 15, 2025 survey of 1,000 U.S. Gen Z adults (ages 18–27) about homeownership attitudes and affordability.

Key findings: 67% view homeownership as an important lifetime goal, 73% are saving for a down payment, and Gen Z expect to need an average $54,546 for a down payment. At the same time, 82% say buying is harder for their generation and 51% express high concern about future affordability; 16% rate housing affordability among their top life concerns.

Realtor.com (NWSA) reports that typical U.S. households spent 23.4% of income on rent in September 2025, down from 24.9% a year earlier, marking the market's 26th consecutive annual decline. Median asking rent for 0–2 bedroom units in the 50 largest metros was $1,703, down $36 (-2.1%) year-over-year and $10 month-over-month.

Rents sit $56 (-3.2%) below the August 2022 peak but remain $241 (16.5%) above pre-pandemic levels. Coastal metros remain least affordable (Miami 37.1%, Los Angeles 37.0%, New York 36.7%).