Despite some growth, and a strong start this financial year, Foxtel and the Australian newspapers aren’t looking all that flash for News Corp.
Books: good. Digital real estate: better. Wall Street: yummy.
But the rest of News Corp’s assets (Australian and UK newspapers and the floundering Foxtel) were financial millstones in the September quarter as the Murdoch family’s media group reported a much stronger start to the new 2020-21 financial year than it started 2019-20.
Foxtel and the Australian newspapers’ revenues fell. The Australian papers saw a 20% slump in…