What was the name of the media corporation?
Q: What was the name of the media corporation?
A: The media corporation was called News Corporation.
Q: Where was it based?
A: It was based in New York City, New York.
Q: When was it founded?
A: It was founded in 1979 by Rupert Murdoch in Adelaide, Australia.
Q: How did it become incorporated under US law?
A: It became incorporated under US law after its shareholders approved the move on 12 November 2004.
Q: What were some of its major holdings?
A: Some of its major holdings included News Limited, News International (whose properties include The Times, The Sun, and the now-closed News of the World), Dow Jones & Company (which owned The Wall Street Journal), the book publisher HarperCollins, and the Fox Entertainment Group (owners of the 20th Century Fox film studio and the Fox Broadcasting Company).
Q: When did it split into two companies?
A: It split into two companies on 28 June 2013.
Q: What are those two companies called?
A:The two companies are called 21st Century Fox and News Corp.
