Roger Ailes Appointed to Additional Position of Chairman of Fox Television Stations

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2005--Mr. Roger Ailes, Chairman of Fox News Channel, has been appointed to the additional position of Chairman of Fox Television Stations, which includes Twentieth Television, producer of first-run syndicated programming and distributor of off-network programming.

Mr. Jack Abernethy, Chief Executive Officer of Fox Television Stations, will report to Mr. Ailes, who will in turn report to News Corporation's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rupert Murdoch, and the Company's President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Peter Chernin.

News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) had total assets as of June 30, 2005 of approximately US$55 billion and total annual revenues of approximately US$24 billion. News Corporation is a diversified international media and entertainment company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast satellite television; magazines and inserts; newspapers; book publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and the Pacific Basin.

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