Who are News Corp's decision-makers?
News Corp's visible decision-makers include Robert Thomson (Chief Executive Officer), Susan Panuccio (Chief Financial Officer), Almar Latour (Chief Executive Officer, Dow Jones). Enterprise purchases usually combine executive sponsorship with finance, technology, procurement, legal, security, and business-unit approval.
- CEO
- Robert Thomson
- CTO/key exec
- Brian Murray
- Founded
- 2013
- Employees
- About 24,000
- HQ
- New York, NY
- Notable
- Dow Jones and HarperCollins portfolio
- Robert ThomsonChief Executive OfficerCEO since 2013Leads News Corp strategy, digital subscriptions, and AI/content-rights posture.
- Susan PanuccioChief Financial OfficerCFO since 2017Leads finance and investor reporting.
- Almar LatourChief Executive Officer, Dow JonesDow Jones CEO since 2020Runs Dow Jones, WSJ, professional information, and financial news brands.
- Brian MurrayPresident and Chief Executive Officer, HarperCollinsHarperCollins CEOLeads global book publishing business.
Who leads News Corp?
Robert Thomson serves as Chief Executive Officer; Susan Panuccio serves as Chief Financial Officer; Almar Latour serves as Chief Executive Officer, Dow Jones; Brian Murray serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, HarperCollins. The leadership team reflects a public company where product, technology, finance, content, commercial, and operating leaders all shape large vendor decisions.
Who actually makes buying decisions at News Corp?
Strategic purchases usually need an executive sponsor from the business unit that owns the outcome, a technical owner who validates architecture and security, finance and procurement teams that validate economics, and legal/privacy teams that review contract and data risk.
For News Corp, likely budget owners sit around technology, data, marketing, finance, operations, product, content, and corporate procurement.
How is News Corp organized as it scales?
News Corp is organized around major brands, platforms, regions, customer segments, or product lines: Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, HarperCollins, News UK, New York Post, Realtor.com/Move, and REA Group interest. That means field strategy should identify the right business unit first, then map corporate security, finance, procurement, and enterprise architecture as required approvers.
As of June 2026.Sources:News Corp leadershipNews Corp investor relationsNews Corp annual reports
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