News Corporation (officially referred to as
New News Corp; trading as
News Corp) is an American
multinational mass media company, formed as a
spin-off of
the former News Corporation (as founded by
Rupert Murdoch in 1979) focusing on newspapers and publishing. It is one of two companies which succeeded the former News Corporation, alongside
21st Century Fox—which consists of the old News Corporation's broadcasting and media properties, such as
Fox Entertainment Group. The spin out was structured so that 21st Century Fox would be the legal successor and continuation of the old News Corporation, with the new News Corp being an entirely new company formed by a
stock split.