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New York Post
08-05-2025
- Business
- New York Post
News Corp quarterly profit more than doubles, revenue climbs to beat Wall Street expectations
News Corp — owner of The Post and The Wall Street Journal — reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, bolstered by growth in its digital real estate, Dow Jones and book publishing divisions. The New York-based media giant reported $107 million in net income from continuing operations, or 14 cents a share, compared with income of $64 million, or 7 cents, the year prior. Adjusted earnings per share totaled 17 cents. News Corp CEO Robert Thomson touted growth at the company's Dow Jones, real estate and book publishing units for the Q3 growth. AFP via Getty Images Advertisement Third-quarter revenue jumped to 1% to $2.01 billion from $1.99 billion a year earlier. Wall Street expected EPS of 13 cents on revenue of $2 billion, according to Yahoo Finance. News Corp CEO Robert Thomson touted the company's 'sustained strength' and 'strategic transformation' for lifting profits 67% in the quarter, which ended March 31. Advertisement 'The sustained strength of News Corp's third quarter reflects the company's strategic transformation,' Thomson said Thursday. 'We have pursued digital growth, realigned our assets, focused relentlessly on cost discipline and asserted the essential value of our intellectual property in a changing, challenging content world.' News Corp's financial results were driven by a 5.7% increase in revenue to $575 million at its Dow Jones unit, due in part to improved circulation revenues, as well as a 4.6% increase at its real estate division to $406 million. 'The enduring importance of quality journalism cannot be underestimated in the midst of a political and economic maelstrom.' Thomson said. The book publishing unit, which includes HarperCollins, saw its revenue jump 2% thanks to higher book sales that were driven by key titles such as 'Wicked' by Gregory Maguire, 'Dream Girl Drama' by Tessa Bailey and higher sales of the Bible. Advertisement News Corp completed the sale of Foxtel to DAZN for $2.1 billion last month. Christopher Sadowski Thomson went on to address the hot topic of artificial intelligence, saying: 'The currency of credibility will become even more crucial as AI continues its exponential growth and inevitably blurs the lines between the actual and the anthropomorphic.' He also hailed the completion of the sale of the company's Australian cable TV business, Foxtel Group, to British-owned sports network DAZN last month for $2.1 billion, which he said 'marked a significant moment for News Corp' in its continued growth. 'The transaction meaningfully strengthened our balance sheet and is expected to increase return on invested capital, and be accretive to earnings per share. It also demonstrates our ongoing commitment to maximizing returns for our shareholders,' he said.
Hindustan Times
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Book Review: Dream Girl Drama is a rom-com, passionate read? Yes! Riveting? Ahem
If you like your films light and entertaining, this book is your pick! There, we said it and that's exactly how author Tessa Bailey paints the picture in her latest novel, Dream Girl Drama. The book narrates the tale of a professional hockey player who falls in love with a beautiful harp player. This would have sure been a banal one for many, but Bailey gives this love story a strange twist. Ahem... not being a buzzkill by telling you the whole truth. But can tell you that you read it right in the underlying jist when you imagined a passionate, riveting love saga unravels in the pages. The central characters, Sig Gauthier and Chloe Clifford, cannot keep their hands off each other during their first meet-cute encounter. Soon drama unfolds when the male protagonist meets his father's new girlfriend, and alongside the GF's daughter, Chloe! Also Read: Book Review: Red Flags And Rishtas is a 'perfect match' for all die-hard romantics Without further adieu, must know that this book has all the elements of a newage Mills & Boon — love, passion, a taboo of sorts. Though the author puts in a lot of effort to keep the narrative engaging and entertaining at the same time, she only succeeds in pleasing half of the universe's population for the narrative of Chloe, learning the new tropes of living on her own, thanks to Sig, brings a smile on one's face. But further, at some points one begins to feel it's too elaborate. While the detailed descriptions paint a clear movie in the mind of the reader, things start to look tad monotonous and flat. Ofcourse the climax brings the attention back very quickly and one gets caught in the thought that what does the climax hold? Secretly, you do want to know what happens to the love brewing so strongly between Sig and Chloe! The last chapter is particularly well written and does justice to satiating the readers' curiosity. In the nutshell, this one is a potboiler of sorts with a strong tadka of passion and love, something that will definitely appeal to the regular rom-com fans. Title: Dream Girl Drama Author: Tessa Bailey Publisher: HarperCollins Price: ₹499 For more, follow HT City Delhi Junction
