UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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IMPORTANT NOTICE Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials
for the News Corporation Annual Meeting of Stockholders To Be Held on October 16, 2009
NEWS CORPORATION
Meeting Information
Meeting Type: Annual
For holders as of: 8/17/2009
Date: 10/16/2009 Time: 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Location: W New York Hotel
541 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Meeting Directions: Please call Office of the
Corporate Secretary (212) 852 – 7030
1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NY 10036
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Voting Items
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE ”FOR” PROPOSAL 1 AND “FOR” PROPOSAL 2.
Proposal 1
Election of the Director nominees listed below.
Nominees:
1a. José María Aznar
1b. Natalie Bancroft
1c. Peter L. Barnes
1d. Chase Carey
1e. Kenneth E. Cowley
1f. David F. DeVoe
1f. David F. DeVoe
1h. Sir Roderick I. Eddington
1i. Mark Hurd
1j. Andrew S.B. Knight
1k. James R. Murdoch
1l.K. Rupert Murdoch
1m. Lachlan K. Murdoch
1n. Thomas J. Perkins
1o. Arthur M. Siskind
1p. John L. Thornton
Proposal 2
2. Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.
NOTE: In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
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