Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): 05/16/2006

News Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 001-32352

Delaware		26-0075658
(State or other jurisdiction of		(IRS Employer
incorporation)		Identification No.)

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

212-852-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Information to be included in the report

Item 8.01. Other Events

Under News Corporation's (the "Company") stock repurchase program announced on June 13, 2005 and extended on May 10, 2006, the Company is authorized to acquire from time to time up to $6 billion in the Company's outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock. Under the rules of the Australian Stock Exchange (the "ASX"), the Company is required to provide to the ASX, on a daily basis, disclosure of transactions pursuant to the stock repurchase program to the extent such transactions occur.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the information provided to the ASX on the date noted on Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit

Number Description

99.1 Information provided to Australian Stock Exchange on the date noted on Exhibit 99.1.

Signature(s)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		News Corporation


Date: May 16, 2006	By:	/s/ Lawrence A. Jacobs
		Lawrence A. Jacobs
		Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description
EX-99.1		Information provided to Australian Stock Exchange on the date noted on Exhibit 99.1.

EX-99.1 2 rrd118109_13470.htm INFORMATION PROVIDED TO AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE ON THE DATE NOTED ON EXHIBIT 99.1. NEW ISSUE ANNOUNCEMENTS Exhibit 99.1
Appendix 3E
Daily share buy-back notice
(except minimum holding buy-back and
selective buy-back)

Information and documents given to ASX become ASX's property and may be made public.
Introduced 1/9/99. Origin: rule 3.6, Appendix 7C. Amended 30/9/2001.

Name of entity		ARBN
NEWS CORPORATION		111 480 561

We (the entity) give ASX the following information.
Information about buy-back

1	Type of buy-back	ON MARKET
2	Date Appendix 3C was given to ASX	14 JUNE 2005

Total of all shares bought back, or in relation to which acceptances have been received, before, and on, previous day

		Before previous day	Previous day
3	Number of shares bought back or if buy-back is an equal access scheme, in relation to which acceptances have been received	NYSE 27,601,300 CLASS B 89,404,800 CLASS A ASX 29,226,747 CLASS B 5,471,760 CLASS A	NYSE 500,000 CLASS B 500,000 CLASS A ASX 217,743 CLASS B 38,678 CLASS A
4	Total consideration paid or payable for the shares	NYSE US$459,748,634 CLASS B US$1,417,818,546 CLASS A ASX A$674,225,821 CLASS B A$118,119,283 CLASS A	NYSE US$9,807,600 CLASS B US$9,288,100 CLASS A ASX A$5,472,209 CLASS B A$917,187 CLASS A
		Before previous day	Previous day
5	If buy-back is an on-market buy-back	NYSE-CLASS B highest price paid: US$18.24 date: 10 APRIL 2006 lowest price paid: US$15.01 date: 17 NOVEMBER 2005 NYSE-CLASS A highest price paid: US$17.30 date: 7 APRIL 2006 lowest price paid: US$14.29 date: 17 NOVEMBER 2005 ASX-CLASS B highest price paid: A$24.85 date: 29 MARCH 2006 lowest price paid: A$21.08 date: 6 DECEMBER 2005 ASX-CLASS A highest price paid: A$22.07 date: 23 FEBRUARY 2006 lowest price paid: A$20.334 date: 26 SEPTEMBER 2005	NYSE-CLASS B highest price paid: US$19.71 lowest price paid: US$19.50 NYSE-CLASS A highest price paid: US$18.67 lowest price paid: US$18.45 ASX-CLASS B highest price paid: A$25.25 lowest price paid: A$25.00 ASX-CLASS A highest price paid: A$23.75 lowest price paid: A$23.65 highest price allowed under rule 7.33: ASX-CLASS B A$25.90 ASX-CLASS A A$24.50

Participation by directors

Deleted 30/9/2001.

How many shares may still be bought back?

If the company has disclosed an intention to buy back a maximum number of shares - the remaining number of shares to be bought back

Compliance statement

1. The company is in compliance with all Corporations Act requirements relevant to this buy-back.
2. There is no information that the listing rules require to be disclosed that has not already been disclosed,
or is not contained in, or attached to, this form.

Sign here: /s/ Robert K. Moon
Date: 16 May 2006
(Assistant Secretary-Australia)

Print name: Robert K Moon

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