News Corporation News Media — Total segment EBITDA decreased by 78.6% to $15.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 54.5%, from $33.00M to $15.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), News Media — Total segment EBITDA shows an upward trend with a 31.0% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Higher EBITDA indicates strong operational performance and cash-generating capability, while lower EBITDA suggests declining profitability or rising operational costs.
This metric measures the core operating profitability of the news media segment by excluding non-cash items like depreci...
A standard benchmark for comparing operational profitability across media and publishing segments.
nws_segment_news_media_total_segment_ebitda| Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q3 '26 | |
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| Value | $0.00 | $34.00M | $111.00M | $39.00M | $33.00M | $18.00M | $59.00M | $34.00M | $62.00M | $14.00M | $57.00M | $27.00M | $32.00M | $18.00M | $74.00M | $33.00M | $28.00M | $30.00M | $70.00M | $15.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | — | +226.5% | -64.9% | -15.4% | -45.5% | +227.8% | -42.4% | +82.4% | -77.4% | +307.1% | -52.6% | +18.5% | -43.8% | +311.1% | -55.4% | -15.2% | +7.1% | +133.3% | -78.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | — | -47.1% | -46.8% | -12.8% | +87.9% | -22.2% | -3.4% | -20.6% | -48.4% | +28.6% | +29.8% | +22.2% | -12.5% | +66.7% | -5.4% | -54.5% |