UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
March 4, 2005
DATE OF REPORT
(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
NEWS CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
Delaware | 000-32352 | 26-0075658 | ||
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION) |
(COMMISSION FILE NO.) | (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.) |
1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)
(212) 852-7000
(REGISTRANTS TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
NOT APPLICABLE
(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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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
News Corporation is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Current Report on Form 8-K which disclosed results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 and was filed on November 24, 2004. The Form 8-K included the annual financial statements for Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. for its then most recent fiscal year end, December 31, 2003. This Amendment No. 1 is being filed solely to amend Exhibit 99.1 Part II Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data to now include the annual financial statements for Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number |
Description | |
99.1 | Addition to certain disclosures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004. |
SIGNATURES
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 (REGISTRANT) | ||
By: |
/s/ Lawrence A. Jacobs | |
Lawrence A. Jacobs Senior Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel |
Dated: March 4, 2005
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number |
Description | |
99.1 | Addition to certain disclosures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004. |