Mark H. Jackson Named General Counsel of Dow Jones

Mark H. Jackson, associate general counsel of HarperCollins Publishers, will become executive vice president, general counsel, of Dow Jones & Company, Dow Jones Chief Executive Officer Les Hinton announced today. Jackson, 48, will replace Joseph A. Stern, who recently announced he is leaving Dow Jones. In announcing the appointment, Mr. Hinton said: "I’m delighted that Mark will join Dow Jones as general counsel. He has made outstanding contributions to HarperCollins and I know that his considerable experience with all facets of the media industry, combined with his superlative legal acumen, will be valuable assets to Dow Jones.” Mr. Jackson said: "As someone who has spent his legal career working with media companies, I am excited to be joining one of the most distinguished. Dow Jones has a strong legal team and I look forward to working with them during the Company’s next phase of growth.” Mr. Jackson joined HarperCollins in January 2003. Prior to joining News Corporation, he was a partner at Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld specializing in the media industry. Jackson is a cum laude graduate of Cornell University and Cornell Law School. ABOUT DOW JONES Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) is a subsidiary of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; www.newscorp.com). Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of Stoxx Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S. ABOUT NEWS CORPORATION News Corporation (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; newscorp.com) had total assets as of September 30, 2007 of approximately US$64 billion and total annual revenues of approximately US$30 billion. News Corporation is a diversified entertainment company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast satellite television; magazines and inserts; newspapers; book publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and the Pacific Basin.