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News acquisitions, on the record
The businesses News bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
CampaignAgentWord for word“Additionally, during fiscal 2024, REA Group acquired all remaining shares of CampaignAgent, a leading provider of marketing and home preparation financing solutions for homeowners and agents, and Realtair, an end-to-end property sales platform that streamlines the way agents connect with property owners.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | during fiscal 2024 | — |
RealtairWord for word“Additionally, during fiscal 2024, REA Group acquired all remaining shares of CampaignAgent, a leading provider of marketing and home preparation financing solutions for homeowners and agents, and Realtair, an end-to-end property sales platform that streamlines the way agents connect with property owners.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | during fiscal 2024 | — |
Oil Price Information Service business and related assets (OPIS) from S&P Global Inc. and IHS Markit Ltd.Word for word“In February 2022, the Company acquired the Oil Price Information Service business and related assets (“OPIS”) from S&P Global Inc. (“S&P”) and IHS Markit Ltd. for $ 1.15 billion in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | In February 2022 | $ 1.15 billion in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments |
REA Group Malaysia and Thailand businesses (in exchange for an 18% interest in PropertyGuru)Word for word“(a) During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, REA Group acquired an 18 % interest in PropertyGuru in exchange for all shares of REA Group’s entities in Malaysia and Thailand.” 10-K for 2024 | agreed divestiture | During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 | — |
Base Chemicals (Chemical Market Analytics, CMA) business from S&PWord for word“In June 2022, the Company acquired the Base Chemicals (rebranded Chemical Market Analytics, “CMA”) business from S&P for $ 295 million in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | In June 2022 | $ 295 million in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments |
UpNest, Inc. (rebranded RealChoice TM Selling)Word for word“In June 2022, the Company acquired UpNest, Inc. (rebranded RealChoice TM Selling) for closing cash consideration of approximately $ 45 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, and up to $ 15 million in future cash consideration based upon the achievement of certain performance objectives over the next two years .” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | In June 2022 | — |
Foxtel GroupWord for word“As described below, on April 2, 2025, the Company completed the sale of the Foxtel Group (“Foxtel”).” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | on April 2, 2025 | — |
PropertyGuru (REA Group's interest)Word for word“In December 2024, REA Group’s interest in PropertyGuru was acquired by a third party.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | In December 2024 | — |
a German book publisherWord for word“For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, revenues at the Book Publishing segment increased $56 million, or 3%, as compared to fiscal 2024, primarily due to higher digital book sales, improved returns in the U.S. and the $14 million impact from the acquisition of a German book publisher.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | — | — |
Rightmove (withdrawn offer by REA Group)Word for word“The increase in Selling, general and administrative for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 was primarily due to higher expenses at the Digital Real Estate Services segment driven by higher employee costs at REA Group, $12 million of costs related to REA Group’s withdrawn offer to acquire Rightmove and higher costs from REA India, at the Book Publishing segment due to higher employee costs and costs from recent acquisitions and at the Dow Jones segment driven by higher marketing and technology costs.” 10-K for 2025 | agreed acquisition | — | $12 million of costs related to REA Group’s withdrawn offer to acquire Rightmove |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-30 | $520 million | $1 million | $656 million |
| 2017-06-30 | $347 million | $162 million | $159 million |
| 2018-06-30 | $77 million | $1 million | $1.7 billion |
| 2019-06-30 | $188 million | — | $154 million |
| 2020-06-30 | $32 million | — | $12 million |
| 2021-06-30 | $886 million | — | $514 million |
| 2022-06-30 | $1.5 billion | — | $738 million |
| 2023-06-30 | $17 million | — | $13 million |
| 2024-06-30 | $38 million | — | $60 million |
| 2025-06-30 | $96 million | — | $52 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-03-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-09-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-03-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-02-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-09-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-06-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-04-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-05-07 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2019-12-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-06-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from News’s annual reports (10-K for 2026, 10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-08-07. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.