News Corporation to Join the NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning

NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- News Corporation's Class A Common
Stock (Nasdaq:NWSA) of New York, New York, will become a component of the
NASDAQ-100 Index(r) (Nasdaq:NDX), the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index
(Nasdaq:NDXE) and the NASDAQ-100 Ex-Tech Sector Index (Nasdaq:NDXX) prior to
market open on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. News Corporation will replace Focus
Media Holding Limited (Nasdaq:FMCN). 

News Corporation is an international media company. The Company's operations
include the production and distribution of motion pictures and television
programming. The Company provides television, direct satellite, and cable
broadcasting and the publication of newspapers, magazines, books and
promotional inserts. The Company's Class A Common Stock has a market
capitalization of approximately $15.8 billion. 

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CONTACT:  NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
          Media Contact:
          Wayne Lee
            +1.301.978.4875
          Issuer & Investor Contact:
          Lisa Chaney
            +1.301.978.8281

          News Corporation
          Investor Relations Contact:
          Reed Nolte
          +1.212.852.7092
News Corporation to Join the NASDAQ-100 Index Beginning January 20, 2009
