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  "title": "A shared major voting shareholder",
  "alt": "September 2026 proxies report LGC Holdco holding 38.76 percent of Fox Corporation’s Class B shares and 34.8 percent of News Corp’s Class B shares. Fox owns Fox News and Fox Business; News Corp owns The Wall Street Journal through Dow Jones and the New York Post through its News Media segment. The holdings use different reference dates.",
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      "locator": "Security Ownership, LGC Holdco row and footnote 7",
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      "Fox Corporation: 38.76%",
      "News Corp: 34.8%",
      "Fox Corporation → Fox News + Fox Business",
      "News Corp → Dow Jones → The Wall Street Journal",
      "News Corp → News Media / NYP Holdings → New York Post"
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    "footer": "Sources: Fox and News Corp fiscal-2026 annual reports and September 2026 proxy statements. Chart: Public Rot.",
    "note": "Fox denominator: Sept. 14, 2026; holding filing: June 16, 2026. News Corp denominator: Aug. 28, 2026; holding dated Sept. 10, 2025. Class B generally has one vote per share.",
    "alt": "September 2026 proxies report LGC Holdco holding 38.76 percent of Fox Corporation’s Class B shares and 34.8 percent of News Corp’s Class B shares. Fox owns Fox News and Fox Business; News Corp owns The Wall Street Journal through Dow Jones and the New York Post through its News Media segment. The holdings use different reference dates.",
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      "title": "Fox Corporation — September 2026 proxy statement",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1754301/000162828026062480/fox-20260917.htm",
      "publisher": "Fox Corporation",
      "checked_at": "2026-11-05T22:47:40Z",
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      }
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      "title": "News Corporation — September 2026 proxy statement",
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        "publication_date": "2026-09-23",
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  "production": "Original conventional chart using Matplotlib. No generative imagery.",
  "reuse": "Credit Public Rot and the stated data sources; preserve dates, units and qualifying notes.",
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