Segment Information | SEGMENT INFORMATION The Company manages and reports its businesses in the following six segments: • Digital Real Estate Services —The Digital Real Estate Services segment consists of the Company’s 61.4% interest in REA Group and 80% interest in Move. The remaining 20% interest in Move is held by REA Group. REA Group is a market-leading digital media business specializing in property and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”) (ASX: REA). REA Group advertises property and property-related services on its websites and mobile apps, including Australia’s leading residential, commercial and share property websites, realestate.com.au, realcommercial.com.au and Flatmates.com.au, property.com.au and property portals in India. In addition, REA Group provides property-related data to the financial sector and financial services through an end-to-end digital property search and financing experience and a mortgage broking offering. Move is a leading provider of digital real estate services in the U.S. and primarily operates Realtor.com ® , a premier real estate information, advertising and services platform. Move offers real estate advertising solutions to agents and brokers, including its Connections SM Plus, Market VIP SM and Advantage SM Pro products as well as its referral-based service, ReadyConnect Concierge SM . Move also offers online tools and services to do-it-yourself landlords and tenants. • Subscription Video Services —The Company’s Subscription Video Services segment provides sports, entertainment and news services to pay-TV and streaming subscribers and other commercial licensees, primarily via cable, satellite and internet distribution, and consists of (i) the Company’s 65% interest in the Foxtel Group (with the remaining 35% interest held by Telstra, an ASX-listed telecommunications company) and (ii) Australian News Channel (“ANC”). The Foxtel Group is the largest Australian-based subscription television provider. Its Foxtel pay-TV service provides approximately 200 live channels and video on demand covering sports, general entertainment, movies, documentaries, music, children’s programming and news. Foxtel and the Group’s Kayo Sports streaming service offer the leading sports programming content in Australia, with broadcast rights to live sporting events including: National Rugby League, Australian Football League, Cricket Australia and various motorsports programming. The Foxtel Group’s other streaming services include BINGE , its entertainment streaming service, and Foxtel Now, a streaming service that provides access across Foxtel’s live and on-demand content. ANC operates the SKY NEWS network, Australia’s 24-hour multi-channel, multi-platform news service. ANC channels are distributed throughout Australia and New Zealand and available on Foxtel and Sky Network Television NZ. ANC also owns and operates the international Australia Channel IPTV service and offers content across a variety of digital media platforms, including web, mobile and third party providers. • Dow Jones —The Dow Jones segment consists of Dow Jones, a global provider of news and business information, which distributes its content and data through a variety of media channels including newspapers, newswires, websites, mobile apps, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, live journalism, video and podcasts. The Dow Jones segment’s products, which target individual consumers and enterprise customers, include The Wall Street Journal , Barron’s , MarketWatch, Investor’s Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires and OPIS. • Book Publishing —The Book Publishing segment consists of HarperCollins, the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 17 countries and particular strengths in general fiction, nonfiction, children’s and religious publishing. HarperCollins owns more than 120 branded publishing imprints, including Harper, William Morrow, Mariner, HarperCollins Children’s Books, Avon, Harlequin and Christian publishers Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, and publishes works by well-known authors such as Harper Lee, George Orwell, Agatha Christie and Zora Neale Hurston, as well as global author brands including J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Daniel Silva, Karin Slaughter and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is also home to many beloved children’s books and authors and a significant Christian publishing business. • News Media —The News Media segment consists primarily of News Corp Australia, News UK and the New York Post and includes, among other publications, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier Mail and The Advertiser in Australia and The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun and The Sun on Sunday in the U.K. This segment also includes Wireless Group, operator of talkSPORT, the leading sports radio network in the U.K., the Company’s recently launched TalkTV and Storyful, a social media content agency. • Other —The Other segment consists primarily of general corporate overhead expenses, costs related to the U.K. Newspaper Matters and expenses associated with the Company’s cost reduction initiatives. Segment EBITDA is defined as revenues less operating expenses and selling, general and administrative expenses. Segment EBITDA does not include: depreciation and amortization, impairment and restructuring charges, equity losses of affiliates, interest (expense) income, net, other, net and income tax (expense) benefit. Segment EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies, since companies and investors may differ as to what items should be included in the calculation of Segment EBITDA. Segment EBITDA is the primary measure used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker to evaluate the performance of, and allocate resources within, the Company’s businesses. Segment EBITDA provides management, investors and equity analysts with a measure to analyze the operating performance of each of the Company’s business segments and its enterprise value against historical data and competitors’ data, although historical results may not be indicative of future results (as operating performance is highly contingent on many factors, including customer tastes and preferences). Segment information is summarized as follows: For the three months ended For the six months ended December 31, 2022 2021 2022 2021 (in millions) Revenues: Digital Real Estate Services $ 386 $ 456 $ 807 $ 882 Subscription Video Services 462 498 964 1,008 Dow Jones 563 508 1,078 952 Book Publishing 531 617 1,018 1,163 News Media 579 638 1,132 1,214 Other — — — — Total revenues $ 2,521 $ 2,717 $ 4,999 $ 5,219 Segment EBITDA: Digital Real Estate Services $ 128 $ 178 $ 247 $ 316 Subscription Video Services 90 86 201 200 Dow Jones 139 144 252 239 Book Publishing 51 107 90 192 News Media 59 111 77 145 Other (58) (40) (108) (96) Depreciation and amortization (174) (168) (353) (333) Impairment and restructuring charges (19) (23) (40) (45) Equity losses of affiliates (29) (6) (33) (6) Interest expense, net (26) (21) (53) (43) Other, net (6) (7) (24) 130 Income before income tax expense 155 361 256 699 Income tax expense (61) (99) (96) (170) Net income $ 94 $ 262 $ 160 $ 529 As of As of (in millions) Total assets: Digital Real Estate Services $ 2,888 $ 2,989 Subscription Video Services 2,883 3,082 Dow Jones 4,304 4,368 Book Publishing 2,765 2,651 News Media 2,132 2,115 Other (a) 1,395 1,528 Investments 524 488 Total assets $ 16,891 $ 17,221 (a) The Other segment primarily includes Cash and cash equivalents. As of As of (in millions) Goodwill and intangible assets, net: Digital Real Estate Services $ 1,806 $ 1,823 Subscription Video Services 1,366 1,394 Dow Jones 3,323 3,346 Book Publishing 955 973 News Media 302 304 Total Goodwill and intangible assets, net $ 7,752 $ 7,840 |