Hagens Berman, an investor-rights class-action law firm, today announced that it is investigating News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWSA) for potential securities law violations and that investors with losses exceeding $500,000 are encouraged to contact the firm to discuss the class action.

The Hagens Berman legal team encourages investors who purchased News Corporation securities, especially between March 3, 2011, and July 11, 2011, ("the Class Period") and who have suffered losses exceeding $500,000 to contact Partner Reed R. Kathrein via email at Newscorp@hbsslaw.com. Mr. Kathrein, who is leading the firm's investigation from its San Francisco office, can also be reached by phone at 510-725-3000. Additional information is also available at www.hbsslaw.com/newscorp.

A class action has been filed for investors who purchased News Corporation common stock between March 3, 2011, and July 11, 2011. The firm is also investigating a wider class period. Investors with losses greater than $500,000 who traded News Corporation stock from 2007 to the present are encouraged to contact Mr. Kathrein.

According to media reports, employees at News of the World, which is owned by News Corporation, hacked into thousands of cell phones over the course of several years. The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the matter.

Hagens Berman's investigation centers on claims that by failing to disclose the hacking, News Corporation made misleading statements to investors, causing the company's stock to be traded at an artificially high price.

Earlier this week, two former executives, one at News of the World and another at the paper's parent company News International, reportedly claimed that James Murdoch, the company's Deputy Chief Operating Officer and heir apparent, was fully informed in 2008 of the scope of the scandal.

"James and Rupert Murdoch either knew or should have known the despicable prevalence of hacking as a reporting tactic at News of the World," said Mr. Kathrein. "We are investigating what they knew and when, as well as the impact the company's failure to disclose the scandal earlier may have had on investors."

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