News Corp, parent company of Dow Jones Newswires, has entered into a multi-year agreement with Symbolic.ai, an AI journalism startup co-founded by former eBay CEO Devin Wenig and Ars Technica co-founder Jon Stokes. Under the deal, Symbolic’s platform will be deployed across Dow Jones Newswires to streamline editorial workflows, including automated audio transcription, fact-checking, headline optimization and SEO guidance. Symbolic.ai reports productivity improvements of up to 90% for complex research tasks, a metric News Corp executives cited in internal briefings as a key driver for adoption. This aligns with News Corp’s broader AI strategy, which already includes a content-licensing partnership with OpenAI signed last year to fuel large language model development with proprietary MarketWatch, New York Post and Wall Street Journal archives.

Realtor.com, operated by News Corp subsidiary Move, Inc., released analysis showing U.S. homeowners carrying mortgage rates above 6% now account for 21.2% of outstanding loans, surpassing the 20.0% share with rates below 3% in Q3 2025. The report draws on FHFA data and underscores a turning point in a market long dominated by ultra-low borrowing costs—rates below 3% were sustained through September 2021, an unprecedented period since 1971. Despite rate lock-in effects, the share of higher-rate mortgages has climbed by more than four percentage points year-over-year, reflecting both new buyers and rate-reset events tied to life changes. Realtor.com Chief Economist Danielle Hale noted that modest declines into the low-6% range could spur further inventory movement, a critical factor for News Corp’s digital real estate services unit seeking to capitalize on changing market dynamics.