Director Shareholding

RNS Number:9626Q
News Corporation Ld
16 October 2003



                              SCHEDULE 11

     NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS



 1)   Name of company: THE NEWS CORPORATION LIMITED



 2)   Name of director:

      COWLEY, KENNETH EDWARD
      *KRAEHE, GRAHAM JOHN
      MURDOCH, JAMES RUPERT JACOB
      MURDOCH, KEITH RUPERT
      MURDOCH, LACHLAN KEITH


      *HELD JOINTLY WITH SPOUSE, MARY JOSEPHINE KRAEHE



 3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in
      respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in
      respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an
      individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or
      children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial
      interest:

      AS IN ITEM 2 ABOVE



 4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder,
      the number of shares held by each of them (if notified):

      AS IN ITEM 2 ABOVE



 5)   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s)
      connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the
      connected person(s):

      N/A



 6)   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP
      transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and
      if discretionary/non discretionary:

      DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN ALLOTMENT



 7)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:

      COWLEY, KENNETH EDWARD
      - 194 PREFERRED SHARES
      KRAEHE, GRAHAM JOHN
      - 7 ORDINARY SHARES
      MURDOCH, JAMES RUPERT JACOB
      - 2 ORDINARY SHARES
      - 3 PREFERRED SHARES
      MURDOCH, KEITH RUPERT
      - 33 ORDINARY SHARES
      - 25 PREFERRED SHARES
      MURDOCH, LACHLAN KEITH
      - 2 ORDINARY SHARES
      - 3 PREFERRED SHARES



 8)   Percentage of issued class:

      N/A



 9)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:

      N/A



10)   Percentage of issued class:

      N/A



11)   Class of security:

      ORDINARY SHARES

      PREFERRED LIMITED VOTING ORDINARY (PREFERRED) SHARES



12)   Price per share:

      ORDINARY SHARES $11.72

      PREFERRED SHARES $9.81



13)   Date of transaction: 15 OCTOBER 2003



14)   Date company informed: 15 OCTOBER 2003



15)   Total holding following this notification:


      COWLEY, KENNETH EDWARD - 51,037 PREFERRED SHARES
      KRAEHE, GRAHAM JOHN - 5,129 ORDINARY SHARES
      MURDOCH, JAMES RUPERT JACOB - 1,685 ORDINARY SHARES
                                  - 889 PREFERRED SHARES
      MURDOCH, KEITH RUPERT   - 30,357 ORDINARY SHARES
                              - 7,826 PREFERRED SHARES
      MURDOCH, LACHLAN KEITH  - 11,709 ORDINARY SHARES
                              - 906 PREFERRED SHARES



16)   Total percentage holding of issued class following this
      notification

      N/A



      If a director has been granted options by the company please
      complete the following boxes



17)   Date of grant:



18)   Period during which or date on which exercisable:



19)   Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:



20)   Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:



21)   Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that
      price is to be fixed at time of exercise:



22)   Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
      following this notification:



23)   Any additional information:



24)   Name of contact and telephone number for queries:

      ROBERT K MOON (SECRETARY)

      +(61 8) 8206 2764



25)   Name and signature of authorised company official responsible
      for making this notification:

      AS ABOVE - RNS LODGEMENT



      Date of Notification:                16 OCTOBER 2003









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