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NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA, FOX) ("FOX" or the "Company") today announced that Adam Ciongoli, Chief Legal and Policy Officer, will not be renewing his contract and will step down from that role effective December 1. Concurrent with this change, Ciongoli will transition to serve as a special advisor to FOX through June 2028.

Bank of America has upgraded Fox Corp (NASDAQ:FOXA) to 'buy' from 'underperform' and raised its price target to $85 from $54. The bank expects Fox's pending acquisition of Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) the streaming platform operator, to improve its growth prospects and generate about $700 million in additional annual earnings by 2028.

Fox's acquisition gives the media titan a way to deliver its programming directly to views, a huge plus for its Sunday NFL games.

With media M&A in the air, shareholders of both companies have approved Fox's planned cash and stock acquisition of Roku at special meetings today. The approvals were expected.

The major TV networks that rotate coverage of the White House learned of the investigation on Friday.

Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.

Roku Inc (NASDAQ:ROKU) remains on track to complete its proposed combination with Fox Corporation in the first half of 2027, according to Wedbush, which reiterated its $155 price target and ‘neutral' rating after meeting with management. The broker said it expects the transaction to overcome potential regulatory hurdles and close within the companies' stated first-half 2027 timeframe.

Fox Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer John Nallen said the company's $22 billion acquisition of Roku is on track to close despite a new request for information from regulators. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Nallen mentioned Fox's regulatory filing earlier in the day noting the U.S.