News International

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newspaper publishing company subsidiary

News International was a major British newspaper publishing company and subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, known for owning titles such as The Times, The Sunday Times, and the now-defunct News of the World.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
News UK	15
News International canonical	14
News UK & Ireland	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T726176 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: News International
Context triple: [News Corporation, owned, News International]

A. Wikinews
Wikinews is a free, collaboratively written online news source that is part of the Wikimedia family of projects.
B. Yahoo News
Yahoo News is a major online news and media platform providing global and local coverage across politics, business, entertainment, and more as part of the Yahoo digital ecosystem.
C. CNN
CNN is a major American cable news television channel known for pioneering 24-hour news coverage and live reporting from global events.
D. Nacional
Nacional is a character in the 1922 silent drama film "Blood and Sand," which centers on the rise and fall of a celebrated Spanish bullfighter.
E. ESPNews
ESPNews is an American cable sports television channel owned by ESPN that focuses on sports news, highlights, and analysis.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: News International
Target entity description: News International was a major British newspaper publishing company and subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, known for owning titles such as The Times, The Sunday Times, and the now-defunct News of the World.

A. Wikinews
Wikinews is a free, collaboratively written online news source that is part of the Wikimedia family of projects.
B. Yahoo News
Yahoo News is a major online news and media platform providing global and local coverage across politics, business, entertainment, and more as part of the Yahoo digital ecosystem.
C. CNN
CNN is a major American cable news television channel known for pioneering 24-hour news coverage and live reporting from global events.
D. Nacional
Nacional is a character in the 1922 silent drama film "Blood and Sand," which centers on the rise and fall of a celebrated Spanish bullfighter.
E. ESPNews
ESPNews is an American cable sports television channel owned by ESPN that focuses on sports news, highlights, and analysis.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	newspaper publishing company ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ
areaServed	United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	Rupert Murdoch ⓘ
businessModel	digital media ⓘ print media ⓘ
ceasedPublicationOf	News of the World ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOperation	United Kingdom ⓘ
focus	newspapers ⓘ
foundedBy	Rupert Murdoch ⓘ
hasParentOrganization	News Corporation ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Wapping ⓘ
industry	newspaper publishing ⓘ
involvedIn	News International phone hacking scandal ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters	Wapping ⓘ surface form: Wapping, London
notableEvent	News International phone hacking scandal ⓘ Wapping dispute ⓘ
notableFor	ownership of major British newspapers ⓘ role in UK media landscape ⓘ
operatedInLanguage	English ⓘ
operatedPublication	News of the World ⓘ The Sun ⓘ The Sunday Times ⓘ The Times ⓘ
ownedBroadsheet	The Sunday Times ⓘ The Times ⓘ
ownedBy	News Corporation ⓘ surface form: News Corp News Corporation ⓘ Rupert Murdoch ⓘ
ownedPublication	News of the World ⓘ The Sun ⓘ The Sunday Times ⓘ The Times ⓘ Today (British newspaper) ⓘ
ownedTabloid	News of the World ⓘ The Sun ⓘ
parentCompany	News Corporation ⓘ surface form: News Corp News Corporation ⓘ
partOf	News Corporation ⓘ
predecessor	Times Newspapers Ltd ⓘ surface form: News of the World Ltd
rebrandedAs	News International self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: News UK
sector	mass media ⓘ
statusOfNewsOfTheWorld	defunct ⓘ
successor	News International self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: News UK
typeOfCompany	private company ⓘ

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