TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC. - FORM 10-Q - EX-31.2 - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY RULES 13A-14 AND 15D-14 - November 4, 2009

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EX-12.1 - RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.dex121.htm
EX-31.1 - CHAIRMAN AND CEO CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY RULES 13A-14 AND 15D-14 - TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.dex311.htm
EX-10.2 - LETTER AGREEMENT - TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.dex102.htm
EX-99.1 - UNAUDITED SCHEDULE OF RECLASSIFIED OPERATING SEGMENT DATA - TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX, INC.dex991.htm

Exhibit 31.2

Chief Financial Officer Certification

Required by Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

I, David F. DeVoe, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of News Corporation (“News Corporation” or the “Company”), certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of News Corporation;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;

 

  4. The Company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and preparation of financial statements for the external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s first quarter of fiscal 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The Company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors:

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

November 4, 2009    
    By:   /s/ David F. DeVoe
      David F. DeVoe
      Senior Executive Vice President and
      Chief Financial Officer

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