NOTE 7. EQUITY

The following table summarizes changes in equity:


	For the six months ended December 31,
	2016									2015
	News Corporation stockholders			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Equity			News Corporation stockholders			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Equity
	(in millions)
Balance, beginning of period	$	11,564		$	218		$	11,782		$	11,945		$	171		$	12,116
Net (loss) income		(304	)		85			(219	)		238			33			271
Other comprehensive loss		(261	)		(7	)		(268	)		(341	)		(4	)		(345	)
Dividends		(59	)		(18	)		(77	)		(59	)		(15	)		(74	)
Stock repurchases		—			—			—			(16	)		—			(16	)
Other		15			(5	)		10			25			2			27

Balance, end of period	$	10,955		$	273		$	11,228		$	11,792		$	187		$	11,979

Stock Repurchases

In May 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) authorized the Company to repurchase up to an aggregate of $500 million of its Class A Common Stock. On May 10, 2015, the Company announced it had begun repurchasing shares of Class A Common Stock under the stock repurchase program. No stock repurchases were made during the six months ended December 31, 2016. Through February 3, 2017, the Company repurchased approximately 5.2 million shares of Class A Common Stock for an aggregate cost of approximately $71 million. The remaining authorized amount under the stock repurchase program as of February 3, 2017 was approximately $429 million. All decisions regarding any future stock repurchases are at the sole discretion of a duly appointed committee of the Board of Directors and management. The committee’s decisions regarding future stock repurchases will be evaluated from time to time in light of many factors, including the Company’s financial condition, earnings, capital requirements and debt facility covenants, other contractual restrictions, as well as legal requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice, market volatility and other factors that the committee may deem relevant. The stock repurchase authorization may be modified, extended, suspended or discontinued at any time by the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors cannot provide any assurances that any additional shares will be repurchased.

Dividends

In August 2016, the Board of Directors declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $0.10 per share for Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. This dividend was paid on October 19, 2016 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 14, 2016. The following table summarizes the dividends declared per share on both the Company’s Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock:


	For the six months ended December 31,
	2016		2015
Cash dividend per share	$	0.10	$	0.10

The timing, declaration, amount and payment of future dividends to stockholders, if any, is within the discretion of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors’ decisions regarding the payment of future dividends will depend on many factors, including the Company’s financial condition, earnings, capital requirements and debt facility covenants, other contractual restrictions, as well as legal requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice, market volatility and other factors that the Board of Directors deems relevant.