Hello, everyone, and welcome to News Corp's fiscal second quarter 2026 earnings call. We issued our earnings press release about 30 minutes ago, and it's now posted on our website at newscorp.com. Additionally, this call will include certain non-GAAP financial measurements, such as total segment EBITDA, adjusted segment EBITDA, and adjusted EPS. The definitions and GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliations of such measures can be found in the earnings releases for the applicable periods posted on our website.
We are delighted to report excellent second quarter results, with both revenue and profitability growth accelerating from the prior quarter, and we see favorable signs for the second half of our fiscal year. Revenues increased 6% to $2.4 billion for the quarter, and total segment EBITDA of $521 million expanded 9%, despite a one-time inventory-related charge at HarperCollins. Our adjusted EPS for the quarter was $0.40, compared to $0.33 in the prior quarter, and our profitability margin rose from 21.4% to 22.1%. These results were driven by sustained growth at Dow Jones and Digital Real Estate Services, which both reported double-digit profit growth, and both have started the calendar year strongly.
The results are indicative of our ongoing transformation, both digitally and commercially, as we continue to increase recurring revenues and reduce our dependence on advertising, which has a certain cyclicality. We also note that Moody's, which only recently upgraded our rating, has put our outlook on positive, reflecting the sturdiness of our balance sheet and our strong operating performance. What is the point of acquiring cutting-edge semiconductors if they are being deployed to repurpose gormless, factless, feckless content sets? Turning to our segments, Dow Jones delivered robust results for the quarter, with revenue rising 8% and segment EBITDA increasing 10% compared to the prior year.