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                                                                    Exhibit 31.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

                          SEC RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a),

                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

                  SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, David F. DeVoe, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. (the "Company"), certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of the Company;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual
report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this annual 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 annual 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)) 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 annual report is being prepared;

          b)  evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls
              and procedures and presented in this annual report our
              conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
              and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
              annual report based on such evaluation; and

          c)  disclosed in this annual report any change in the Company's
              internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
              the Company's fourth fiscal quarter 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 auditors 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.

Date:  September 25, 2003

/s/ David F. DeVoe

David F. DeVoe
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer