Filed by General Motors Corporation
 Subject Company - General Motors Corporation and Hughes Electronics Corporation
 Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Deemed Filed Pursuant
                        to Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                                  Commission file No.: 001-00143

          On April 9, 2003, General Motors Corporation ("GM") and its subsidiary
Hughes Electronics Corporation ("Hughes"), together with The News Corporation
Limited ("News"), announced the signing of definitive agreements that provide
for the split-off of Hughes from GM and the simultaneous sale of GM's 19.9
percent (19.9%) economic interest in Hughes to News. In addition, pursuant to
these agreements, News would acquire an additional 14.1 percent (14.1%) stake in
Hughes from holders of GM Class H common stock through a merger of Hughes and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of News, with Hughes as the surviving corporation. The
definitive agreements were filed as Exhibits to the Form 8-K filed by General
Motors Corporation today and are incorporated by reference into this filing.

          In connection with the proposed transactions, General Motors
Corporation ("GM"), Hughes Electronics Corporation ("Hughes") and The News
Corporation Limited ("News") intend to file relevant materials with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including one or more registration
statement(s) that contain a prospectus and proxy/consent solicitation statement.
Because those documents will contain important information, holders of GM $1-2/3
common stock and GM Class H common stock are urged to read them, if and when
they become available. When filed with the SEC, they (along with any other
documents and reports filed by GM, Hughes or News with the SEC) will be
available for free at the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, and GM stockholders will
receive information at an appropriate time on how to obtain transaction-related
documents for free from GM. Such documents are not currently available.

          GM, and its directors and executive officers, and Hughes, and certain
of its executive officers, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation
of proxies or consents from the holders of GM $1-2/3 common stock and GM Class H
common stock in connection with the proposed transactions. Information regarding
the participants and their interest in the solicitation was filed pursuant to
Rule 425 with the SEC by each of GM and Hughes on April 10, 2003. Investors may
obtain additional information regarding the interests of such participants by
reading the prospectus and proxy/consent solicitation statement if and when it
becomes available.

          This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of
securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means
of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.



          Materials included in this document contain "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to be materially
different from historical results or from any future results expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. The factors that could cause actual
results of GM, Hughes and News to differ materially, many of which are beyond
the control of GM, Hughes or News include, but are not limited to, the
following: (1) operating costs, customer loss and business disruption,
including, without limitation, difficulties in maintaining relationships with
employees, customers, clients or suppliers, may be greater than expected
following the transaction; (2) the regulatory approvals required for the
transaction may not be obtained on the terms expected or on the anticipated
schedule; (3) the effects of legislative and regulatory changes; (4) an
inability to retain necessary authorizations from the FCC; (5) an increase in
competition from cable as a result of digital cable or otherwise, direct
broadcast satellite, other satellite system operators, and other providers of
subscription television services; (6) the introduction of new technologies and
competitors into the subscription television business; (7) changes in labor,
programming, equipment and capital costs; (8) future acquisitions, strategic
partnerships and divestitures; (9) general business and economic conditions; and
(10) other risks described from time to time in periodic reports filed by GM,
Hughes or News with the SEC. You are urged to consider statements that include
the words "may," "will," "would," "could," "should," "believes," "estimates,"
"projects," "potential," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "intends,"
"continues," "forecast," "designed," "goal," or the negative of those words or
other comparable words to be uncertain and forward-looking. This cautionary
statement applies to all forward-looking statements included in this document.

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