Employee Benefits - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended							8 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2013 Non Qualified Pension Plan	Dec. 31, 2012 Non Qualified Pension Plan	Sep. 30, 2013 Non Qualified Pension Plan plan	Dec. 31, 2013 Pension Plans	Dec. 31, 2012 Pension Plans	Dec. 31, 2011 Pension Plans	Apr. 30, 2013 Pension Plans	Dec. 31, 2013 Pension Plans Hedge funds fund	Dec. 31, 2013 Pension Plans Hedge funds Maximum	Dec. 31, 2013 Pension Plans Equity investments fund	Dec. 31, 2013 Health Care and Life	Dec. 31, 2012 Health Care and Life	Dec. 31, 2011 Health Care and Life	Apr. 30, 2013 Health Care and Life	Dec. 31, 2013 Qualified Pension Plan	Dec. 31, 2012 Qualified Pension Plan	Dec. 31, 2013 Dex One Retirement Plan and Dex Media Pension Plan	Dec. 31, 2012 Dex One Retirement Plan and Dex Media Pension Plan	Dec. 31, 2013 Dex One Retirement Plan and Dex Media Pension Plan Expected For 2014	Dec. 31, 2013 Dex One Retirement Plan and Dex Media Pension Plan Expected For 2014 Equity investments	Dec. 31, 2013 Dex One Retirement Plan and Dex Media Pension Plan Expected For 2014 Other fixed income	Dec. 31, 2013 SuperMedia Pension Plan	Dec. 31, 2013 SuperMedia Pension Plan Expected For 2014	Dec. 31, 2013 SuperMedia Pension Plan Expected For 2014 Hedge funds	Dec. 31, 2013 SuperMedia Pension Plan Expected For 2014 Other fixed income	Dec. 31, 2013 SuperMedia Pension Plan Expected For 2014 Cash and cash equivalents	Dec. 31, 2013 Level 3 (significant unobservable inputs)	Dec. 31, 2013 Level 3 (significant unobservable inputs) Pension Plans	Dec. 31, 2012 Level 3 (significant unobservable inputs) Pension Plans	Dec. 31, 2013 Level 3 (significant unobservable inputs) Pension Plans Hedge funds	Dec. 31, 2013 Level 3 (significant unobservable inputs) Pension Plans Equity investments	Dec. 31, 2012 Level 3 (significant unobservable inputs) Pension Plans Equity investments	Dec. 31, 2013 Level 3 (significant unobservable inputs) Pension Plans Other fixed income	Dec. 31, 2012 Level 3 (significant unobservable inputs) Pension Plans Other fixed income	Dec. 31, 2013 Level 3 (significant unobservable inputs) Pension Plans Cash and cash equivalents	Dec. 31, 2012 Level 3 (significant unobservable inputs) Pension Plans Cash and cash equivalents
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of non-qualified pension plans						2
Fair value of plan assets							$ 618,000,000	$ 178,000,000	$ 174,000,000	$ 531,000,000																					$ 258,000,000	$ 0	$ 258,000,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Accumulated benefit obligation							643,000,000	256,000,000		506,000,000							22,000,000
Interest cost							22,000,000	11,000,000	13,000,000					1,000,000	0	0
Settlement losses							2,000,000	4,000,000	3,000,000					0	0	0
Plan contributions							5,000,000	15,000,000										4,000,000	14,000,000
Pension plan payments				1,000,000	1,000,000		81,000,000	32,000,000						10,000,000	0
Amounts amortized from AOCI in next fiscal year (less than $1 million)														1,000,000
Cash contributions to qualified pension plans in next fiscal year							10,000,000
Number of index funds within equity funds													2
Number of domestic funds within equity funds													1
Number of international funds within equity funds													1
Unfunded commitments to investments																														0
Term of investments for which entity has redemption rights												3 years
Number of single hedge fund investments in total pension assets											0
Percentage of investment in single hedge fund as percentage of total plan assets												2.00%
Target plan asset allocations																							65.00%	35.00%
Minimum target plan asset allocation																											45.00%	40.00%	0.00%
Maximum target plan asset allocation																											55.00%	55.00%	15.00%
Expected return on plan assets (as a percent)							6.47%	7.50%	8.00%					0.00%	0.00%	0.00%				7.50%	7.50%	7.50%				6.00%
Actual return on plan assets (as a percent)																				17.20%	13.20%				8.00%
Savings plan expenses	$ 12,000,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 11,000,000