Additional Financial Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Components of Receivables, Net

Receivables, net consist of:

	As of September 30, 2013			As of June 30, 2013
	(in millions)
Receivables	$	1,596		$	1,510
Allowances for returns and doubtful accounts		(170	)		(175	)
Receivables, net	$	1,426		$	1,335

Components of Other Current Assets

Other Current Assets

The following table sets forth the components of Other current assets:

	At September  30, 2013		At June  30, 2013
	(in millions)
Inventory(a)	$	275	$	301
Assets held for sale(b)		—		89
Deferred tax assets		55		55
Prepayments and other current assets		202		206
Total Other current assets	$	532	$	651

^(a)  Inventory at September 30, 2013 and June 30, 2013 was primarily comprised of books, programming rights, newsprint, printing ink and plate material for the Company’s publishing operations.

^(b)  Assets held for sale at June 30, 2013 was comprised primarily of the net assets of the Dow Jones Local Media Group.

Components of Other Non-Current Assets

Other Non-Current Assets

The following table sets forth the components of Other non-current assets:

	As of September  30, 2013		As of June  30, 2013
	(in millions)
Royalty advances to authors	$	258	$	248
Notes receivable(a)		116		108
Deferred tax assets		134		139
Other		109		103
Total Other non-current assets	$	617	$	598

^(a)  Notes receivable relates to the Company’s sale of its former U.K. newspaper division headquarters.

Components of Other Current Liabilities

Other Current Liabilities

The following table sets forth the components of Other current liabilities:

	As of September  30, 2013		As of June  30, 2013
	(in millions)
Current tax payable	$	72	$	28
Current deferred income tax		61		61
Royalties and commissions payable		177		154
Other		163		189
Total Other current liabilities	$	473	$	432

Components of Other, Net

Other, net

The following table sets forth the components of Other, net:

	For the three months ended September 30,
	2013			2012
	(in millions)
Foreign tax refund payable to 21st Century Fox(a)	$	(483	)	$	—
Gain on third party pension contribution(b)		37			—
Other, net		5			3
Total Other, net	$	(441	)	$	3

^(a)  See Note 11 – Income Taxes

^(b)  See Note 10 – Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits