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Number of Products

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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, that lack physical substance, having a projected indefinite period of benefit, acquired at the acquisition date.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions, Disposals and Other Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified				3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 Newspaper Business [Member] State	Sep. 30, 2013 Foxtel [Member]	Nov. 30, 2012 Foxtel [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Daily Newspapers [Member] Product	Sep. 30, 2013 Weekly Newspapers [Member] Product	Jul. 31, 2012 Australian Independent Business Media [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 Thomas Nelson [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 Thomas Nelson [Member] Publishing Rights [Member]	Jul. 31, 2012 Thomas Nelson [Member] Imprints [Member]	Nov. 30, 2012 Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd. [Member]	Nov. 30, 2012 Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd. [Member] Assumed Debt [Member]	Nov. 30, 2012 Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd. [Member] FOX SPORTS Australia [Member]	Nov. 30, 2012 Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd. [Member] Foxtel [Member]
Schedule Of Business Acquisitions And Divestitures [Line Items]
Number of products				8	15
Number of states	7
Business acquisition, cost of acquired entity, cash paid						$ 30	$ 200			$ 2,000
Business acquisition purchase price allocation, intangible assets including goodwill							160
Business acquisition purchase price allocation, amortizable intangible assets								65
Useful life of amortizable intangible assets								20 years
Business acquisition purchase price allocation, unamortizable intangible assets									25
Business acquisition purchase price allocation, goodwill amount							70
Assumed debt from acquired entity											$ 235
Percentage of third party ownership in affiliates before acquisition												50.00%	25.00%
Equity method investment, ownership percentage		50.00%	50.00%
Subsidiary ownership percentage												100.00%