Document and Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Feb. 03, 2014 Class A Common Stock [Member]	Feb. 03, 2014 Class B Common Stock [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2013
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Trading Symbol	NWS
Entity Registrant Name	NEWS CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001564708
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--06-30
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		379,386,334	199,630,240