Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Net Periodic Costs

The components of net periodic benefits costs were as follows:

	Pension benefits
	Domestic						Foreign						Postretirement benefits
	For the three months ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2013			2012			2013			2012
	(in millions)
Service cost benefits earned during the period	$	2		$	—		$	3		$	5		$	—		$	1
Interest costs on projected benefit obligations		4			2			13			14			2			2
Expected return on plan assets		(4	)		(3	)		(19	)		(16	)		—			—
Amortization of deferred losses		2			1			3			4			—			1
Amortization of prior service costs (credits)		—			—			—			—			(4	)		(3	)
Settlements, curtailments and other		1			—			—			5			—			—
Net periodic benefits costs—Direct		5			—			—			12			(2	)		1
Employees participation in 21st Century Fox plans		—			4			—			—			—			—
Corporate allocations		—			1			—			—			—			—
Net periodic benefits costs—Total	$	5		$	5		$	—		$	12		$	(2	)	$	1

	Pension benefits
	Domestic						Foreign						Postretirement benefits
	For the six months ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2013			2012			2013			2012
	(in millions)
Service cost benefits earned during the period	$	4		$	—		$	6		$	10		$	—		$	1
Interest costs on projected benefit obligations		8			5			25			26			4			4
Expected return on plan assets		(8	)		(6	)		(37	)		(32	)		—			—
Amortization of deferred losses		3			2			6			8			—			2
Amortization of prior service costs (credits)		—			—			—			—			(7	)		(6	)
Settlements, curtailments and other		4			—			—			5			—			—
Net periodic benefits costs—Direct		11			1			—			17			(3	)		1
Employees participation in 21st Century Fox plans		—			9			—			—			—			—
Corporate allocations		—			2			—			—			—			—
Net periodic benefits costs—Total	$	11		$	12		$	—		$	17		$	(3	)	$	1