Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

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 March 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013			2014			2013
	(in millions)
Service cost benefits earned during the period	$	—		$	—		$	3		$	4		$	1		$	—
Interest costs on projected benefit obligations		4			3			13			12			1			2
Expected return on plan assets		(5	)		(4	)		(19	)		(16	)		—			—
Amortization of deferred losses		1			—			3			4			—			—
Amortization of prior service costs (credits)		—			—			—			—			(3	)		(3	)
Settlements, curtailments and other		—			—			—			1			—			—
Net periodic benefits costs- Direct		—			(1	)		—			5			(1	)		(1	)
Employees participation in 21st Century Fox plans		—			2			—			—			—			—
Corporate allocations		—			1			—			—			—			—
Net periodic benefits costs- Total	$	—		$	2		$	—		$	5		$	(1	)	$	(1	)
	Pension benefits
	Domestic						Foreign						Postretirement benefits
	For the nine months ended March 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013			2014			2013
	(in millions)
Service cost benefits earned during the period	$	4		$	—		$	9		$	14		$	1		$	1
Interest costs on projected benefit obligations		12			8			38			38			5			6
Expected return on plan assets		(13	)		(10	)		(56	)		(48	)		—			—
Amortization of deferred losses		4			2			9			12			—			2
Amortization of prior service costs (credits)		—			—			—			—			(10	)		(9	)
Settlements, curtailments and other		4			—			—			6			—			—
Net periodic benefits costs- Direct		11			—			—			22			(4	)		—
Employees participation in 21st Century Fox plans		—			11			—			—			—			—
Corporate allocations		—			3			—			—			—			—
Net periodic benefits costs- Total	$	11		$	14		$	—		$	22		$	(4	)	$	—