Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2011
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Tax benefit, net	$ 721,000,000
Tax expenses to others, net	721,000,000	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Valuation allowance recorded to Stockholders' equity	1,393,000,000		1,391,000,000
Operation loss carryforwards	1,100,000,000
Deferred tax asset	1,792,000,000		1,740,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	58,000,000		127,000,000		132,000,000		132,000,000
Uncertain tax positions impacting the effective tax rate	10,000,000
Interest charges related to unrecognized tax benefits	0		1,000,000		1,000,000
Liabilities for accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits	2,000,000		6,000,000
Amount that affect effective income tax rate	12,000,000		26,000,000
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries	3,800,000,000
Income taxes paid gross	116,000,000		107,000,000		118,000,000
Income tax refunds	837,000,000		22,000,000		30,000,000
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Valuation allowance recorded to Stockholders' equity	142,000,000		100,000,000
Deferred tax asset	262,000,000		275,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	48,000,000		10,000,000
Capital Loss Carryforward [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Valuation allowance recorded to Stockholders' equity	1,100,000,000		1,100,000,000
Deferred tax asset	1,100,000,000		1,100,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	0		101,000,000
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Gross tax refund and interest owed	794,000,000
Tax benefit, net	721,000,000
Operation loss carryforwards	324,000,000
Income tax refunds	794,000,000
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] | Expirations [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Operation loss carryforwards	30,000,000
Foreign Tax Authority [Member] | Indefinite Carryforward [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Operation loss carryforwards	294,000,000
States [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Valuation allowance recorded to Stockholders' equity	12,000,000
21st Century Fox [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred tax asset			378,000,000
Deferred tax asset			429,000,000
21st Century Fox [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member] | Tax Indemnification [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Tax expenses to others, net	721,000,000
United States [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred tax asset	363,000,000
United States [Member] | States [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Operation loss carryforwards	13,000,000
United States [Member] | 21st Century Fox [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Fair market value of intangible assets, including goodwill	1,000,000,000
Australia [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Operation loss carryforwards	213,000,000
Australia [Member] | Capital Loss Carryforward [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Capital loss carryforwards	2,300,000,000
U.K. [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Operation loss carryforwards	509,000,000
U.K. [Member] | Capital Loss Carryforward [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Capital loss carryforwards	$ 2,100,000,000

[1] See Note 17-Income Taxes