Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2014 Class A Common Stock [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 Class B Common Stock [Member]
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Trading Symbol	NWS
Entity Registrant Name	NEWS CORP
Entity Central Index Key	0001564708
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--06-30
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		380,445,548	199,630,240