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Credit Facility - Additional Information (Detail) (Five-year Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility [Member], USD $)
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Oct. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Unsecured revolving credit facility available amount   $ 650,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity  
Credit Agreement term   5 years  
Letters of credit sublimit under credit facility   100,000,000nws_LettersOfCreditSublimitUnderCreditFacility  
Maximum amount of credit facility   $ 900,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity  
Credit Agreement due date     Oct. 23, 2018
Interest on borrowings, description     Either (a) a Eurodollar Rate formula or (b) the Base Rate formula, each as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
Commitment fee percentage on undrawn balance 0.25%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCommitmentFeePercentage    
Base Rate [Member]
     
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Applicable margin for borrowing 0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nws_FiveYearUnsecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_BaseRateMember
   
Eurodollar [Member]
     
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Applicable margin for borrowing 1.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nws_FiveYearUnsecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_EurodollarMember
   
Maximum [Member]
     
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Operating income leverage ratio   3.0nws_OperatingIncomeLeverageRatioOne
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nws_FiveYearUnsecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
 
Minimum [Member]
     
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]      
Interest coverage ratio   3.0nws_DebtInstrumentInterestCoverageRatioOne
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= nws_FiveYearUnsecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember