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Credit Facility - Additional Information (Detail) (Five-year Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility [Member], USD $)
0 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]    
Unsecured revolving credit facility available amount $ 650,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity $ 650,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
Credit Agreement term   5 years
Letters of credit sublimit under credit facility 100,000,000nws_LettersOfCreditSublimitUnderCreditFacility 100,000,000nws_LettersOfCreditSublimitUnderCreditFacility
Maximum amount of credit facility $ 900,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity $ 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