Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income tax benefit (expense), continuing operations		$ 98	$ (25)	$ 140	$ (137)
Pre-tax loss		226	(81)	19	(484)
Business acquisition recognized gain resulting from remeasurement of previously held equity interest	[1]	29	$ 0	29	0
Income taxes paid				78	81
Income tax refunds				1	$ 5
Digital Education [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income tax benefit (expense), continuing operations				106
Assets of discontinued operations [Member] | Digital Education [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income tax benefit discontinued operations				144
Income tax benefit discontinued operations, reclassified				30
News America Marketing [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income tax benefit (expense), continuing operations		107
REA Group [Member] | iProperty Group Limited [Member] | Other, Net [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Business acquisition recognized gain resulting from remeasurement of previously held equity interest		$ 29		$ 29

[1] The Company recorded a $29 million gain resulting from the revaluation of REA Group's previously held equity interest in iProperty. See Note 2-Acquisitions, Disposals and Other Transactions.