Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2016		Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income tax refunds		$ 10,000,000		$ 8,000,000	$ 837,000,000
Income tax (expense) benefit		(54,000,000)	[1]	185,000,000	(614,000,000)	[2]
Tax expenses to others, net	[3]	0		0	721,000,000
Deferred tax asset		1,952,000,000		1,929,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits		86,000,000		129,000,000	58,000,000		$ 127,000,000
Valuation allowance recorded		1,014,000,000		1,308,000,000
Interest charges related to unrecognized tax benefits		(1,000,000)		6,000,000	0
Liabilities for accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits		6,000,000		8,000,000
Amount that affect effective income tax rate		54,000,000
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries		2,700,000,000
Income taxes paid		103,000,000		134,000,000	116,000,000
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred tax asset		580,000,000		540,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits		53,000,000		95,000,000
Valuation allowance recorded		97,000,000		304,000,000
Capital Loss Carryforward [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Deferred tax asset		803,000,000		892,000,000
Valuation allowance recorded		803,000,000		$ 892,000,000
Capital Loss Carryforward [Member] | Australia [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Capital loss carryforwards		1,600,000,000
Capital Loss Carryforward [Member] | U.K. [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Capital loss carryforwards		1,700,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Amount of uncertain tax liabilities		0
Maximum [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Amount of uncertain tax liabilities		35,000,000
Foreign Tax Authority [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income tax refunds					794,000,000
Income tax (expense) benefit					721,000,000
Capital loss carryforwards		$ 5,000,000
Capital loss carryforwards, expiration date		Jun. 30, 2025
U.S. Federal [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Capital loss carryforwards		$ 26,000,000
U.S. Federal [Member] | Foreign Tax Credits [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Foreign tax credits		$ 22,000,000
Capital loss carryforwards, expiration date		Jun. 30, 2025
U.S. Federal [Member] | Research $ Development Credits [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Research and development credits		$ 4,000,000
Capital loss carryforwards, expiration date		Jun. 30, 2036
U.S. States [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Capital loss carryforwards		$ 8,000,000
State and Foreign Country Jurisdiction [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Valuation allowance recorded		$ 5,000,000
21st Century Fox [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income tax (expense) benefit					721,000,000
Tax expenses to others, net					$ 721,000,000

[1] The Company recognized a tax benefit of approximately $144 million upon reclassification of the Digital Education segment to discontinued operations in Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, in the Statements of Operations in fiscal 2016. In addition, a tax benefit of $30 million related to the current year operations of the Digital Education segment was recorded to discontinued operations in Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, in the Statements of Operations in fiscal 2016. The tax (benefit) expense shown above excludes the tax benefit of the Company's digital education business. The Company will not have a current federal tax expense after accounting for the current federal tax benefits attributed to discontinued operations.

[2] See Discussion of Foreign Tax Refund below.

[3] See Note 18-Income Taxes