Additional Financial Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Components of Receivables, Net

Receivables, net consist of:

	As of			As of
	September 30, 2016			June 30, 2016
	(in millions)
Receivables	$	1,511		$	1,442
Allowances for doubtful accounts		(175	)		(170	)
Allowance for sales returns		(42	)		(43	)
Receivables, net	$	1,294		$	1,229

Components of Other Current Assets

The following table sets forth the components of Other current assets:

	As of September 30, 2016		As of June 30, 2016
	(in millions)
Inventory(a)	$	233	$	218
Amounts due from 21st Century Fox(b)		58		55
Prepayments and other current assets		244		240
Total Other current assets	$	535	$	513

^(a) Inventory at September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016 was primarily comprised of books, newsprint and programming rights.

^(b) Relates to costs incurred in connection with the U.K. Newspaper Matters which will be indemnified by 21st Century Fox.

Components of Other Non-Current Assets

The following table sets forth the components of Other non-current assets:

	As of September 30, 2016		As of June 30, 2016
	(in millions)
Royalty advances to authors	$	317	$	311
Other		90		85
Total Other non-current assets	$	407	$	396

Components of Other Current Liabilities

The following table sets forth the components of Other current liabilities:

	As of September 30, 2016		As of June 30, 2016
	(in millions)
Current tax payable	$	44	$	33
Royalties and commissions payable		196		179
Other		270		254
Total Other current liabilities	$	510	$	466

Components of Other, Net Included in Statements of Operations

The following table sets forth the components of Other, net:

	For the three months ended September 30,
	2016		2015
	(in millions)
Gain on sale of available-for-sale securities	$	6	$	—
Gain on sale of equity method investments		6		—
Gain on sale of cost method investments		4		—
Other, net		1		5
Total Other, net	$	17	$	5