Consolidated Statements of Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Class A Common Stock [Member]	Class B Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]	News Corporation Stockholders [Member]	Noncontrolling Interests [Member]
Beginning balance at Jun. 30, 2014	$ 13,399	$ 4	$ 2	$ 12,390	$ 237	$ 610	$ 13,243	$ 156
Beginning balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2014		379,000,000	200,000,000
Net (loss) income	(78)	$ 0	$ 0	0	(147)	0	(147)	69
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(1,216)	0	0	0	0	(1,192)	(1,192)	(24)
Dividends	(30)	0	0	0	(2)	0	(2)	(28)
Share repurchases	$ (32)	$ 0	$ 0	(32)	0	0	(32)	0
Share repurchases, shares	(2,100,000)	(2,000,000)	0
Other	$ 73	$ 0	$ 0	75	0	0	75	(2)
Other, shares		5,000,000	0
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2015	12,116	$ 4	$ 2	12,433	88	(582)	11,945	171
Ending balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2015		382,000,000	200,000,000
Net (loss) income	250	$ 0	$ 0	0	179	0	179	71
Other comprehensive income (loss)	(445)	0	0	0	0	(444)	(444)	(1)
Dividends	(147)	0	0	0	(118)	0	(118)	(29)
Share repurchases	$ (39)	$ 0	$ 0	(39)	0	0	(39)	0
Share repurchases, shares	(3,100,000)	(3,000,000)	0
Other	$ 47	$ 0	$ 0	40	1	0	41	6
Other, shares		1,000,000	0
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2016	11,782	$ 4	$ 2	12,434	150	(1,026)	11,564	218
Ending balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2016		380,490,770	199,630,240
Net (loss) income	(643)	$ 0	$ 0	0	(738)	0	(738)	95
Other comprehensive income (loss)	71	0	0	0	0	62	62	9
Dividends	(152)	0	0	(58)	(60)	0	(118)	(34)
Share repurchases	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	0	0	0	0	0
Share repurchases, shares	0	0	0
Other	$ 15	$ 0	$ 0	19	0	0	19	(4)
Other, shares		2,000,000	0
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2017	$ 11,073	$ 4	$ 2	$ 12,395	$ (648)	$ (964)	$ 10,789	$ 284
Ending balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2017		382,294,262	199,630,240