Additional Financial Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Components of Receivables, Net

Receivables, net consist of:

	As of September 30, 2017			As of June 30, 2017
	(in millions)
Receivables	$	1,570		$	1,484
Allowance for sales returns		(164	)		(166	)
Allowances for doubtful accounts		(41	)		(42	)
Receivables, net	$	1,365		$	1,276

Components of Other Current Assets

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

	As of September 30, 2017		As of June 30, 2017
	(in millions)
Inventory(a)	$	225	$	208
Amounts due from 21st Century Fox		59		82
Prepayments and other current assets		242		233
Total Other current assets	$	526	$	523

^(a) Inventory at September 30, 2017 and June 30, 2017 was primarily comprised of books, newsprint and programming rights.

Components of Other Non-Current Assets

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

	As of September 30, 2017		As of June 30, 2017
	(in millions)
Royalty advances to authors	$	298	$	298
Other		140		144
Total Other non-current assets	$	438	$	442

Components of Other Current Liabilities

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

	As of September 30, 2017		As of June 30, 2017
	(in millions)
Current tax payable	$	26	$	39
Royalties and commissions payable		179		152
Current portion of long-term debt		105		103
Other		278		306
Total Other current liabilities	$	588	$	600

Components of Other, Net

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

	For the three months ended September 30,
	2017		2016
	(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		6		4
Other, net		2		1
Total Other, net	$	8	$	17