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Investments - Schedule of Investments (Detail)
$ in Millions, $ in Millions

Mar. 31, 2018

USD ($)

Jun. 30, 2017

USD ($)

Jun. 30, 2017

AUD ($)

Schedule of Investments [Line Items]

Available-for-sale securities

^[1],[2]

$ 78

$ 97

Cost method investments

^[3]

126

219

Total Investments

957

2,027

Foxtel [Member]

Schedule of Investments [Line Items]

Equity method investment carrying value

^[4]

631

1,208

Loan receivable from Foxtel

$ 0

^[4]

370

^[4]

$ 481

Equity method investment, ownership percentage

^[4]

50.00%

Other Equity Method Investments [Member]

Schedule of Investments [Line Items]

Equity method investment carrying value

^[5]

$ 122

$ 133

[1]	Available-for-sale securities are primarily comprised of the Company's investment in HT&E Limited (formerly APN News and Media Limited), which operates a portfolio of Australian radio and outdoor media assets.
[2]	See Note 4 - Investments.
[3]	Cost method investments are primarily comprised of certain investments in China as of March 31, 2018. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company sold its investment in SEEKAsia for $122 million in cash and recognized a $32 million gain in Other, net. See Note 12- Additional Financial Information.
[4]	During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company recognized a $957 million non-cash write-down of the carrying value of its investment in Foxtel. In the third quarter of fiscal 2018, as part of the long range planning process and in preparation for the Transaction, the Company assessed the long-term prospects for Foxtel, on both a stand-alone and combined basis. As a result of lower-than-expected revenues from certain new products and broadcast subscribers at Foxtel, the Company revised its outlook for Foxtel, which resulted in a reduction in expected future cash flows. Based on the revised projections, the Company concluded that the fair value of its investment in Foxtel declined below its carrying value. The assumptions utilized in the income approach valuation method were a discount rate of 10.25% and a long-term growth rate of 2.0%.
[5]	Other equity method investments are primarily comprised of Elara Technologies Pte. Ltd., which operates PropTiger.com, Makaan.com and Housing.com.

Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income.

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