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	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciation related to property, plant and equipment			$ 372	$ 358	$ 415
Amortization of capitalized software			175	168	194
Operating lease expense			183	156	164
fixed asset impairment charges	$ 464
Non-cash impairment charge			$ 280	785	$ 0
United Kingdom Newspapers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge	$ 360			$ 360
Discount rates				8.50%
Long-term growth rates				(1.00%)
Australian Newspapers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge		$ 310
Discount rates		11.50%
News Corp Australia [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
fixed asset impairment charges		$ 310		$ 679
Trade Names [Member] \| Australian Newspapers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge		18
Print Sites [Member] \| United Kingdom Newspapers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge				252
Presses and Print Related Equipment [Member] \| United Kingdom Newspapers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge				85
Presses and Print Related Equipment [Member] \| Australian Newspapers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge		149
Capitalized Software [Member] \| United Kingdom Newspapers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge				$ 23
Capitalized Software [Member] \| Australian Newspapers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge		66
Facilities [Member] \| Australian Newspapers [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Non-cash impairment charge		$ 77