Consolidated Statements of Equity - USD ($) $ in Millions		Total	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	News Corporation Stockholders [Member]	Noncontrolling Interests [Member]	Class A Common Stock [Member]	Class B Common Stock [Member]
Beginning balance at Jun. 30, 2016		$ 11,782	$ 12,434	$ 150	$ (1,026)	$ 11,564	$ 218	$ 4	$ 2
Beginning balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2016								380,000,000	200,000,000
Net income (loss)		(643)	0	(738)	0	(738)	95	$ 0	$ 0
Other comprehensive income (loss)		71	0	0	62	62	9	0	0
Dividends		(152)	(58)	(60)	0	(118)	(34)	0	0
Other		15	19	0	0	19	(4)	$ 0	$ 0
Other, Shares								2,000,000	0
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2017		11,073	12,395	(648)	(964)	10,789	284	$ 4	$ 2
Ending balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2017								382,000,000	200,000,000
Net income (loss)		(1,444)	0	(1,514)	0	(1,514)	70	$ 0	$ 0
Other comprehensive income (loss)		48	0	0	90	90	(42)	0	0
Foxtel transaction	[1]	914	0	0	0	0	914	$ 0	$ 0
Foxtel transaction ,shares	[1]							0	0
Dividends		(158)	(119)	0	0	(119)	(39)	$ 0	$ 0
Other		44	46	(1)	0	45	(1)	$ 0	$ 0
Other, Shares								1,000,000	0
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2018		10,477	12,322	(2,163)	(874)	9,291	1,186	$ 4	$ 2
Ending balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2018								383,385,353	199,630,240
Net income (loss)		228	0	155	0	155	73	$ 0	$ 0
Other comprehensive income (loss)		(288)	0	0	(230)	(230)	(58)	0	0
Dividends		(161)	(117)	0	0	(117)	(44)	0	0
Other		35	38	(3)	0	35	0	$ 0	$ 0
Other, Shares								3,000,000	0
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2019		10,311	$ 12,243	(1,979)	(1,126)	9,144	1,167	$ 4	$ 2
Ending balance, shares at Jun. 30, 2019								385,580,015	199,630,240
Cumulative impact from adoption of new accounting standards		$ 20		$ 32	$ (22)	$ 10	$ 10

[1] See Note 4 —Acquisitions, Disposals and Other Transactions.