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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Intangible Asset, Goodwill and Other [Abstract]  
Schedule of Carrying Values of Intangible Assets
The net carrying values of the Company’s intangible assets for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025 were as follows:
As of June 30,
20262025
(in millions)
Intangible Assets Not Subject to Amortization
Trademarks and tradenames$272 $276 
Newspaper mastheads281 281 
Imprints239 250 
Radio broadcast licenses109 123 
Total intangible assets not subject to amortization901 930 
Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization
Publishing rights
245 267 
Customer relationships
671 708 
Other
20 25 
Total intangible assets subject to amortization, net936 1,000 
Total Intangible assets, net$1,837 $1,930 
Schedule of Information Related to Amortizable Intangible Assets and Related Accumulated Amortization
Information related to amortizable intangible assets and related accumulated amortization for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025 is summarized below:
Useful lives
As of June 30,
20262025
Gross
Accumulated Amortization
Net
Gross
Accumulated Amortization
Net
(in millions)
Publishing rights(a)
3 to 30 years
$689 $444 $245 $677 $410 $267 
Customer relationships(b)
3 to 25 years
1,396 725 671 1,373 665 708 
Other(c)
3 to 15 years
125 105 20 125 100 25 
Total
$2,210 $1,274 $936 $2,175 $1,175 $1,000 
(a)The useful lives of publishing rights are primarily based on the weighted-average remaining contractual terms of the underlying publishing contracts and the Company’s estimates of the period within those terms that the asset is expected to generate a majority of its future cash flows.
(b)The useful lives of customer relationships are estimated by applying historical attrition rates and determining the resulting period over which a majority of the accumulated undiscounted cash flows related to the customer relationships are expected to be generated.
(c)The useful lives of other intangible assets represent the periods over which these intangible assets are expected to contribute directly or indirectly to the Company’s future cash flows.
Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense
Based on the current amount of amortizable intangible assets, the estimated amortization expense for each of the succeeding five fiscal years is as follows:
As of June 30, 2026
(in millions)
Fiscal 2027$97 
Fiscal 202893 
Fiscal 202987 
Fiscal 203083 
Fiscal 203169 
Schedule of Changes in Carrying Value of Goodwill, by Segment
The changes in the carrying value of goodwill, by segment, are as follows:
Dow Jones
Digital Real Estate Services
Book Publishing
News Media
Total Goodwill
(in millions)
Balance, June 30, 2024$2,195 $1,604 $406 $131 $4,336 
Acquisitions
44 (8)16 — 52 
Foreign exchange and other— (21)(15)
Balance, June 30, 2025$2,239 $1,575 $424 $135 $4,373 
Acquisitions
29 94 131 
Dispositions— (2)— — (2)
Foreign exchange and other— 45 (7)40 
Balance, June 30, 2026$2,268 $1,712 $423 $139 $4,542