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Intangible Assets and Goodwill - Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]      
Intangible assets subject to amortization, gross amount $ 298,092,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross   $ 288,852,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
Intangible assets subject to amortization, accumulated amortization (148,850,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization   (149,605,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net amount 149,242,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet   139,247,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Intangible assets not subject to amortization 792,500,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill   674,050,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
Intangible assets, net 941,742,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill   813,297,000us-gaap_IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
Amortization expense 11,835,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets 9,894,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets  
Future amortization expense for intangible assets [Abstract]      
Future amortization expense, fiscal 2015 17,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths    
Future amortization expense, fiscal 2016 19,300,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo    
Future amortization expense, fiscal 2017 16,700,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree    
Future amortization expense, fiscal 2018 13,500,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour    
Future amortization expense, fiscal 2019 12,300,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive    
National Media [Member] | Internet Domain Names [Member]      
Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]      
Intangible assets not subject to amortization 6,227,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
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  1,827,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
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National Media [Member] | Trademarks [Member]      
Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]      
Intangible assets not subject to amortization 161,589,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
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  148,889,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
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National Media [Member] | Advertiser Relationships [Member]      
Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]      
Intangible assets subject to amortization, gross amount 18,079,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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  8,752,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, accumulated amortization (6,054,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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  (6,069,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, net amount 12,025,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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  2,683,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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National Media [Member] | Customer Lists [Member]      
Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]      
Intangible assets subject to amortization, gross amount 10,220,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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  16,257,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, accumulated amortization (5,815,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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  (14,852,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, net amount 4,405,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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  1,405,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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National Media [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]      
Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]      
Intangible assets subject to amortization, gross amount 18,000,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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  17,105,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, accumulated amortization (6,572,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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  (5,608,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, net amount 11,428,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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  11,497,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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Local Media [Member] | FCC Licenses [Member]      
Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]      
Intangible assets not subject to amortization 624,684,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
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  523,334,000us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill
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Local Media [Member] | Network Affiliation Agreements [Member]      
Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]      
Intangible assets subject to amortization, gross amount 229,309,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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  228,314,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, accumulated amortization (127,755,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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  (122,888,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, net amount 101,554,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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  105,426,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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Local Media [Member] | Retransmission Agreements [Member]      
Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]      
Intangible assets subject to amortization, gross amount 21,290,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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  17,404,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, accumulated amortization (2,574,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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  (188,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, net amount 18,716,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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  17,216,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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Local Media [Member] | Other Intangible Assets [Member]      
Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets By Major Class [Line Items]      
Intangible assets subject to amortization, gross amount 1,194,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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  1,020,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, accumulated amortization (80,000)us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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  0us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
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Intangible assets subject to amortization, net amount $ 1,114,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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  $ 1,020,000us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
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