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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Goodwill) (Details)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Goodwill) (Details)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) reporting_unit	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	May 31, 2016
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	$ 1,000,078,000	$ 1,000,078,000	$ 1,001,246,000	$ 840,861,000
Accumulated impairment losses	(116,949,000)	(116,949,000)	0	0
Goodwill at beginning of period		1,001,246,000	840,861,000
Acquisitions		(1,168,000)	(160,385,000)
Impairment		(116,949,000)	0	0
Goodwill, Period Increase		(118,117,000)
Goodwill at end of period	883,129,000	$ 883,129,000	1,001,246,000	840,861,000
Number of reporting units \| reporting_unit		3
Tax benefit related to impairment charge	9,500,000
National media [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	931,303,000	$ 931,303,000	932,471,000	789,038,000
Accumulated impairment losses	(116,949,000)	(116,949,000)	0	0
Goodwill at beginning of period		932,471,000	789,038,000
Acquisitions		(1,168,000)	(143,433,000)
Impairment		(116,949,000)
Goodwill, Period Increase		(118,117,000)
Goodwill at end of period	814,354,000	$ 814,354,000	932,471,000	789,038,000
Number of reporting units \| reporting_unit		2
Local media [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill	68,775,000	$ 68,775,000	68,775,000	51,823,000
Accumulated impairment losses	0	0	0	0
Goodwill at beginning of period		68,775,000	51,823,000
Acquisitions		0	(16,952,000)
Impairment		0
Goodwill, Period Increase		0
Goodwill at end of period	68,775,000	$ 68,775,000	$ 68,775,000	$ 51,823,000
Magazine brands [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Percentage of fair value in excess of carrying amount					20.00%
Discount rate		10.00%
Terminal growth rate		2.00%
Percent of fair value to net assets, 100 basis point increase in discount rate					5.00%
Percent of fair value to net assets, 100 basis point decrease in discount rate					9.00%
Magazine brands [Member] \| National media [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill at end of period	759,400,000	$ 759,400,000
Magazine brands [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Revenue growth rate		2.00%
MXM [Member] \| National media [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill at end of period	54,900,000	$ 54,900,000
Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets [Member] \| MXM [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Impairment	$ (116,900,000)