Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Revenue and Segment EBITDA from Segments to Consolidated

The following table reconciles Total Segment EBITDA to Net (loss) income attributable to News Corporation stockholders.

	For the fiscal years ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2013
	(in millions)
Revenues:
News and Information Services	$	5,731		$	6,153		$	6,731
Book Publishing		1,667			1,434			1,369
Digital Real Estate Services		625			408			345
Cable Network Programming		500			491			324
Digital Education		109			88			102
Other		1			—			20
Total Revenues		8,633			8,574			8,891
Segment EBITDA:
News and Information Services	$	603		$	665		$	795
Book Publishing		221			197			142
Digital Real Estate Services		201			214			168
Cable Network Programming		135			128			63
Digital Education		(93	)		(193	)		(141	)
Other		(215	)		(241	)		(339	)
Total Segment EBITDA		852			770			688
Depreciation and amortization		(530	)		(578	)		(548	)
Impairment and restructuring charges		(455	)		(94	)		(1,737	)
Equity earnings of affiliates		58			90			100
Interest, net		56			68			77
Other, net		75			(653	)		1,593
Income (loss) before income tax (expense) benefit		56			(397	)		173
Income tax (expense) benefit		(134	)		691			374
Net (loss) income		(78	)		294			547
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(69	)		(55	)		(41	)
Net (loss) income attributable to News Corporation	$	(147	)	$	239		$	506

Reconciliation of Depreciation and Amortization, Capital Expenditures and Goodwill and Intangible Assets from Segments to Consolidated

	For the fiscal years ended June 30,
	2015		2014		2013
	(in millions)
Depreciation and amortization:
News and Information Services	$	365	$	458	$	441
Book Publishing		52		36		34
Digital Real Estate Services		44		20		20
Cable Network Programming		33		36		25
Digital Education		32		26		23
Other		4		2		5
Total Depreciation and amortization	$	530	$	578	$	548

	For the fiscal years ended June 30,
	2015		2014		2013
	(in millions)
Capital expenditures:
News and Information Services	$	238	$	268	$	250
Book Publishing		12		52		10
Digital Real Estate Services		45		24		22
Cable Network Programming		7		7		14
Digital Education		70		21		21
Other		6		7		15
Total Capital expenditures	$	378	$	379	$	332

	As of June 30,
	2015		2014
	(in millions)
Goodwill and intangible assets, net:
News and Information Services	$	2,593	$	2,646
Book Publishing		896		619
Digital Real Estate Services		835		95
Cable Network Programming		938		1,181
Digital Education		39		378
Other		4		—
Total goodwill and intangible assets, net	$	5,305	$	4,919

Reconciliation of Assets from Segments to Consolidated

	As of June 30,
	2015		2014
	(in millions)
Total assets:
News and Information Services	$	6,749	$	7,379
Book Publishing		2,022		1,852
Digital Real Estate Services		1,278		438
Cable Network Programming		1,163		1,427
Digital Education		151		481
Other		1,351		2,303
Investments		2,379		2,609
Total assets	$	15,093	$	16,489

Revenue and Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Region

Geographic Segments

	For the fiscal years ended June 30,
	2015		2014		2013
	(in millions)
Revenues:(a)
U.S. and Canada(b)	$	3,917	$	3,719	$	3,862
Europe(c)		1,982		2,045		2,048
Australasia and Other(d)		2,734		2,810		2,981
Total revenues	$	8,633	$	8,574	$	8,891

^(a)  Revenues are attributed to region based on location of customer.

^(b)  Revenues include approximately $3.8 billion for fiscal 2015, $3.5 billion for fiscal 2014 and $3.7 billion for fiscal 2013 from customers in the U.S.

^(c)  Revenues include approximately $1.6 billion for fiscal 2015, and $1.8 billion for each of the fiscal years 2014 and 2013 from customers in the U.K.

^(d)  Revenues include approximately $2.3 billion for fiscal 2015, $2.6 billion for fiscal 2014 and $2.8 billion for fiscal 2013 from customers in Australia.

	As of June 30,
	2015		2014
	(in millions)
Long-lived assets:(a)
U.S. and Canada	$	1,158	$	1,094
Europe		1,201		1,318
Australasia and Other		859		1,133
Total long-lived assets	$	3,218	$	3,545

^(a)  Reflects total assets less current assets, goodwill, intangible assets, investments and non-current deferred tax assets.