Liberty Media Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Commitments and Contingencies (Details)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) item $ / item
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of scheduled baseball games \| item	60
Number of scheduled Formula One events \| item	17
Braves Holdings
Commitments and Contingencies
Compensation guarantee aggregate total	$ 332
Amounts payable under guarantee in 2020	72
Amounts payable under guarantee in 2021	97
Amounts payable under guarantee in 2022	42
Amounts payable under guarantee in 2023	33
Amounts payable under guarantee thereafter	$ 88
Settled Litigation \| Sound exchange Lawsuit \| Sirius XM Holdings
Commitments and Contingencies
Performance for non subscription transmissions \| $ / item	0.0018
Performance for subscription transmissions \| $ / item	0.0024
Commercial webcasters per performance for non subscription transmissions \| $ / item	0.0028
Commercial webcasters per performance for subscription transmissions \| $ / item	0.0031

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