Liberty Media Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Sirius XM Transactions (Details)

Sirius XM Transactions (Details)				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			15 Months Ended
Sirius XM Transactions (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015 $ / shares	Nov. 04, 2013 USD ($)	Jan. 18, 2013 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Aug. 31, 2008 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net					$ (10,372,000,000)				$ (10,372,000,000)
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share \| $ / shares	$ 0.01						$ 0.01	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares \| shares							9,200,000	0
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock							$ 350,000,000		$ 140,000,000
Sirius XM 7% Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt face amount				$ 550,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				7.00%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio				543.1372
Debt instrument, face amount per debenture				$ 1,000
conversion price for exchangeable debt \| $ / shares				$ 1.841
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Amount								$ 502,000,000
SIRIUS XM
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share \| $ / shares			$ 0.001
Business Acquisition, Share Price \| $ / shares			$ 3.1556
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain						$ 7,500,000,000
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Fair Value			$ 10,215,000,000
Initial noncontrolling interest			$ 10,286,000,000
SIRIUS XM \| Maximum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners			50.00%
SIRIUS XM
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Transactions \| item			2
Purchase of shares in equity method investee \| shares			50,000,000
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share \| $ / shares			$ 0.001
Convertible Preferred Stock, Shares Issued upon Conversion \| shares			1,293,509,076
Ownership percentage	61.00%
SIRIUS XM \| Sirius XM 7% Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Conversion of a Consolidated Subsidiary, Shares received upon maturity of exchangeable note \| shares								5,974,510		5,974,510
SIRIUS XM \| Minimum
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage			50.00%
SIRIUS XM
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares \| shares							524,200,000	423,000,000	476,500,000
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock							$ 2,000,000,000	$ 1,400,000,000	$ 1,600,000,000
SIRIUS XM \| Sirius XM 7% Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued \| shares								272,855,859
SIRIUS XM \| Agero
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Purchase Price		$ 525,000,000
SIRIUS XM \| Sirius XM Liberty Repurchase Agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares \| shares					43,700,000					136,600,000
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock					$ 160,000,000			$ 340,000,000		$ 500,000,000
SIRIUS XM \| SIRIUS XM Accelerated Liberty Share Repurchase Agreements [member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares \| shares								223,200,000
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock								$ 756,000,000