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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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Information About Liberty's Operating Segments (Tables)

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Information About Liberty's Operating Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Information About Liberty's Operating Segments

Performance Measures By Segment


	Three months ended March 31,
	2015			2014
			Adjusted		Adjusted
	Revenue		OIBDA	Revenue	OIBDA
	amounts in millions
SIRIUS XM	$	1,076	404	988	335
Corporate and other		5	(31)	23	(41)
	$	1,081	373	1,011	294

Other Information By Segment


	March 31, 2015
	Total		Investments	Capital
	assets		in affiliates	expenditures
	amounts in millions
SIRIUS XM	$	28,334	227	30
Corporate and other		3,096	571	34
	$	31,430	798	64

Reconciliation of segment Adjusted OIBDA to earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income tax


	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2015		2014
	amounts in millions
Consolidated segment Adjusted OIBDA	$	373	294
Stock-based compensation		(44)	(49)
Depreciation and amortization		(84)	(90)
Interest expense		(77)	(53)
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net		(37)	(35)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net		(28)	(65)
Other, net		2	(37)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	105	(35)

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