Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Earnings Attributable to Liberty Media Corporation Stockholders Per Common Share (Details)

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Earnings Attributable to Liberty Media Corporation Stockholders Per Common Share (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
1 Months Ended 2 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 4 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Apr. 15, 2016
Jun. 30, 2016
Jun. 30, 2016
Jun. 30, 2015
Apr. 15, 2016
Jun. 30, 2015
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount         23,000,000  
Liberty Media Corporation            
Basic, Weighted average number of shares outstanding 335,000,000     339,000,000 335,000,000 340,000,000
Potentially dilutive shares 2,000,000     3,000,000 2,000,000 3,000,000
Diluted, Weighted average number of shares outstanding 337,000,000     342,000,000 337,000,000 343,000,000
Liberty Sirius XM Group            
Basic, Weighted average number of shares outstanding     335,000,000      
Potentially dilutive shares     2,000,000      
Diluted, Weighted average number of shares outstanding     337,000,000      
Liberty Sirius XM Group | Common Class A            
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount   21,000,000        
Liberty Braves Group            
Basic, Weighted average number of shares outstanding     36,000,000      
Potentially dilutive shares     9,000,000      
Diluted, Weighted average number of shares outstanding     45,000,000      
Basic earnings (loss)     $ 32      
Unrealized gain loss on the intergroup interest     (27)      
Diluted earnings (loss)     $ 5      
Liberty Braves Group | Common Class A            
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount   2,000,000        
Liberty Media Group            
Basic, Weighted average number of shares outstanding     83,000,000      
Potentially dilutive shares     1,000,000      
Diluted, Weighted average number of shares outstanding     84,000,000      
Liberty Media Group | Common Class A            
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount   5,000,000        
Liberty Braves Group | Liberty Media Corporation | Common Class C            
Investment Owned, Balance, Shares   9,084,940 9,084,940      
Liberty Braves Group | Liberty Media Group            
Investment Owned, Balance, Shares   9,084,940 9,084,940