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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Debt (Details)

Debt (Details)				1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Debt (Details)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 15, 2016 shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares $ / item shares	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 17, 2013 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 7,531,000,000					$ 7,531,000,000			$ 6,881,000,000
Borrowings of debt						1,453,000,000	$ 1,343,000,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt						$ 816,000,000	661,000,000
Sirius XM Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, unused borrowing capacity, fee, percent						0.30%
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,750,000,000					$ 1,750,000,000
Debt Instrument, Term					5 years
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					$ 1,250,000,000
1.375% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount										$ 1,000,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage										1.375%
$1.25 billion margin loan due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis				LIBOR
Effective interest rate	2.38%					2.38%
$1.25 billion margin loan due 2016 \| Term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount				$ 250,000,000
$1.25 billion margin loan due 2016 \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, unused borrowing capacity, fee, percent				0.75%
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,000,000,000			$ 1,000,000,000		$ 1,000,000,000
Sirius XM 5.375% Senior Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount	$ 1,000,000,000					$ 1,000,000,000
Debt discount								$ 11,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.375%					5.375%
Minimum \| $1.25 billion margin loan due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate				1.75%
Maximum \| $1.25 billion margin loan due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate				2.25%
SIRIUS XM \| Sirius XM Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility \| Sirius XM Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,750,000,000					$ 1,750,000,000
Common Class A \| 1.375% Convertible Notes Bond Hedge Transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Securities Basket price per share \| $ / shares	$ 37.78					$ 37.78
Common Class A \| Warrant transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Securities Basket price per share \| $ / shares	37.78					37.78
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights \| $ / shares	$ 61.16					$ 61.16
Liberty Media Corporation \| Common Class A \| 1.375% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio			21.0859
Liberty Media Corporation \| Common Class A \| Common Class A \| 1.375% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
conversion price for exchangeable debt \| $ / shares			$ 47.43
Liberty Media Corporation \| Common Class A \| 1.375% Convertible Notes Bond Hedge Transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Forward contract, number of underlying shares \| shares			21,085,900
Derivative, Cap Price \| $ / item			47.43
Liberty Media Corporation \| Common Class A \| Warrant transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding \| shares									21,085,900
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights \| $ / shares									$ 64.46
Liberty Sirius XM Group
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 6,363,000,000					$ 6,363,000,000			$ 5,709,000,000
Number of tracking stock shares received in the Recapitalization for one share of Liberty Media common stock \| shares		1
Borrowings of debt						1,387,000,000	1,258,000,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt						744,000,000	661,000,000
Liberty Sirius XM Group \| Sirius XM Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt									$ 340,000,000
Liberty Sirius XM Group \| Common Class A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Securities basket conversion ratio from shares of Liberty Media Corporation common stock		1.0
Liberty Sirius XM Group \| Common Class A \| 1.375% Convertible Notes Bond Hedge Transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Forward contract, number of underlying shares \| shares		21,085,900
Liberty Sirius XM Group \| Common Class A \| Warrant transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding \| shares									21,085,900
Liberty Braves Group
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 137,000,000					137,000,000			$ 139,000,000
Number of tracking stock shares received in the Recapitalization for one share of Liberty Media common stock \| shares		0.1
Borrowings of debt						66,000,000	$ 85,000,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt						$ 71,000,000
Liberty Braves Group \| Common Class A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Securities basket conversion ratio from shares of Liberty Media Corporation common stock	0.1087	0.10				0.1087
Liberty Braves Group \| Common Class A \| 1.375% Convertible Notes Bond Hedge Transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Forward contract, number of underlying shares \| shares	2,292,037	2,108,590
Liberty Braves Group \| Common Class A \| Warrant transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding \| shares	2,292,037					2,292,037			2,108,590
Liberty Media Group
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 1,031,000,000					$ 1,031,000,000			$ 1,033,000,000
Number of tracking stock shares received in the Recapitalization for one share of Liberty Media common stock \| shares		0.25
Repayments of Long-term Debt						$ 1,000,000
Liberty Media Group \| 1.375% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount per debenture			$ 1,000
Liberty Media Group \| Common Class A
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Securities basket conversion ratio from shares of Liberty Media Corporation common stock		0.25
Liberty Media Group \| Common Class A \| 1.375% Convertible Notes Bond Hedge Transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Forward contract, number of underlying shares \| shares		5,271,475
Liberty Media Group \| Common Class A \| Warrant transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding \| shares									5,271,475