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		9 Months Ended
Debt (Details)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Aug. 17, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 15, 2016 shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares $ / item shares	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	May 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 17, 2013 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt		$ 8,119,000,000						$ 8,119,000,000			$ 6,881,000,000
Borrowings of debt								2,019,000,000	$ 1,779,000,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt								$ 876,000,000	818,000,000
Sirius XM Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, unused borrowing capacity, fee, percent								0.25%
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity		$ 1,750,000,000						$ 1,750,000,000
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		2.27%						2.27%
$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
$750 million term loan due Oct 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount	$ 250,000,000					$ 250,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity	500,000,000					500,000,000
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 5.875% Senior Notes due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 650,000,000					$ 650,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.875%					5.875%
Repayments of Long-term Debt						$ 669,000,000
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt						(24,000,000)
Debt Redemption Funding Source, Cash						359,000,000
SIRIUS XM \| Sirius XM 5.875% Senior Notes due 2020 \| Sirius XM Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Redemption Funding Source, credit facility draw						$ 310,000,000
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		$ 43.04						$ 43.04
Common Class A \| Warrant transaction
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Securities Basket price per share \| $ / shares		43.04						43.04
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights \| $ / shares		$ 61.16						$ 61.16
Liberty Media Corporation \| 1.375% Cash Convertible Senior Notes due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount per debenture					$ 1,000
Liberty Media Corporation \| $750 million term loan due Oct 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Description of Variable Rate Basis	LIBOR
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.75%
Debt instrument, unused borrowing capacity, fee, percent	0.75%
Liberty Media Corporation \| 2.25% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2046 \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount			$ 445,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			2.25%
Liberty Media Corporation \| Time Warner, Inc. \| 2.25% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2046
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Shares underlying the debentures \| shares			4,250,000
Liberty Media Corporation \| Time Warner, Inc. \| 2.25% Exchangeable Senior Debentures due 2046 \| Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Exchange Price of Shares Attributable to Debentures \| $ / shares			$ 104.55
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
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		$ 6,362,000,000						$ 6,362,000,000			$ 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	1,579,000,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt								749,000,000	688,000,000
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		$ 211,000,000						211,000,000			$ 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								194,000,000	200,000,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt								$ 126,000,000	$ 130,000,000
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		$ 1,546,000,000						$ 1,546,000,000			$ 1,033,000,000
Number of tracking stock shares received in the Recapitalization for one share of Liberty Media common stock \| shares				0.25
Borrowings of debt								438,000,000
Repayments of Long-term Debt								$ 1,000,000
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