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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:



	SIRIUS XM				Other			Total
Balance at January 1, 2011	NA				200			200
Other	NA				—			—
Balance at December 31, 2012	NA				200			200
Acquisitions (a)	14,165				—			14,165
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	14,165			200			14,365

Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block]

Intangible assets subject to amortization are comprised of the following:



	December 31, 2013										December 31, 2012
	Gross carrying amount				Accumulated amortization			Net carrying amount			Gross carrying amount			Accumulated amortization			Net carrying amount
	amounts in millions
Customer relationships	$	838			(65	)		773			51			(23	)		28
Licensing agreements	316				(22	)		294			—			—			—
Other	433				(300	)		133			515			(435	)		80
Total	$	1,587			(387	)		1,200			566			(458	)		108

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Liberty expects that amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years (amounts in millions):



2014	$	144
2015	$	139
2016	$	112
2017	$	94
2018	$	91

Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule.

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