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
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Mar. 31, 2020
Apr. 21, 2020
Diluted earnings per share calculation for the unrealized gain or loss      
Basic earnings (loss) attributable to stockholders $ (116) $ (76)  
Sirius XM Holdings | Formula One Group      
Investment owned shares      
Investment Owned, Balance, Shares 5,271,475    
Liberty SiriusXM Group      
Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock      
Basic WASO 338,000,000 324,000,000  
Potentially dilutive shares 1,000,000 5,000,000  
Diluted WASO 339,000,000 329,000,000  
Diluted earnings per share calculation for the unrealized gain or loss      
Basic earnings (loss) attributable to stockholders $ (11) $ 214  
Unrealized (gain) loss on the intergroup interest   (31)  
Diluted earnings (loss) attributable to stockholders $ (11) $ 183  
Liberty SiriusXM Group | Braves Group      
Investment owned shares      
Investment Owned, Balance, Shares 2,292,037    
Liberty SiriusXM Group | Common Class A and C      
Earnings Attributable to Liberty Media Corporation Stockholders Per Common Share      
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount 22,000,000    
Braves Group      
Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock      
Basic WASO 52,000,000 51,000,000  
Potentially dilutive shares 9,000,000 10,000,000  
Diluted WASO 61,000,000 61,000,000  
Diluted earnings per share calculation for the unrealized gain or loss      
Basic earnings (loss) attributable to stockholders $ (59) $ 53  
Unrealized (gain) loss on the intergroup interest 28 (95)  
Diluted earnings (loss) attributable to stockholders $ (31) $ (42)  
Braves Group | Common Class A and C      
Earnings Attributable to Liberty Media Corporation Stockholders Per Common Share      
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount 3,000,000    
Formula One Group      
Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock      
Basic WASO 232,000,000 232,000,000  
Potentially dilutive shares 7,000,000 1,000,000  
Diluted WASO 239,000,000 233,000,000  
Diluted earnings per share calculation for the unrealized gain or loss      
Basic earnings (loss) attributable to stockholders $ (46) $ (343)  
Unrealized (gain) loss on the intergroup interest 1    
Diluted earnings (loss) attributable to stockholders $ (45) $ (343)  
Formula One Group | Liberty SiriusXM Group      
Investment owned shares      
Investment Owned, Balance, Shares     1,945,491
Formula One Group | Braves Group      
Investment owned shares      
Investment Owned, Balance, Shares 6,792,903   9,084,940
Formula One Group | Common Class A and C      
Earnings Attributable to Liberty Media Corporation Stockholders Per Common Share      
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount 7,000,000