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

Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Abstract]
Federal	$ 18us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ (45)us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ (7)us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
State and local	7	3	4
Foreign		5us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	(1)us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	25us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(37)us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(4)us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Federal	(103)	165	(407)
State and local	12	7	(58)
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Total	(91)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	172us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(465)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Income tax benefit (expense)	$ (66)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 135us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ (469)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

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