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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
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Information About Liberty's Operating Segments (Tables)

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Information About Liberty's Operating Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Information About Liberty's Operating Segments

Performance Measures By Segment


	Years ended December 31,
	2015			2014		2013
			Adjusted		Adjusted		Adjusted
	Revenue		OIBDA	Revenue	OIBDA	Revenue	OIBDA
	amounts in millions
SIRIUS XM	$	4,552	1,660	4,141	1,466	3,625	1,289
Corporate and other		243	(32)	309	(49)	377	33
Total	$	4,795	1,628	4,450	1,417	4,002	1,322

Other Information By Segment


	December 31, 2015				December 31, 2014
	Total		Investments	Capital	Total	Investments	Capital
	assets		in affiliates	expenditures	assets	in affiliates	expenditures
	amounts in millions
SIRIUS XM	$	27,001	153	135	27,091	237	126
Corporate and other		2,797	962	161	3,178	614	68
Total	$	29,798	1,115	296	30,269	851	194

Reconciliation of segment Adjusted OIBDA to earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income tax


	Years ended December 31,
	2015		2014	2013

Consolidated segment Adjusted OIBDA	$	1,628	1,417	1,322
Legal settlement (note 16)		(108)	—	—
Stock-based compensation		(204)	(217)	(193)
Depreciation and amortization		(362)	(359)	(315)
Interest expense		(328)	(255)	(132)
Dividend and interest income		17	27	48
Share of earnings (losses) of affiliates, net		(40)	(113)	(32)
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments, net		(140)	38	295
Gains (losses) on transactions, net		(4)	—	7,978
Other, net		(1)	(77)	(115)
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	458	461	8,856

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