Liberty Media Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Investments In Affiliates Accounted For Using The Equity Method (Tables)

Investments In Affiliates Accounted For Using The Equity Method (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Investments in Affiliates Accounted for Using the Equity Method

Schedule Of Equity Ownership And Carrying Amount


	September 30, 2015						December 31, 2014
	Percentage		Fair Value		Carrying		Carrying
	ownership		(Level 1)		amount		amount
	dollar amounts in millions
Live Nation (a)	27	%	$	1,292	$	395	396
SIRIUS XM Canada	37	%	$	174		160	237
Other	various			NA		204	218
					$	759	851

Schedule Of Liberty's Share Of Earnings (Losses) Of Affiliates


	Three months ended			Nine months ended
	September 30,			September 30,
	2015		2014	2015	2014
	amounts in millions
Charter (b)	$	NA	(34)	NA	(87)
Live Nation (a)		23	21	6	18
SIRIUS XM Canada		1	2	(3)	3
Other		5	5	(11)	13
	$	29	(6)	(8)	(53)

(a)

See note 8 for details regarding the number and fair value of shares pledged as collateral pursuant to certain margin loan agreements as of September 30, 2015.

(b)

As discussed in note 1, Liberty’s investment in Charter was spun off as part of the Broadband Spin-Off, which was completed on November 4, 2014. Our share of losses related to Charter included $21 million and $53 million of losses due to the amortization of the excess basis of our investment during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively,