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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Tracking Stocks (Narrative) (Details)

Tracking Stocks (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended
	Sep. 07, 2016 agreement item	May 16, 2016 shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 16, 2016 $ / shares shares	May 11, 2016	Jan. 23, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Oct. 27, 2016	Apr. 15, 2016 shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Number of tracking stock groups									3
Cash and cash equivalents							$ 562			$ 201	$ 681	$ 1,088
Liberty Sirius XM Group
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Number of tracking stock shares received in the Recapitalization for one share of Liberty Media common stock \| shares									1
Cash and cash equivalents							287			112	148	135
Liberty Braves Group
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Number of tracking stock shares received in the Recapitalization for one share of Liberty Media common stock \| shares									0.1
Cash and cash equivalents							107			13	11	57
Liberty Braves Group \| Common Class C
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Number of subscription rights received for each share of common stock held \| shares		0.47
Share Price \| $ / shares				$ 12.80
Percentage discount on stock subscriptions					20
Pre rights offering trading period					18 days
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Period Increase (Decrease) \| shares				15,833,634
Liberty Formula One Group
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Number of tracking stock shares received in the Recapitalization for one share of Liberty Media common stock \| shares									0.25
Cash and cash equivalents							$ 168			76	$ 522	$ 896
Liberty Braves Group \| Liberty Formula One Group
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Percentage ownership							15.50%		20.00%
Investment Owned, Balance, Shares \| shares							9,084,940
Formula 1
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents							$ 168
Investment ownership percentage	20.00%
SIRIUS XM \| Liberty Sirius XM Group
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents							$ 214
Intergroup note \| Liberty Braves Group
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity										$ 165
Intergroup note \| Liberty Braves Group
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Repayments of Lines of Credit			$ 150
Delta Topco
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Number of stock purchase agreements \| item	2
Interest acquired (as a percent)	20.00%					100.00%
Diluted investment ownership percentage								19.10%
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	20.00%					100.00%
Delta Topco \| Maximum
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Interest acquired (as a percent)	20.00%
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	20.00%
Delta Topco \| Formula 1
Targeted or Tracking Stock, Stock [Line Items]
Number of stock purchase agreements \| agreement	2
Interest acquired (as a percent)								100.00%
Diluted investment ownership percentage								19.10%
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired								100.00%