Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Certain combined financial information for LMC, which is included in earnings (loss) from discontinued operations, is as follows (amounts in millions, except per share amounts):



	Year ended December 31, 2011
Revenue	$	2,008
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$	628

Discontinued Operations Earnings Per Share [Table Text Block]

The combined impact from discontinued operations, discussed above, is as follows:



		Year ended December 31, 2011
Basic earnings (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to Liberty shareholders per common share (note 3):
Series A and Series B Liberty Capital common stock		2.48
Series A and Series B Liberty Starz common stock		3.47
Diluted earnings (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to Liberty shareholders per common share (note 3):
Series A and Series B Liberty Capital common stock		2.42
Series A and Series B Liberty Starz common stock		3.34

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of disposal groups, which may include the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss), amounts of revenues and pretax profit or loss reported in discontinued operations, the classification and carrying value of the assets and liabilities comprising the disposal group, and the segment in which the disposal group was reported. Also may include the amount of adjustments to amounts previously reported in discontinued operations such as resolution of contingencies arising from the disposal transaction or the operations of the component prior to disposal.

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