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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Amount of unamortized debt discount (premium) and debt issuance costs.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from finance lease, classified as current.

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Amount of long-term debt and lease obligation, classified as noncurrent.

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NOTES PAYABLE AND COMMERCIAL BANK FINANCING - Schedule of Notes Payable, Capital Leases and Commercial Bank Financing (Details) - USD ($)			12 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2022	Nov. 05, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Apr. 01, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 04, 2020	Jun. 10, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Nov. 27, 2019	Aug. 02, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			$ 12,461,000,000
Finance leases			37,000,000		$ 38,000,000
Total outstanding principal			12,498,000,000		12,734,000,000
Less: Deferred financing costs and discount			(158,000,000)		(183,000,000)
Less: Current portion			(66,000,000)		(56,000,000)
Less: Finance leases - affiliate, current portion			(5,000,000)		(5,000,000)
Net carrying value of long-term debt			12,271,000,000		12,493,000,000
DSG Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			0		177,000,000
Debt of variable interest entities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			9,000,000		17,000,000
Debt of other non-media related subsidiaries
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			17,000,000		17,000,000
Finance leases
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Finance leases			28,000,000		30,000,000
Finance leases - affiliate
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Finance leases			9,000,000		8,000,000
Less: Finance leases - affiliate, current portion			(3,000,000)		(2,000,000)
Notes \| 5.875% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			$ 348,000,000		348,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)			5.875%
Notes \| 5.125% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			$ 400,000,000		400,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)			5.125%
Notes \| 5.500% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			$ 500,000,000		500,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)			5.50%						5.50%
Aggregate principal amount									$ 500,000,000
Notes \| 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			$ 750,000,000		750,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)			4.125%			4.125%
Debt instrument, redemption price (as a percent)			100.00%
Notes \| 12.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			$ 31,000,000		31,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)			12.75%
Notes \| 12.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, redemption price (as a percent)	12.75%
Proportion of aggregate outstanding principal amount paid (as a percent)	100.00%
Notes \| 5.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			$ 3,050,000,000		3,050,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)			5.375%							5.375%
Aggregate principal amount										$ 3,050,000,000
Notes \| 5.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.375%
Notes \| 6.625% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			$ 1,744,000,000		1,744,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)			6.625%					6.625%
Aggregate principal amount							$ 31,000,000			$ 1,825,000,000
Line of credit \| A/R Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of debt		$ 184,000,000
Proportion of aggregate outstanding principal amount paid (as a percent)		101.00%
STG Term Loan Facility \| STG Term Loan B-3
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount				$ 740,000,000
STG Term Loan Facility \| Term Loan \| Term Loan B-1
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			$ 379,000,000		1,119,000,000
STG Term Loan Facility \| Term Loan \| Term Loan B-2
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			1,271,000,000		1,284,000,000
STG Term Loan Facility \| Term Loan \| Term Loan B-3
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			736,000,000		0
DSG Term Loan \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount			$ 3,226,000,000		$ 3,259,000,000
DSG Term Loan \| Term Loan \| Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt amount	$ 4,000,000