含羞草传媒. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Basis of Presentation (Details)

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Basis of Presentation (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 14, 2020	Aug. 21, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Basic of presentation	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Dividends paid to common shareholders	听	$ 633	听	听	$ 626	听	听
Proceeds from sale of an alternative energy investment	听	听	$ 272	听	272	听	听
Gain on sale of alternative energy investment	听	听	224	听	224	听	听
LMC	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Basic of presentation	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction	听	听	2	$ 2	7	$ 5	听
Liberty Media Corporation and GCI Liberty, Inc.	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Basic of presentation	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Tax sharing payable	听	听	$ 125	听	$ 125	听	$ 95
CEO \| LMC	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Basic of presentation	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Chief Executive Officer Compensation Allocation Percentage	听	听	听	听	19.00%	听	听
Common Class A and B	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Basic of presentation	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Dividend per share, cash paid	听	$ 1.50	听	听	听	听	听
Preferred shares issued per common share outstanding	听	0.03	听	听	听	听	听
8.0% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Basic of presentation	听	听	听	听	听	听	听
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage	8.00%	8.00%	听	听	听	听	听
Preferred stock par value	听	$ 0.01	听	听	听	听	听
Liquidation preference per share	$ 100	100	听	听	听	听	听
Distribution ratio for the preferred share dividend	听	$ 3.00	听	听	听	听	听
Liquidation preference	听	$ 1,300	听	听	听	听	听

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