Sirius XM Holdings Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Related Party Transactions - Pandora (Details)

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Related Party Transactions - Pandora (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 22, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 trading_day $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 09, 2022	Sep. 22, 2020
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment in convertible preferred stock			$ 612,465	$ 0	$ 0
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.001
Pandora
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Fair value of investment			$ 480,472	0
Pandora \| Level 2
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Fair value of investment			480,472	$ 0
Pandora \| Series A Preferred Stock
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of shares issued (in shares) \| shares	480,000
Investee \| Pandora
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment in convertible preferred stock	$ 480,000		480,000
Investment ownership percentage	19.00%
Ownership percentage on an as-converted basis	16.00%
Accrued dividends			10,849
Unrealized gain on investment			472
Investee \| Pandora \| Series A Preferred Stock
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.0001
Price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 10.50
Common shares issued upon conversion (in shares) \| shares	95.2381
Preferred stock dividend rate, percentage	6.00%
Liquidation preference			$ 490,849
Percentage of liquidation preference	100.00%
Investee \| Pandora \| Series A Preferred Stock \| Forecast
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage of liquidation preference						100.00%	100.00%
Convertible preferred stock, stock trigger price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 18.375
Convertible preferred stock, threshold trading days \| trading_day		20
Convertible preferred stock, threshold consecutive trading days \| trading_day		30

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