Goodwill (Details) |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | ||||
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Sep. 30, 2022
USD ($)
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Sep. 30, 2021
USD ($)
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Sep. 30, 2022
USD ($)
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Sep. 30, 2021
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2020
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2021
USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2008
USD ($)
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| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||
| Number of reporting units | reporting_unit | 2 | ||||||
| Goodwill | $ 3,249,000,000 | $ 3,249,000,000 | $ 3,151,000,000 | ||||
| Goodwill, impairment loss | 0 | $ 0 | 0 | $ 0 | |||
| Accumulated impairment of goodwill since the merger | 5,722,000,000 | 5,722,000,000 | |||||
| Sirius XM | |||||||
| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||
| Goodwill | 2,290,000,000 | 2,290,000,000 | 2,290,000,000 | ||||
| Accumulated impairment of goodwill since the merger | $ 4,766,000,000 | ||||||
| Pandora and Off-platform | |||||||
| Business Acquisition [Line Items] | |||||||
| Goodwill | $ 959,000,000 | 959,000,000 | $ 861,000,000 | ||||
| Goodwill, impairment loss | $ 956,000,000 | ||||||
| Goodwill acquired | $ 98,000,000 | ||||||
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- Definition 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. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of increase in asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized resulting from a business combination. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Amount of accumulated impairment loss for an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Number of reporting units tested for impairment of goodwill. A reporting unit is an operating segment or one level below an operating segment. No definition available.
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