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Discontinued Operations (Details)

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Discontinued Operations (Details) (Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings [Member], USD $)
In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Aug. 27, 2014
Aug. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Aug. 27, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]        
Ownership interest in investee 22.00%linta_OwnershipInterestInInvestee     22.00%linta_OwnershipInterestInInvestee
Voting interest in investee 57.00%linta_VotingInterestInInvestee     57.00%linta_VotingInterestInInvestee
Net debt $ 350linta_NetDebt      
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt   400us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfDebt    
Cash distribution to parent from discontinued operation   350linta_CashDistributionToParentFromDiscontinuedOperation    
Revenue     294us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationRevenue  
Earnings (loss) before income taxes     27us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationDuringPhaseOutPeriodBeforeIncomeTax  
Earnings (loss) attributable to parent     $ 1us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity  
Liberty Interactive common stock        
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]        
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations and Disposal of Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Per Basic Share     $ (0.01)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicShare
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Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Per Diluted Share     $ (0.01)us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerDilutedShare
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Liberty Ventures common stock        
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]        
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations and Disposal of Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Per Basic Share     $ 0.07us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerBasicShare
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Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, Per Diluted Share     $ 0.07us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxPerDilutedShare
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