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Segment Information (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Information | While intercompany transactions are treated like third-party transactions to determine segment performance, the revenues (and corresponding expenses recognized by the segment that is counterparty to the transaction) are eliminated in consolidation, and therefore, do not themselves impact consolidated results.
| Recorded Music |  | Music Publishing |  | Corporate expenses and eliminations |  | Total
Three Months Ended | (in millions)
December 31, 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 1,445 |  |  | $ | 304 |  |  | $ | (1) |  |  | $ | 1,748 |
Adjusted OIBDA | 412 |  |  | 86 |  |  | (47) |  |  | 451 |
December 31, 2022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 1,239 |  |  | $ | 250 |  |  | (1) |  |  | 1,488 |
Adjusted OIBDA | 299 |  |  | 72 |  |  | (36) |  |  | 335 |
In connection with the aforementioned change in segment profitability measure, the Company has also revised disclosures relating to segment profitability for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2023, 2022 and 2021, as presented below, to be comparable to the current period presentation.
| Recorded Music |  | Music Publishing |  | Corporate expenses and eliminations |  | Total
Twelve Months Ended | (in millions)
September 30, 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 4,955 |  |  | $ | 1,088 |  |  | $ | (6) |  |  | $ | 6,037 |
Adjusted OIBDA | 1,093 |  |  | 296 |  |  | (154) |  |  | 1,235 |
September 30, 2022 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 4,966 |  |  | $ | 958 |  |  | $ | (5) |  |  | $ | 5,919 |
Adjusted OIBDA | 1,046 |  |  | 233 |  |  | (130) |  |  | 1,149 |
September 30, 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 4,544 |  |  | $ | 761 |  |  | (4) |  |  | $ | 5,301 |
Adjusted OIBDA | 975 |  |  | 179 |  |  | (136) |  |  | 1,018 |
Schedule of Components of Adjusted OIBDA to Operating Income | Adjusted OIBDA is not a measure defined by U.S. GAAP but is computed using amounts that are determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. A reconciliation of the Company’s Adjusted OIBDA to operating income is presented below.
| For the Three Months Ended December 31, |  |
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  |  |  |
Operating income | 354 |  |  | 265 |  |  |  |  |
Amortization expense | 55 |  |  | 63 |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation expense | 26 |  |  | 21 |  |  |  |  |
Transformation initiatives and other related costs | 19 |  |  | 12 |  |  |  |  |
Net gain on divestitures | (17) |  |  | (41) |  |  |  |  |
Non-cash stock-based compensation and other related costs | 14 |  |  | 15 |  |  |  |  |
Adjusted OIBDA | $ | 451 |  |  | $ | 335 |  |  |  |  |
| For the Twelve Months Ended September 30,
| 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Operating income | 790 |  |  | 714 |  |  | 609 |
Amortization expense | 245 |  |  | 263 |  |  | 229 |
Depreciation expense | 87 |  |  | 76 |  |  | 77 |
Restructuring | 42 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 18 |
Transformation initiatives and other related costs | 53 |  |  | 46 |  |  | 36 |
Executive transition costs | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net gain on divestitures | (41) |  |  | — |  |  | — |
COVID-19 related costs | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |
Non-cash stock-based compensation and other related costs | 52 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 48 |
Adjusted OIBDA | $ | 1,235 |  |  | $ | 1,149 |  |  | $ | 1,018 |

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