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Segment Information (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
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)
March 31, 2025 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 1,175 |  |  | $ | 310 |  |  | $ | (1) |  |  | $ | 1,484 |
Adjusted OIBDA | 270 |  |  | 85 |  |  | (52) |  |  | 303 |
March 31, 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 1,189 |  |  | $ | 306 |  |  | $ | (1) |  |  | $ | 1,494 |
Adjusted OIBDA | 272 |  |  | 82 |  |  | (42) |  |  | 312 |
| Recorded Music |  | Music Publishing |  | Corporate expenses and eliminations |  | Total
Six Months Ended | (in millions)
March 31, 2025 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | $ | 2,520 |  |  | $ | 633 |  |  | $ | (3) |  |  | $ | 3,150 |
Adjusted OIBDA | 593 |  |  | 168 |  |  | (95) |  |  | 666 |
March 31, 2024 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues | 2,634 |  |  | 610 |  |  | (2) |  |  | 3,242 |
Adjusted OIBDA | 684 |  |  | 168 |  |  | (89) |  |  | 763 |
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 March 31, |  | For the Six Months Ended March 31,
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Operating income |  | $ | 168 |  |  | $ | 119 |  |  | $ | 382 |  |  | $ | 473 |
Amortization expense |  | 62 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 119 |  |  | 112 |
Depreciation expense |  | 28 |  |  | 26 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 52 |
Restructuring and impairments |  | 13 |  |  | 95 |  |  | 40 |  |  | 95 |
Transformation initiative costs |  | 18 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 35 |  |  | 38 |
Net gain on divestitures |  | — |  |  | (14) |  |  | — |  |  | (31) |
Non-cash stock-based compensation and other related costs |  | 14 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 24 |
Adjusted OIBDA |  | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 312 |  |  | $ | 666 |  |  | $ | 763 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 25 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-25 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 22 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-22 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482810/280-10-50-30 + Details
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