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Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

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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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.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Publisher FASB
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