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Other Intangible Assets, Net (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Other Intangible Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of Acquired Intangible Assets by Class | Other intangible assets consisted of the following:
| March 31, |  | December 31, |
| 2014 |  | 2013 |
(in millions) | Gross cost |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Other intangible assets, net |  | Gross cost |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Other intangible assets, net |
Purchased and internally developed software | $ | 627 |  | (412 | ) | 215 |  | 615 |  | (393 | ) | 222 |
Affiliate and customer relationships | 2,450 |  | (1,846 | ) | 604 |  | 2,450 |  | (1,802 | ) | 648 |
Debt origination fees | 64 |  | (15 | ) | 49 |  | 51 |  | (13 | ) | 38 |
Trademarks (indefinite life) | 2,428 |  | — |  | 2,428 |  | 2,428 |  | — |  | 2,428 |
| $ | 5,569 |  | (2,273 | ) | 3,296 |  | 5,544 |  | (2,208 | ) | 3,336 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense | As of March 31, 2014, the related amortization expense and interest expense for each of the next five years ended December 31 was as follows (in millions):
Remainder of 2014 | $ | 215 |
2015 | 265 |
2016 | 229 |
2017 | 130 |
2018 | 9 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the major classes of acquired intangible assets showing the gross amount and amortization for finite-lived intangible assets. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by nature or by their use in the operations of the company. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amount of amortization expense expected to be recorded in succeeding fiscal years for finite-lived intangible assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26713463&loc=d3e16323-109275 + Details
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