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Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Investments In Available-For-Sale Securities And Other Cost Investments

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Investments In Available-For-Sale Securities And Other Cost Investments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities and Other Cost Investments [Abstract]
Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities and Other Cost Investments

(5)听听听Investments in Available-for-Sale Securities and Other Cost Investments

All marketable equity and debt securities held by the Company are classified as available-for-sale ("AFS") and are carried at fair value generally based on quoted market prices. GAAP permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments, such as AFS securities, and certain other items at fair value and to recognize the changes in fair value of such instruments in the entity's statement of operations (the "fair value option"). The Company previously entered into economic hedges for certain of its non-strategic AFS securities (although such instruments were not accounted for as fair value hedges by the Company). Changes in the fair value of these economic hedges were reflected in the Company's statement of operations as unrealized gains (losses). In order to better match the changes in fair value of the subject AFS securities and the changes in fair value of the corresponding economic hedges in the Company's financial statements, the Company elected the fair value option for those of its AFS securities which it considers to be non-strategic ("Fair Value Option Securities"). Accordingly, changes in the fair value of Fair Value Option Securities, as determined by quoted market prices, are reported in realized and unrealized gains (losses) on financial instruments in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Investments in AFS securities, including Fair Value Option Securities separately aggregated, and other cost investments are summarized as follows:

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March 31,

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December 31,

2015

2014

amounts听in听millions

Fair Value Option Securities

Time Warner,听Inc. (a)

$

359听

363听

Viacom,听Inc. (b)

162听

273听

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (c)

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27听

Other equity securities (a)

54听

55听

Other debt securities

25听

27听

Total Fair Value Option Securities

600听

745听

AFS and cost investments

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ("Live Nation") debt securities

24听

24听

Other AFS and cost investments

47听

47听

Total AFS and cost investments

71听

71听

$

671听

816听


(a)

See note 8 for details regarding the number and fair value of shares pledged as collateral pursuant to certain margin loan agreements as of March 31, 2015.

(b)

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, 麻豆最新出品 sold 1.3 million shares of Viacom common stock for approximately $86 million in proceeds.

(c)

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company sold its remaining shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. preferred stock for approximately $27 million in proceeds.

Unrealized Holding Gains and Losses

There were no 听unrealized holding gains and losses related to investments in AFS securities as of March 31, 2015 or December 31, 2014.