2014 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement
#000156459015000645 Filed on February 12, 2015
Income Statement
| Concept | 2014 Q4 | 2013 Q4 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $829.0M | $815.0M |
| YoY Change | 1.72% | 5.98% |
| Cost Of Revenue | $445.0M | $441.0M |
| YoY Change | 0.91% | 8.35% |
| Gross Profit | $384.0M | $374.0M |
| YoY Change | 2.67% | 3.31% |
| Gross Profit Margin | 46.32% | 45.89% |
| Selling, General & Admin | $296.0M | $293.0M |
| YoY Change | 1.02% | 11.41% |
| % of Gross Profit | 77.08% | 78.34% |
| Research & Development | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| % of Gross Profit | ||
| Depreciation & Amortization | $79.00M | $78.00M |
| YoY Change | 1.28% | 27.87% |
| % of Gross Profit | 20.57% | 20.86% |
| Operating Expenses | $296.0M | $293.0M |
| YoY Change | 1.02% | 11.41% |
| Operating Profit | $23.00M | $15.00M |
| YoY Change | 53.33% | -70.59% |
| Interest Expense | -$46.00M | $55.00M |
| YoY Change | -183.64% | 3.77% |
| % of Operating Profit | -200.0% | 366.67% |
| Other Income/Expense, Net | -$9.000M | -$4.000M |
| YoY Change | 125.0% | -20.0% |
| Pretax Income | -$32.00M | -$44.00M |
| YoY Change | -27.27% | -51.11% |
| Income Tax | $9.000M | -$8.000M |
| % Of Pretax Income | ||
| Net Earnings | -$42.00M | -$37.00M |
| YoY Change | 13.51% | -53.75% |
| Net Earnings / Revenue | -5.07% | -4.54% |
| Basic Earnings Per Share | ||
| Diluted Earnings Per Share | -$82.35K | -$72.55K |
| COMMON SHARES | ||
| Basic Shares Outstanding | 1.055K shares | |
| Diluted Shares Outstanding |
Balance Sheet
| Concept | 2014 Q4 | 2013 Q4 |
|---|---|---|
| SHORT-TERM ASSETS | ||
| Cash & Short-Term Investments | $145.0M | $129.0M |
| YoY Change | 12.4% | -31.75% |
| Cash & Equivalents | $145.0M | $129.0M |
| Short-Term Investments | ||
| Other Short-Term Assets | $205.0M | $209.0M |
| YoY Change | -1.91% | 301.92% |
| Inventory | $39.00M | $34.00M |
| Prepaid Expenses | ||
| Receivables | $436.0M | $566.0M |
| Other Receivables | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Total Short-Term Assets | $825.0M | $938.0M |
| YoY Change | -12.05% | 7.94% |
| LONG-TERM ASSETS | ||
| Property, Plant & Equipment | $233.0M | $181.0M |
| YoY Change | 28.73% | 23.13% |
| Goodwill | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| Intangibles | $2.874B | $3.194B |
| YoY Change | -10.02% | |
| Long-Term Investments | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| Other Assets | $273.0M | $298.0M |
| YoY Change | -8.39% | 263.41% |
| Total Long-Term Assets | $5.029B | $5.350B |
| YoY Change | -6.0% | 23.56% |
| TOTAL ASSETS | ||
| Total Short-Term Assets | $825.0M | $938.0M |
| Total Long-Term Assets | $5.029B | $5.350B |
| Total Assets | $5.854B | $6.288B |
| YoY Change | -6.9% | 20.95% |
| SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| Accounts Payable | $162.0M | $246.0M |
| YoY Change | -34.15% | 65.1% |
| Accrued Expenses | $1.444B | $1.549B |
| YoY Change | -6.78% | 620.47% |
| Deferred Revenue | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| Short-Term Debt | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| YoY Change | ||
| Long-Term Debt Due | $13.00M | $68.00M |
| YoY Change | -80.88% | 126.67% |
| Total Short-Term Liabilities | $1.904B | $2.076B |
| YoY Change | -8.29% | 26.51% |
| LONG-TERM LIABILITIES | ||
| Long-Term Debt | $3.005B | $2.858B |
| YoY Change | 5.14% | 30.21% |
| Other Long-Term Liabilities | $256.0M | $234.0M |
| YoY Change | 9.4% | 65.96% |
| Total Long-Term Liabilities | $3.261B | $3.092B |
| YoY Change | 5.47% | 32.36% |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | ||
| Total Short-Term Liabilities | $1.904B | $2.076B |
| Total Long-Term Liabilities | $3.261B | $3.092B |
| Total Liabilities | $5.559B | $5.607B |
| YoY Change | -0.86% | 29.34% |
| SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY | ||
| Retained Earnings | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| Common Stock | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| Preferred Stock | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| Treasury Stock (at cost) | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| Treasury Stock Shares | ||
| Shareholders Equity | $295.0M | $681.0M |
| YoY Change | ||
| Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity | $5.854B | $6.288B |
| YoY Change | -6.9% | 20.95% |
Cashflow Statement
| Concept | 2014 Q4 | 2013 Q4 |
|---|---|---|
| OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||
| Net Income | -$42.00M | -$37.00M |
| YoY Change | 13.51% | -53.75% |
| Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization | $79.00M | $78.00M |
| YoY Change | 1.28% | 27.87% |
| Cash From Operating Activities | $35.00M | -$52.00M |
| YoY Change | -167.31% | 420.0% |
| INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||
| Capital Expenditures | -$29.00M | -$22.00M |
| YoY Change | 31.82% | 46.67% |
| Acquisitions | $8.000M | $4.000M |
| YoY Change | 100.0% | |
| Other Investing Activities | -$8.000M | -$4.000M |
| YoY Change | 100.0% | |
| Cash From Investing Activities | -$37.00M | -$26.00M |
| YoY Change | 42.31% | 73.33% |
| FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||
| Cash Dividend Paid | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net | ||
| YoY Change | ||
| Debt Paid & Issued, Net | $3.000M | $0.00 |
| YoY Change | ||
| Cash From Financing Activities | -3.000M | 54.00M |
| YoY Change | -105.56% | -162.79% |
| NET CHANGE | ||
| Cash From Operating Activities | 35.00M | -52.00M |
| Cash From Investing Activities | -37.00M | -26.00M |
| Cash From Financing Activities | -3.000M | 54.00M |
| Net Change In Cash | -5.000M | -24.00M |
| YoY Change | -79.17% | -78.38% |
| FREE CASH FLOW | ||
| Cash From Operating Activities | $35.00M | -$52.00M |
| Capital Expenditures | -$29.00M | -$22.00M |
| Free Cash Flow | $64.00M | -$30.00M |
| YoY Change | -313.33% | -700.0% |
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<div> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">1. Description of Business </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:4.54%;">Warner Music Group Corp. (the “Company”) was formed on November 21, 2003. The Company is the direct parent of WMG Holdings Corp. (“Holdings”), which is the direct parent of WMG Acquisition Corp. (“Acquisition Corp.”). Acquisition Corp. is one of the world’s major music-based content companies. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:18pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Acquisition of Warner Music Group by Access Industries </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 6, 2011 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, AI Entertainment Holdings LLC (formerly Airplanes Music LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”) and an affiliate of Access Industries, Inc. (“Access”), and Airplanes Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), on July 20, 2011 (the “Merger Closing Date”) Merger Sub merged with and into the Company with the Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”). In connection with the Merger, the Company delisted its common stock from the NYSE. The Company continues to file with the SEC current and periodic reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) in accordance with certain covenants contained in the agreements governing its outstanding indebtedness. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:18pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Acquisition of Parlophone Label Group </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">On July 1, 2013, the Company completed its acquisition of Parlophone Label Group (the “PLG Acquisition”).</p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company classifies its business interests into two fundamental operations: Recorded Music and Music Publishing. A brief description of these operations is presented below. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:18pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Recorded Music Operations </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company’s Recorded Music business primarily consists of the discovery and development of artists and the related marketing, distribution and licensing of recorded music produced by such artists. The Company plays an integral role in virtually all aspects of the recorded music value chain from discovering and developing talent to producing albums and promoting artists and their products. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In the United States, Recorded Music operations are conducted principally through the Company’s major record labels—Warner Bros. Records and the Atlantic Records Group. The Company’s Recorded Music operations also include Rhino, a division that specializes in marketing the Company’s music catalog through compilations and reissuances of previously released music and video titles, as well as in the licensing of recordings to and from third parties for various uses, including film and television soundtracks. The Company also conducts its Recorded Music operations through a collection of additional record labels, including, among others, Asylum, Big Beat, East West, Elektra, Erato, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, Warner Classics, Warner Music Nashville and Word. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Outside the United States, Recorded Music activities are conducted in more than 50 countries primarily through various subsidiaries, affiliates and non-affiliated licensees. Internationally, the Company engages in the same activities as in the United States: discovering and signing artists and distributing, marketing and selling their recorded music. In most cases, the Company also markets and distributes the records of those artists for whom the Company’s domestic record labels have international rights. In certain smaller markets, the Company licenses the right to distribute the Company’s records to non-affiliated third-party record labels. The Company’s international artist services operations also include a network of concert promoters through which it provides resources to coordinate tours for the Company’s artists and other artists as well as management companies that partner with artists on other aspects of their career such as merchandising, fan clubs and endorsements, as well as appearances and sponsorship. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company’s Recorded Music distribution operations include Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation (“WEA Corp.”), which markets and sells music and video products to retailers and wholesale distributors; Alternative Distribution Alliance (“ADA”), which distributes the products of independent labels to retail and wholesale distributors; various distribution centers and ventures operated internationally; and an 80% interest in Word, which specializes in the distribution of music products in the Christian retail marketplace. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">In addition to the Company’s Recorded Music products being sold in physical retail outlets, Recorded Music products are also sold in physical form to online physical retailers such as Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and bestbuy.com and in digital form to online digital download services such as Apple’s iTunes and Google Play, and are otherwise used by digital streaming services such as Beats Music, Deezer, Rhapsody, Spotify and YouTube, and digital radio services such as Pandora, iTunes Radio and iHeart Radio. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company has integrated the sale of digital content into all aspects of its business, including artist and repertoire (“A&R”), marketing, promotion and distribution. The Company’s business development executives work closely with A&R departments to ensure that while a record is being produced, digital assets are also created with all distribution channels in mind, including streaming services, social networking sites, online portals and music-centered destinations. The Company also works side-by-side with its online and mobile partners to test new concepts. The Company believes existing and new digital businesses will be a significant source of growth for at least the next several years and will provide new opportunities to successfully monetize its assets and create new revenue streams. The proportion of digital revenues attributed to each distribution channel varies by region and proportions may change as the roll out of new technologies continues. As an owner of music content, the Company believes it is well positioned to take advantage of growth in digital distribution and emerging technologies to maximize the value of its assets. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company is also diversifying its revenues beyond its traditional businesses by entering into expanded-rights deals with recording artists in order to partner with artists in other aspects of their careers. Under these agreements, the Company provides services to and participates in artists’ activities outside the traditional recorded music business. The Company builds artist services capabilities and platforms for exploiting this broader set of music-related rights and participating more broadly in the monetization of the artist brands it helps create. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company believes that entering into artist services and expanded-rights deals and enhancing its artist services capabilities will permit it to diversify revenue streams and capitalize on revenue opportunities in merchandising, fan clubs, sponsorship, concert promotion and touring. This will provide for improved long-term relationships with artists and allow the Company to more effectively connect artists and fans. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:18pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Music Publishing Operations </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">While recorded music is focused on exploiting a particular recording of a composition, music publishing is an intellectual property business focused on the exploitation of the composition itself. In return for promoting, placing, marketing and administering the creative output of a songwriter, or engaging in those activities for other rightsholders, the Company’s Music Publishing business garners a share of the revenues generated from use of the composition. </p> <p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:12pt;text-indent:4.54%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company’s Music Publishing operations include Warner/Chappell, its global Music Publishing company, headquartered in Los Angeles with operations in over 50 countries through various subsidiaries, affiliates and non-affiliated licensees. The Company owns or controls rights to more than one million musical compositions, including numerous pop hits, American standards, folk songs and motion picture and theatrical compositions. Assembled over decades, its award-winning catalog includes over 65,000 songwriters and composers and a diverse range of genres including pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, techno, alternative, gospel and other Christian music. Warner/Chappell also administers the music and soundtracks of several third-party television and film producers and studios, including Lucasfilm, Ltd., Hallmark Entertainment and Disney Music Publishing. Through consistent and tactical talent investment, Warner Chappell has developed a broad array of talent across all genres, resulting in Warner/Chappell being awarded ASCAP’s Top Publisher of the Year for each of Pop, Country and Urban in 2014. The Company’s production music library business includes Non-Stop Music, Groove Addicts Production Music Library, Carlin Recorded Music Library, 615 Music and Frank Gari Productions and Gari Communications, collectively branded as Warner/Chappell Production Music. </p></div> | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Number Of Operating Segments
NumberOfOperatingSegments
|
2 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Number Of Countries In Which Entity Operates
NumberOfCountriesInWhichEntityOperates
|
50 | |
| CY2014Q4 | wmg |
Number Of Songwriters And Composers
NumberOfSongwritersAndComposers
|
65000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Reclassification From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Current Period Net Of Tax
ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax
|
0 | |
| CY2014Q4 | wmg |
Intracompany Foreign Currency Balance Amount
IntracompanyForeignCurrencyBalanceAmount
|
38900000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Goodwill Acquired During Period
GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
|
2000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Goodwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Business Unit
GoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit
|
0 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Goodwill Other Changes
GoodwillOtherChanges
|
14000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross
FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
|
3490000000 | |
| CY2014Q3 | us-gaap |
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross
FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross
|
3572000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization
FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
|
735000000 | |
| CY2014Q3 | us-gaap |
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization
FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization
|
688000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill
IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
|
2874000000 | |
| CY2014Q3 | us-gaap |
Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill
IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill
|
3004000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Long Term Debt
LongTermDebt
|
3018000000 | |
| CY2014Q3 | us-gaap |
Long Term Debt
LongTermDebt
|
3030000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | wmg |
Annual Percentage Of Original Principal Term Loan Amortization
AnnualPercentageOfOriginalPrincipalTermLoanAmortization
|
0.0100 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Debt Instrument Annual Principal Payment
DebtInstrumentAnnualPrincipalPayment
|
13000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Debt Weighted Average Interest Rate
DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
|
0.056 | |
| CY2014Q3 | us-gaap |
Debt Weighted Average Interest Rate
DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
|
0.056 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Restructuring Charges
RestructuringCharges
|
77000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Restructuring And Related Cost Incurred Cost
RestructuringAndRelatedCostIncurredCost
|
1000000 | |
| CY2013Q4 | us-gaap |
Restructuring And Related Cost Incurred Cost
RestructuringAndRelatedCostIncurredCost
|
7000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Restructuring And Related Cost Cost Incurred To Date1
RestructuringAndRelatedCostCostIncurredToDate1
|
73000000 | |
| CY2014Q3 | us-gaap |
Restructuring Reserve
RestructuringReserve
|
13000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Payments For Restructuring
PaymentsForRestructuring
|
9000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Restructuring Reserve
RestructuringReserve
|
5000000 | |
| CY2012Q1 | us-gaap |
Loss Contingency New Claims Filed Number
LossContingencyNewClaimsFiledNumber
|
5 | |
| CY2014Q1 | us-gaap |
Litigation Settlement Amount
LitigationSettlementAmount
|
11500000 | |
| CY2014Q1 | us-gaap |
Loss Contingency Settlement Agreement Date
LossContingencySettlementAgreementDate
|
2015-02-25 | |
| CY2014Q4 | wmg |
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Depreciation And Amortization
IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization
|
102000000 | |
| CY2013Q4 | wmg |
Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Depreciation And Amortization
IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization
|
93000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Interest Paid
InterestPaid
|
56000000 | |
| CY2013Q4 | us-gaap |
Interest Paid
InterestPaid
|
68000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Fair Value Net Asset Liability
FairValueNetAssetLiability
|
-3000000 | |
| CY2014Q3 | us-gaap |
Fair Value Net Asset Liability
FairValueNetAssetLiability
|
-3000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Debt Instrument Fair Value
DebtInstrumentFairValue
|
2890000000 | |
| CY2014Q3 | us-gaap |
Debt Instrument Fair Value
DebtInstrumentFairValue
|
3026000000 | |
| CY2014Q4 | wmg |
Due To From Parent And Affiliates Noncurrent
DueToFromParentAndAffiliatesNoncurrent
|
0 | |
| CY2014Q4 | wmg |
Investments In Consolidated Subsidiaries
InvestmentsInConsolidatedSubsidiaries
|
0 | |
| CY2014Q3 | wmg |
Due To From Parent And Affiliates Noncurrent
DueToFromParentAndAffiliatesNoncurrent
|
0 | |
| CY2014Q3 | wmg |
Investments In Consolidated Subsidiaries
InvestmentsInConsolidatedSubsidiaries
|
0 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Income Loss From Equity Method Investments
IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
|
0 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Payments For Advance To Affiliate
PaymentsForAdvanceToAffiliate
|
0 | |
| CY2014Q4 | wmg |
Cash Dividends Paid Received
CashDividendsPaidReceived
|
0 | |
| CY2014Q4 | us-gaap |
Increase Decrease Due From Affiliates
IncreaseDecreaseDueFromAffiliates
|
0 | |
| CY2013Q4 | us-gaap |
Payments For Advance To Affiliate
PaymentsForAdvanceToAffiliate
|
0 | |
| CY2013Q4 | wmg |
Cash Dividends Paid Received
CashDividendsPaidReceived
|
0 | |
| CY2013Q4 | us-gaap |
Increase Decrease Due From Affiliates
IncreaseDecreaseDueFromAffiliates
|
0 |
