Karmazin Should Leave Sirius
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007This may come at a strange time with the merger decision coming soon, but I don’t think Sirius needs a radio guy anymore. The company has compelling content with or without the merger, and the same holds for XM. Sirius, XM, or the combined company needs a creative marketing and distribution guy or girl that can think outside the […]
Posted in Merger, Satellite Radio, XM, Sirius | 1 Comment »>The Cost Of Persuasion
Friday, August 31st, 2007According to a disclosure form, Sirius and XM have spent a total of $810,000 in the first half of 2007 to lobby the federal government. XM spent $580,000 in a form posted online Aug. 14 by the Senate’s public records office, while Sirius spent a total of $230,000 through separate filings. The Amani Group, another […]
Posted in Merger, Satellite Radio, XM, Sirius | No Comments »>Is This A Sign That The Merger Is Coming
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007A director with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. purchased 270,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Jeffrey Zients reported he bought the shares (last) Wednesday for $11.05 to $11.20 apiece.
Insiders file Form 4s with the SEC to report transactions in […]
Emmis Communications CFO Walsh Comments On Satellite Radio
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007 Interesting comments out of Patrick Walsh the CFO of Emmis Communications. Walsh’s words do not match the NAB’s illustration of a powerful monopolistic merger.
From the Noble Financial Conference in Charleston, SC, Emmis Communications CFO Patrick Walsh was asked about the threat to terrestrial radio from satellite radio. Walsh stated, “We at Emmis have viewed […]
Voice Your Opinion To CNN
Friday, August 17th, 2007
CNN wants your opinion on radio, along with the Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio recently proposed a merger.
Use the form on CNN to send files from your computer, or e-mail ireport@cnn.com from your cell phone.
Some of the videos, photos and audio submitted may be selected for use on CNN.com, in CNN television programming […]
NAB Files Additional Comments With The FCC
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007On Monday the NAB filed additional comments with the FCC asking them to strike down the proposed merger between Sirius and XM Satellite Radio.
Referencing the merger as an “unusual case,” the NAB stated that Sirius and XM “filed a merger application that was utterly devoid of such evidence” to support that the merger is in the public interest.
The […]
Senator Claire McCaskill Wants Merger Rejected
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is the latest legislator to write FCC Chairman Kevin Martin and Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett contesting the proposed merger between Sirius and XM Satellite Radio. McCaskill asks for the merger to be “rejected” and says she does “not believe the merger is in the best interest of consumers.”
We’ll forget that […]
New York Post Follows Merger Debate
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
The New York Post follows the debate between the NAB and Sirius/XM and creates a catchy little graphic (see above).
They do point out the need for a high-definition radio to receive HD radio programming, which could be viewed as a required hardware upgrade. Hmmm…..
“The NAB also points out that the a la carte programming choices […]
NAB A La Shama Lama
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007The NAB released an analysis on the “a la carte” pricing plan proposed by Sirius and XM in their attempt to gain approval for their merger and called the proposal a “SHAM”.
The NAB pulled out their calculators and gave a break-down of the price per channel, the percentage cost increase per channel, and the percentage of few channels for […]
Kevin Martin Is Pleased
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007The FCC’s Chairman Kevin Martin told reports that he was pleased with the two satellite-radio companies’ a la carte programming proposal. Martin mentioned that he has not read the details of the proposal, but he stated he was “pleased any time companies come forward with proposals that would give consumers more control over what they […]
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