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Re: XM & Sirius To Merge?

SiriusPayola — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 22:57:19 -0000

Doubt it. Sirius will fire all of the great PDs that work at XM and keep the horrible group they have now.

XM - programming for real music fans.
Sirius - programming for your 15 year old cousin that thinks the Black Eyed Peas are the voice of a generation.

Re: XM & Sirius To Merge?

wolrah — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:10:03 -0000

Any chance of it both line-ups combining? At least for a while... maybe it's just wishful thinking. Howie, Opie & Tonie...

Re: XM & Sirius To Merge?

R. Eric — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:42:11 -0000

What a shame. Especially considering that fact that XM is still killing Sirius in the market (even with Stern). I give Sirius 2 years tops before they are out of business.

Re: XM & Sirius To Merge?

A. Rehak — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:09:15 -0000

Sirius content will probably dominate. According to the financial press, Sirius is actually buying out XM. Bloomberg News calls it a "takeover by Sirius;" they agreed "to buy rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc."

Link to the Bloomberg News story

Yahoo! News is telling us that "Sirius Satellite Radio plans to buy U.S. rival XM Satellite Radio for $4.6 billion in stock..." The story is here.

Why they're calling it a merger when it's really a buyout, I don't know. But if Sirius are running the show, most of their stations & programming will likely survive.

Re: XM & Sirius To Merge?

R. Eric — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:50:09 -0000

to be honest, as an xm subscriber, i'm hoping they don't go with sirius' channel lineup. i started as a sirius subscriber, but when i kept hearing the same annoying songs and the same annoying between song banter from the djs, i couldn't switch over quick enough. as far as the music goes, xm is far superior. outside of stern, there's nothing that sirius offers that i'd even considering listening to. My fingers are crossed that the powers-that-be will make the right decision or else I'll be canceling.

Re: XM & Sirius To Merge?

pchan — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:52:14 -0000

Received a email from Sirius about it this morning (I'm a subscriber) too bad it wont happen till the end of the year. =)