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NEWS ABOUT: satellite radio

satellite radio stories: 20 news summaries

Rosie Radio
Hits Satellite
This Fall

Sirius XM adds O'Donnell to celebrity lineup despite slump

Jun 25, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rosie O’Donnell has signed on for a radio talk show on Sirius XM, joining the likes of Oprah, Martha Stewart, and Howard Stern this fall. She’ll interview celebrity guests, take calls, and blend pop culture with serious topics, the company says. Rosie Radio indicates the flagging satellite conglomerate’... More »

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entertainment • satellite radio • Rosie O'Donnell • Oprah Winfrey • Martha Stewart • talk show • Howard Stern • Sirius XM

 Right-Wing Radio Host 
 Calls Maddow 'Little Boy' 

Andrew Wilkow also attacks Perez Hilton

May 15, 09 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A right-wing radio host's rant on Tuesday got nasty—even for talk radio. Andrew Wilkow of Sirius/XM, filling in on the syndicated "Mark Levin Show," called MSNBC's Rachel Maddow a "nice little boy" and Perez Hilton a "vile sodomite," Salon reports. "It just sounds... More »

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satellite radio • Democrats • Sirius • talk radio • conservative • Rahm Emanuel • Perez Hilton • Rachel Maddow • Republicans • Andrew Wilkow • Mark Levin

 Liberty Media Nears 
 Sirius Rescue Deal 

Company to get stake in Sirius in return for   fending off Echostar

Feb 17, 09 4:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Sirius XM may have found its white knight just in time, the Financial Times reports. The deadline for the satellite radio firm to restructure its debt or file for bankruptcy protection is today, and Liberty Media is believed to be readying a last-minute rescue deal that would give it a... More »

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satellite radio • Sirius • bankruptcy • mergers and acquisitions • EchoStar • Liberty Media • Sirius XM

Sirius Creditors Ready
to Go After CEO

If company files for bankruptcy, they could ask judge to remove him

Feb 16, 09 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Sirius XM Radio's creditors want the company to make a deal with an investor rather than file for bankruptcy, and they're prepared to go after CEO Mel Karmazin's job if things don't go their way, the Wall Street Journal reports. "The board of directors should carefully consider the ramifications"... More »

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Mel Karmazin • satellite radio • investors • bankruptcy • debt • Sirius XM • creditor

 Stern: Satellite 
 Radio 'Will Survive' 

Sirius reportedly planning to file for bankruptcy

Feb 12, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Despite reports that Sirius XM radio plans to file for bankruptcy, Howard Stern says the format is headed in the right direction and will survive, Reuters reports. “Everybody's wondering about this whole bankruptcy thing with Sirius,” he said on his radio show. “I'm not concerned. I think... More »

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satellite radio • bankruptcy • EchoStar • Howard Stern • Sirius XM

OPINION

 Satellite Radio Is Doomed 

Auto downturn looks likely to kill Sirius and the satellite radio biz

Feb 11, 09 2:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The country’s only satellite radio company is close to filing for bankruptcy, and columnist Mike Elgan is having an “I told you so” moment. Before Christmas Elgan predicted in ComputerWorld that Sirius XM wouldn’t survive the recession, given its shaky financial status—and the downturn now looks... More »

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radio • satellite radio • Sirius • bankruptcy • Chapter 11 • Sirius XM

(Newser) - Sirius XM is preparing to file for bankruptcy this week, the New York Times reports. The satellite radio company, which has more than $5 billion in assets and a stable of personalities such as Howard Stern, is working with financial advisers to prepare the Chapter 11 filing. The development could... More »

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satellite radio • bankruptcy • Dish Network • Chapter 11 • Sirius XM • Charles Ergen

Radio Struggles as Advertisers Tune Out

Despite a slight growth in audience, homogenized radio is losing ad dollars

Nov 26, 08 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - More listeners hasn’t translated into more cash for radio broadcasters struggling to keep advertising revenues up, reports the New York Times, as prime clients like auto dealers and retailers cut ad buys in their own battle to stay afloat. Radio advertising continued its 18-month nosedive, declining 10% in October... More »

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satellite radio • advertising • radio advertising • newspaper industry • digital radio

Stern Goes from Serious Player to Sirius Backwater

'King of All Media' gloss wears off with shock jock's move to satellite radio

Oct 13, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Howard Stern, once the self-glossed “King of All Media,” has lost much of his audience and prestige in his much-ballyhooed move to satellite radio, the Los Angeles Times reports. Analysts estimate that Stern, who once boasted 12 million daily listeners, attracts only about 1-2 million on the subscription... More »

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satellite radio • Howard Stern • Sirius XM

 Stern Launches 
 Virginity Auction 

No, not his

Sep 9, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Howard Stern today kicked off the auction of a 22-year-old woman’s virginity. The woman says she wants to use the money to pay for a master’s degree in family therapy, reports the New York Daily News.. "We live in a capitalist society. Why shouldn't I be allowed... More »

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satellite radio • sex • auction • Howard Stern • virginity

 Satellite Merger Clears Hurdle 

Justice Dept. doesn't see threat to competition; FCC must still weigh in

Mar 24, 08 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Justice Department today approved the proposed merger between satellite radio firms Sirius and XM, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FCC must still sign off, but the pair appears to have allayed antitrust concerns about the merger of the industry's two largest companies by arguing that they face competition... More »

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radio • Department of Justice • satellite radio • music industry • Sirius • FCC • mergers and acquisitions • competition • XM Satellite Radio • music distribution • consolidation

Sirius, XM Stocks Rise as Merger Looms

Analyst predicts Justice Department won't block Sirius from buying XM

Nov 30, 07 1:16 PM CST
(Newser) - XM Satellite Radio and Sirius stock prices got a boost Friday when an analyst predicted the Justice Department won't block Sirius from buying out the larger XM. Morning trade saw XM shares jump 9.4% and Sirius shares 4.6%, reports CNN. The analyst said that shares could hit $20... More »

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radio • satellite radio • Sirius • mergers and acquisitions • XM Satellite Radio

Stern Extols
the Pleasures
of Satellite

Funny man finds the troubles at CBS Radio the best joke of all

Nov 24, 07 6:51 AM CST
(Newser) - It's been almost two years since Howard Stern switched to satellite radio, and the never-modest shock jock is reveling in his success on Sirius—and the woes of his former network, CBS, and rival, Don Imus, back in terrestrial radio. In a sit-down with the AP, Stern crows that his... More »

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radio • satellite radio • Sirius • Don Imus • shock jocks • Howard Stern

UN Agreement May Boost US Spectrum Bids

Google, Yahoo, Apple all seen jumping into Jan. 700 Mhz auction

Nov 19, 07 2:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Thanks to an agreement at a month-long UN telecom conference in Geneva, the cost for rights to use new US wireless spectrum going on the block in January may have just increased. Google, Yahoo and Apple are among the companies expected to a battle for licenses to the 700 Mhz... More »

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United Nations • Google • satellite radio • FCC • wireless frequencies • digital television • World Radiocommunication Conference • wireless licenses • spectrum auction

Sirius, XM Union May Have Listeners Singing the Blues

Deal would lower options, raise prices, Post writer says

Nov 10, 07 1:32 PM CST
(Newser) - For anyone doubting that a merger between Sirius and XM would harm the satellite radio industry by forcing listeners to go through a single provider, the Washington Post’s Marc Fisher has two words: cable TV. Fisher argues that for all of the advantages any union may produce,... More »

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Mel Karmazin • Department of Justice • satellite radio • Sirius • FCC • cable TV • merger • XM Satellite Radio • Howard Stern

Web Radio Takes Fight to Senate

Negotiations have stalled in new royalty plan, they say

Oct 24, 07 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Internet radio hangs in the balance, webcasters say, but the Senate Commerce Committee, which holds radio hearings today, can save it by reviving bills setting royalty rates for online broadcasters as low as satellite radio's. Legislators introduced the bills this spring, the Post explains, when the Copyright Royalty Board jacked... More »

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radio • satellite radio • web radio • Pandora • Senate Commerce Committee

XM, Sirius Say Post-Merger Prices Will Fall

Satellite-radio giants bid to overcome resistance with new subscription plans

Jul 23, 07 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an attempt to lower resistance to their proposed merger, satellite radio providers Sirius and XM unveiled new pricing plans today that they say will cut subscription prices by 46%. The plans, which start at $6.99 as opposed to the current $12.95 per month standard price, also allow... More »

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radio • satellite radio • Sirius • mergers and acquisitions • radio stations • a la carte • listeners • XM Satellite Radio

Radio Should Pay to Play, Artists Argue

Music industry wants
to start collecting AM, FM royalties

Jul 5, 07 6:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's time AM and FM radio broadcasters started paying for the music they play, a group of music industry types has decided. They're lobbying Congress to amend the federal law that has exempted terrestrial radio from paying artists' royalties for nearly a century, Business Week reports.   More »

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music • radio • satellite radio • music industry • Recording Industry Association of America • House Judiciary Committee • CDs • royalty • royalties • RIAA • MUSICfirst coalition • terrestrial radio • mp3 • web radio • podcast • singers • digital downloads • artist • musician

XM Fans Irate at Shock Jock Suspension

Opie & Anthony, kicked off airwaves,
now in trouble on satellite

May 17, 07 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of "The Opie & Anthony Show" cancelled their satellite radio subscriptions by the hundreds after XM slapped the shock-jock duo with a 30-day suspension earlier this week. Subscribers are accusing the station—which promises uncensored content—of pandering to the FCC so they won't block a pending merger... More »

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radio • satellite radio • Sirius • FCC • talk radio • Opie and Anthony • The Opie and Anthony Show • shock jocks • merger • XM Satellite Radio

Satellite Sisters

XM and Sirius may
have unlikely
rescuers from
the Chicago School
of Economics

Mar 18, 07 8:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Surowiecki describes how the “Chicago School” of economists revolutionized anti-trust thinking in the 1970s. By arguing that it is not the number of competitors but rather their strength that mattered, these economists posited that some mergers stimulate competition. More »

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entertainment • music • Mel Karmazin • satellite radio • Sirius • economics • merger • Chicago School • XM Satellite Radio

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