Nobody at Sirius has ever asked her opinions about the service or what she listens to and why. She has purchased multiple subscriptions,...

From Inside Radio: The [XM/Sirius] merger faces more Senate opposition – and a call for mandatory HD Radio inclusion in satellite radio...

From Radio Ink: In an ex parte filing with the FCC, the Consumer Coalition for Competition in Satellite Radio has asked the commission to...

You don’t buy “stuff” you buy what that “stuff” does for you. Increasingly, tech players are taking a page from Apple and learning that...

Sometimes I feel like I’m on a different planet. One where people speak the truth. Because from where I sit I can hear the gnashing of...

Now that the DOJ has approved the Sirius/XM merger, it’s likely the FCC will follow suit with a minimum number of conditions or...

Yes, I’ve been saying this for a year. Now the chorus rises: From the Hollywood Reporter: Regulators presumably have been considering...

XM and Starbucks have parted ways. From the news: The companies launched a marketing pact in 2004 that allowed Starbucks to get its own...

In every challenge there’s an opportunity waiting to be discovered. And the “bright idea” bulb must have been flashing over the heads at...

XM Radio, which is a client of mine, is now podcasting portions of their exclusive content for free. Why do such a crazy thing, you ask?...

Says Radio Business Report: Most broadcasters believe there are huge differences in the two businesses [radio and satellite]. A local...

In this week’s satellite radio news: Sirius’ new subscribers from car sales nearly doubled in the quarter to 462,749 from 236,464 a year...

More stupid analysis from the Carmel Group about the looming XM/Sirius merger. Says Radio Ink: The analysis includes an extended...

Yesterday I made the brash comment that we should place no credence in Arbitron’s satellite radio ratings numbers (the proportions,...

Here’s a really interesting summary of a (tough to read) working paper from Harvard Business School that studies a key question: When is...

This one’s getting a lot of play in the news today with headlines like this: “Consumer group attacks XM/Sirius.” Except for one thing....

From NTSAircheck: Wi-Fi Internet Radio Will Hurt Satellite: That’s the opinion of Bridge Ratings President/CEO Dave Van Dyke, based on...

I will not comment on whether or not this headline is true. But if it is true, what do you think it suggests about the probability that...

From Inside Radio: …Yet XM says it converted just 53% of new car buyers into XM subscribers. That means owners of half the cars equipped...

So XM and Sirius announce their intention to provide a variety of pricing tiers on their merged offerings, thus giving federal regulators...