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  1. Re:Independent Promoters by Creepy · · Score: 1 · on Sony Agrees to Stop Payola

    Finally someone that hit on indies (independent promoters), but the good news is none of the big three radio owners take indie bribes anymore - Cox and Clear Channel stopped the practice in 2003 (or 2002, depending on source, and who started it varies by source too, but Clear Channel appears to have started it) and Infinity since Nov 2004.

    The bad thing is that nothing is stopping them from changing their policy back, outside of bad press, and nothing is stopping stations owned by others from taking these bribes. The wording of the Clear Channel announcement back in April 2003 even gives them an "out" if approved by management.

    The other bad thing is that since there are fewer owners of radio stations, the music formats have become more conservative, though some people claim this is the result of fewer indies - read the last paragraph from this Billboard article.

  2. One Radio Show will NOT Save a Company! by Varkias · · Score: 1 · on Sirius in Negotiations With Apple

    If a large enough percentage of them do, Sirius stands poised to take the lead in the satellite market share race. Maybe a monster one.

    Sorry I think that Siruis made 2 mistakes with Howard Stern. 1) No one is worth $500 million dollars. 2) Howard Stern alone will not save Sirius.

    Sirius is a company that is making some SERIOUS (yuk yuk) mistakes. Paying millions of dollars for celebrity names Martha, Slim Shady, Tony Hawk. Each of these people are great in their respective fields, but as talk radio hosts they have no experience. Siruis is just using their names to attract subscribers. Will this strategy pay off? As of now it isn't since XM has 3 times the subscribers of Sirius. We'll have to see in the future though.

    The key to success will be diversity, RADIO diversity. People will want to subscribe to XM or Sirius for what they have to offer in terms of different types of programming. If Howard Stern is the only big name radio personality on Siruis people will ask why should I pay money for ONLY Howard Stern. I would pick up XM because of it's diversity (Nascar and NFL on Sirius do not interest me) and if I'm in the mood for Talk Radio I will listed to Opie and Anthony.

    Ohh and one more thing Howard Stern isn't doing as well as people think.

  3. Satellite radio by sdo1 · · Score: 3, Informative · on FCC to Fine Curses More Than Nuke Violations
    And stern's switching to XM anyway, which just shows that the problem isn't the cursing, it's using a public resource to broadcast your curses.

    Make sure the FCC knows you want them to keep their grubby paws of satellite radio. The religious right are coming after satellite radio as well.

    And it gets worse. The terresterial broadcasters are now saying that they won't be able to compete against satellite unless the FCC levies the same restrictions against satellite that they do on regular radio.

    I'm a very happy XM subscriber and I'd hate to think that they might get sucked into this rediculous quagmire as well.

    -S

  4. ...and Sirius had said this was a rumor YESTERDAY by LouCifer · · Score: 0 · on XM and Sirius Merger?

    See http://billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/news /business/digital/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_ id=1000777229 or

    http://tinyurl.com/4ogvq

    or below for carmic whoring :

    Mel Karmazin characterized a New York Post report of a potential XM-Sirius merger as the "third rumor" he has had to deal with in his first eight weeks as Sirius CEO. "I have not met with the [XM] chair or the CEO, so I have no idea where this has come from," he said during his firm's Wednesday morning (1/26) earnings conference call.

    Commenting later in the call on a question about potential antitrust restrictions for such a merger, Karmazin said he would never try to predict what the government would or wouldn't approve, adding that he thought such a merger would be a "difficult deal to get through."

    According to Post writer Tim Arango, the two satellite competitors have been meeting lately to talk about the possibility of a merger but the discussions have not advanced. Among the topics reportedly discussed is how to maneuver antitrust concerns that would arise from what would amount to a monopoly in the fledgling satellite radio business.

    To alleviate those concerns, the Post suggests the two rivals' strategy would be to convince regulators that satellite radio is part of the exploding mobil music market.

    Combining XM and Sirius would ease a price war for content, reduce marketing costs and provide other cost efficiencies.

  5. rumor put down (I think) by bersl2 · · Score: 1, Redundant · on XM and Sirius Merger?

    http://billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/prin table_version.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000777229

  6. Uh, no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative · on XM and Sirius Merger?

    Sirius CEO says no merger.

  7. False. by LordJezo · · Score: 2, Informative · on XM and Sirius Merger?

    Nope. Sorry.
    http://billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/news /business/digital/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_ id=1000777229