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XM and Sirius Merger?

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-satellite-is-enough dept.

chipset writes "Well, it seems Sirius and XM are in talks again. This story from FoxNews indicates they are in merger discussions and want to expand their reach into all communications from space. This includes Cell, Music, and TV. I would love to see something like this take place. Give DirecTV and DishNetwork a little competition."

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  1. Uh, no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sirius CEO says no merger.

  2. Re:Give DirecTV and Dish a little competition?!?!? by FrYGuY101 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't worry.

    It's a hoax.

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  3. Rumor Denied by spin2cool · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yep - the denial was reported earlier today on several sources:
    br / http://billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/news /business/digital/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_ id=1000777229

  4. Re:they would give traditional media good competit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative
    Clearchannel knows this and that is why they own a large percentage of one of the companies. XM I think.
    Repeat after me: Clear Channel no longer owns any substantial percentage of XM.
  5. Re:Why the DEC logo? by tverbeek · · Score: 4, Informative

    {sigh} Last summer I had to explain this to my new 24-year-old coworker, who thought it was funny that one of our computer labs was full of old computers that bragged (with the above logo) about being "digital", as if that was some kind of fancy feature or something. The first computer I ever logged into was a PDP, I got most of my formal CS education using VAXen, and I even went to DECUS back in the early 90's, so it was a bit painful having to explain to him what DEC was, and that it was founded back when "digital equipment" was something pretty fancy.

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