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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."

6 of 197 comments (clear)

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

    Sirius CEO says no merger.

  2. dupe! by syukton · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The thing I find funny is that the exact same story was submitted yesterday.
    http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl ?sid=05/01/2 6/2319240&tid=91&tid=14

    I mean it's the exact same story.

    The link in the blurb is the same.
    The blurb itself is the same.
    The submitter is the same.
    EVEN THE POSTER IS THE SAME.

    Last time it was in "digital" and "science" and this time it's in the same sections (which are, relatedly, a totally wrong categorization, for which samzenpus should be flogged with a bundle of cat5 ethernet cables)

    I emailed daddypants@slashdot.org about this, to no avail; the dupe got posted anyhow.

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

    Don't worry.

    It's a hoax.

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  4. I don't think so. by uncoveror · · Score: 5, Funny

    XM and their lone competitor merging? You can't be Sirius!

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  5. 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

  6. Re:Why the DEC logo? by kalidasa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm guessing that the category is marked "digital" in the submission interface, and the submitter is too young to remember DEC and thinks the category is for digital lifestyle devices.