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Sirius in Negotiations With Apple

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the howard-stern's-new-haunt dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sirius Satellite Radio Chief Executive Mel Karmazin announced that his company is in talks with Apple about bringing satellite radio to the iPod. Karmazin met with Steve Jobs Monday and he says the technology is the easy part. The hard part is negotiating just how they will split the profit from equipment and monthly subscriptions." We've covered this before, but now it seems they are getting "more Sirius," or something.

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  1. maybe he should keep quiet by cowscows · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know he's just trying to make sirius look more viable since they seem to be losing out to XM, but shouldn't he consider Apple's general attitude towards not announcing stuff ahead of time and keep his mouth shut.

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  2. Sirius losing to XM? I think not by BitterAndDrunk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sirius signed a contract with Stern, who will be producing quite a few shows. The big question is will his listenership follow? 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.
    Hooking up iPods with Sirius would be quite interesting . . . maybe an XM killer.

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