Internet Killed the Satellite Radio Star

theodp writes "As Sirius XM faces bankruptcy, Slate's Farhad Manjoo reports that the company has bigger problems than just the end of cheap credit. While it has what seems like a pretty great service — the world's best radio programming for just a small monthly fee — Sirius XM has been eclipsed by something far cheaper and more convenient: the Internet. Load up Pandora or the Public Radio Tuner on your iPhone, and you've got access to a wider stream of music than you'll ever get through satellite. So forget the satellites, the special radios, and the huge customer acquisition costs, advises Manjoo, and instead focus on getting Howard Stern, Oprah, the NFL, and MLB on every Internet-connected device on the market at very low prices."

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Re:Bollocks

[nurb432]

Every mp3 player i have ( except my ipods ) has a FM receiver.

While true, its not getting 'internet radio' it does get radio reception at "a non-extortionate rate", when i want it. ( which isn't often )

Which means:

[Ralph Spoilsport]

The Democratic House and Senate, which is in the pocket of the Entertainment Branch of the Ideological State Apparatus, will do its best to smother internet radio in its crib. Look for filth like Feinstein to lead the charge.

I do not say this with great glee - I voted for Obama et al. But I do understand the limitations and contradictions of the Democratic Party. They will try to muzzle it and kill it, and if it won't die, then they will try to put a meter on it.

Mark my words on this.

RS