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FCC Chair Supports Sirius-XM Deal

Federal Communications Commission chairman Kevin Martin said he would back the merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio under voluntary conditions created by the two companies."As I have indicated before, this is an unusual situation," Martin said. "I am recommending that with the voluntary commitments they've offered, on balance, this transaction would be in the public interest."

Department Of Justice Waves On XM-Sirius Merger

The Department of Justice took long enough to make up its mind; both "no" and "yes" are pretty short words.  But in regards to the XM-Sirius merger, the DoJ finally landed on a drawn-out version of the latter.

Specter: XM-Sirius Answer Should Be Near

For the sake of avoiding repetition, the words "may" and "might" aren't going to appear in every sentence of this article.  Go ahead and mentally insert them, though, because this concerns the resolution of the long-uncertain XM-Sirius merger.

Sirius Celebrates 8.3 Million Subscribers

Ron Paul received 10 percent of the vote in the Iowa's Republican caucus, and onlookers are busy debating about whether this is encouraging (because 10 percent isn't insignificant) or a sign of defeat (because 10 percent isn't nearly enough to win).  A similar (though much quieter) discussion is taking place over a 38 percent growth in Sirius's subscriber base.

Sirius: Google's Satellite Of Love?

This hot little rumor has been bouncing around through the weekend: Google could be willing to purchase satellite radio provider Sirius.

Sirius and XM Consolidate

Ahh, yes, I will jump on the bandwagon and talk about Sirius and XM merging. No, not so I too can get on the top of TechMeme (it’s too late to play that game, if you want to get to the top of TechMeme you’ve got to be early, or you’ve got to say something interesting about the news, like Doc Searls did). Since I’m late and not interesting, we’ll give up on that game, OK? Heheh.

New Media Leaking into Old Media

I was poking through the satellite radio stations on my Sirius radio when, whoa, Jason Calacanis' voice was speaking at Maryam and I over Gillmor Gang. OK, that's weird.

Howard Stern Remains Good News For Sirius

There is a lot of news today reporting on the latest quarterly financial report from Sirius. Most seem to be negative on Sirius and the money they are paying Howard Stern.

Mark Cuban to Host Radio Show on Sirius

Billionaire tech entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, is getting his own radio show, according to the WSJ (sub).

Shock Jock Causes SIRIUS Traffic Spike

Celebrity shock jock Howard Stern may prove himself to worth the half billion dollars SIRIUS Satellite radio spent on him. Since Stern defected from the FCC controlled airwaves, traffic to the SIRIUS website has ballooned, surpassing rival XM Radio, according to Nielsen//NetRatings.