SIRIUS XM SATELLITE RADIO NEWS

I do not know how much more blunt I can be, but the truth needs to be spoken, and consumers deserve much better than they are getting.  Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) can have the best content on earth, but a poorly working app is no way to deliver it.  How is it that a company bringing… → Read More

The news hit the wires this morning, and some Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) investors may be somewhat frustrated.  Morgan Stanley has “Downgraded Sirius XM From Overweight to Equal Weight”.  This new opinion by Morgan Stanley joins recent news from Citigroup, which initiated coverage with a $2.20 price target, and Barrington Research with a $3.00 price target. … → Read More

With more than 125 million registered users listening for 18 hours a month, Pandora now has 68% market share of the crowded internet radio space. What might come as a surprise is that the internet radio giant has quietly worked partnerships with 16 automotive brands. Jessica Steel, EVP of business says “the car is one… → Read More

If we learned anything when Sirius XM’s (NASDAQ:SIRI) Mel Karmazin announced the subscriber numbers early in January, it was that it is likely the used car market that is finally beginning to pay off.  Certainly the company garners the bulk of their subscriptions from the new car market, but the used car market is finally… → Read More

Almost immediately after Sirius and XM merged over three years ago, fans and friends alike began to call, email, post comments, and ask the question in the forum – when will I be able to get a multi-subscription discount for my Sirius and XM radios? Unfortunately, I have had to say “I don’t know” more… → Read More

Over the past week there have been some interesting moves in the equities held in my mock $100,000 media portfolio.  This mock portfolio was started on November 10, 2011 with $100,000.  The last transactions in this portfolio were made on December 5, 2011.  As of that date the portfolio had a cash value of $31,677… → Read More

Slacker certainly is not being silent at CES this year.  The company had already announced the addition of live sports programming in a partnership with ESPN, and today added more non-music programming to their line-up with talk programming and weather.  It is moves like these that illustrate Slackers transformation from a music only service to… → Read More

Slacker is turning up the heat in audio entertainment by going into live content.  Some people feel that Internet Radio is nothing more than a “jukebox” over the Internet, but that is shortsighted thinking.  The Internet platform is not only capable of delivering all of the music listeners want, but also very capable of delivering… → Read More

December 2011 auto sales data are in on the same day Sirius XM announced the addition of about 540,000 net subscribers.  The new car sales were a contributing factor to Sirius XM’s success, it appears that the real hero is the used car deals that Sirius XM struck this past summer with thousands of GM… → Read More