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SB Trivia # 985 - Open Book Test
According to Jon Pluc, which of the following best describes Spencer:
A.) Soothsayer
B.) Prognosticator
C.) False Prophet
D.) Kreskin on Crack
E.) Monkey Man
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Impending "Clicks" Deficit
well-well-well
$2.16
looks like the "SA" bears have gone into hibernation . . .
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Could We Drop the Pius Baloney?
So now Spencer gives his readers, and his pal Jim Cady, a two-part infomercial on Slacker with the company logo emblazoned on the news page? This is newsworthy?
http://siriusbuzz.com/slacker-announ...ing-at-ces.php
http://siriusbuzz.com/slacker-adds-l...ir-line-up.php
Not that long ago Spencer was waxing poetic about the virtues of Pandora, its profitability, its ubiquity, its vast number of registered users, its startling growth and the fact that "Pandora has already shifted" to a subscription-based business model . . . now we hear from his surrogate-in-chief that "I don't think Pandora has dropped any great groundbreaking news." . . . that is the point!
See how many pinocchio's you can find:
NUMBER 1
Pandora Moving In On Sirius XM's Turf
October 13, 2011
Spencer Osborne
"Simply stated, Pandora is indeed moving in on turf that was once dominated by Sirius XM and terrestrial radio."
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2993...rius-xm-s-turf
(SRK Note: I am providing the link for sourcing only. It is by no means a recommendation to click the link.)
NUMBER 2
The Real Threat to Sirius XM
Tue, 07/20/2010 - 11:37 by Mac Greer
In this third part of our four-part series, I ask Sirius Buzz writer Spencer Osborne. Sirius Buzz covers satellite radio news but is not affiliated with Sirius XM. Spencer owns shares of Sirius XM.
Osborne: The No. 1 threat for Sirius XM is terrestrial radio. Its penetration is everywhere, in clock radios. It is in every dashboard in every car, no matter what year it was. You can be driving around in a 1960s car, and it has got a radio in it.
So that is the No. 1 threat. It is free, it is available, and it is everywhere. People can turn it on without having to jump through two or three hoops. To me, that is still the No. 1 threat, and it is going to exist forever.
By example, I am from Boston, and the Celtics just did their run to the championship and fell a little bit short, but when I wanted to hear what is going on with that, I wasn’t tuning in to satellite radio. Satellite radio is a national perspective. I was tuning in to my local sports station and hearing Bostonians talk about what Kevin Garnett did or what Paul Pierce did. So even as passionate of a satellite radio fan as I am, I still listen to some terrestrial radio. That is the No. 1 threat, in my opinion.
The second is probably web-based radio because even though it is kind of a jukebox, so to speak, if you go to Slacker and Pandora, you build a station. You are not telling them what songs to put on. It’s getting an understanding of you by your listening habits and feeding you stuff you think you’d like.
Slacker Adds Live Sports to Their Line-Up
January 10, 2012 (8:00 am)
Spencer
http://siriusbuzz.com/slacker-adds-l...up.php#respond
"Some people feel that Internet Radio is nothing more than a “jukebox” over the Internet, but that is shortsighted thinking."
NUMBER 3
The Advantages of Sirius XM Satellite
Yesterday, July 29, 2010, 12:32:30 PM | Spencer Osborne
If I were to gauge my own audio listening in the car I would say that I spend 70% to 75% of my time listening to satellite radio, 20% of my time listening to my iTunes, 5% of my time listening to Slacker, and about 5% listening to terrestrial radio. Clearly I have a preference. Clearly there is something unique about satellite radio that compels me to listen to it more than all of the other competitors combined. I would say that it is a combination of unique content, ease of use, and the ability to simply turn it on and go. My habits are probably not unlike the habits of the average person in my demographic that has satellite radio.
Spencer says:
January 10, 2012 at 3:32 pm
"They are already well past traditional terrestrial radio."