Sirius XM’s British Invasion
The article itself attempted to make a case for Sirius XM’s eventual demise at the hand of Internet Radio applications. The “About Us” tab at the company’s website reveals a web of media related industries. PaidContent.org is a subsidiary of ContentNext Media which is in turn owned by Guardian News And Media Limited.
My eye was then drawn to the websites sidebar, which included other business entities owned by Guardian News & Media. I was somewhat taken aback when I saw the words, GMG Radio! Clicking on that link reveals the following:
“GMG Radio is the UK’s third largest commercial radio group in terms of total listener hours. It operates 13 analogue stations and 24 digital services, primarily under the Smooth Radio, Real Radio, Century Radio and Rock Radio brands. The division also operates a number of websites.”
“GMG is a leading multimedia business. The diverse portfolio includes national and regional newspapers, websites, radio stations, magazines and B2B media. Our flagship is the Guardian newspaper and website. GMG is wholly owned by the Scott Trust.“
Guardian News is based in Santa Monica, California and New York City. The company covers the business of digital media, operating paidContent.org, mocoNews.net, contentSutra.com and paidContent:UK. The company website states the company’s belief “that in the near future, all media will be digital media.”
At this point it has become clear to me that the Washington Post is being used as a tool by this company which seems to seek its own agenda and is waging a preliminary war with Sirius XM. CMG Radio has a large established footprint in the UK and I would venture a guess that Sirius XM’s OEM contracts stand in the way of a new form of British Invasion. Although the National Association Of Broadcasters provides no member list, it’s a safe bet that Guardian News & Media is a member in good standing. I am at a loss as to why the Washington Post would allow this type of self serving “news” to be published on their well respected pages.
Position: Long Sirius XM
Great Job Brandon!
Do you have a link to the Washington Post. I am pretty sure that they would like to hear from several million SiriusXM subscribers!!!!!!!!!!!
Time to call on the “New Age” Paul Revere, and let’s just knock the F… Out of them again…………!!
So Says,
THE DOC
PS……The Stock continues afterhours, to coin one of our X-protagonists’ words………………………’En Fuego’ !!
Brandon, I criticize you a lot, but I have to say this is a very nice piece of work. Congratulations on some very good reporting.
Yes good work. thank you.
Well respected pages? Not by anybody who has a clue. You should edit that line out, as it weakens your arguement. Like calling a entity a name, then saying the opposite. Your article has merit, dont let them off the hook by claiming it being an accident. That dishrag is nothing more. For letting your bird poop on it. Washington Post days of being useful ended long ago.
need a radio show this thursday please alot needs to be covered. thankyou i really enjoy it
Im not suprised… If its not the NAB, FCC, then its some other company trying to bring down SIRIUSXM, in some form or fashion,,, but guess what, the satellites are still in orbit… Great research Brandon
You undermine your entire point with bringing the NAB into it.
I can categorically state that GMG is not a member of the NAB and anybody who thinks for a second about the question can see that they’re not.
The NAB is only concerned with radio in the USA. GMG only owns stations in the UK. They’d receive no benefit from being in the NAB.
Essentially the entire paragraph after its first sentence is sheer idiocy and undermines the entire post.
Far more likely is that GMG would like to see Sirius XM fail simply because that helps internet broadcasters such as themselves.
Guardian News is based in Santa Monica, California and New York City. You undermine your point by not doing any research yourself. Try reading slower.
Guardian Media Group and Guardian News are headquartered in England (the ultimate holding company is still based in Manchester, though the main operations moved to London some time ago). The radio division (station list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.....MG_Radio ) is out of Manchester and only owns UK radio stations.
It is true that they purchased ContentNext media, which operates paidcontent and is based in Santa Monica and New York.
The relevant facts are:
* paidcontent runs article slamming Sirius XM’s prospects
* paidcontent is owned by a media conglomerate that already derives a substantial income from US visitors over the internet (a look at http://www.guardian.co.uk makes this fairly clear: I know a number of people of the liberal persuasion for whom the Guardian’s site is their main source of news)
* Said conglomerate operates a number of British terrestrial stations that stream over the internet
If internet radio usage (of which Sirius XM is simultaneously a competing platform via the satellites and a major provider) becomes more common in the USA, then the Guardian’s radio division will probably be able to leverage that into some type of increase in revenue at very little cost.
However, there is no reason for the Guardian to belong to the NAB: they don’t own any radio or TV stations in the USA.
Thinking that the NAB is the only enemy of Sirius XM is not the way to go: there are far more enemies than that!
This sort of thing has been going on for a long time now. My only thought is…. why Sirius-Xm never has a response to these allegations, or any defense whatsoever. We all have been hearing them for years now. No defense whatsoever, to what must certianly be hurting the subscription base, and the almost nonexistent marketing efforts.