20 Million Sirius XM Subscribers!
This morning at 7:45 AM Sirius XM announced through their popular Howard Stern Show that the company has surpassed the 20,000,000 subscriber mark! The news comes just a couple of weeks after the Q3 conference call at which the company reported a subscriber tally of 19,862,000 as of September 30th. This means that in the last month and a half the company has added approximately 140,000 new subscribers. Company guidance sits at 20.1 million subscribers, or 100,000 more, for 2010.
As with everything they do, the company is celebrating in style with an exclusive Paul McCartney concert to be held at the Apollo Theater on December 13th. The concert will also air live on Howard 101 allowing Sirius XM subscribers to join in what is certainly a premium event. One lucky subscriber will win four tickets to the event, transportation, as well as an autographed copy of Paul McCartney’s Band On The Run CD set. That is not all. Sirius XM is also giving away 125 pairs of tickets to the event.
This news should certainly bolster the confidence of investors in Sirius XM, as it is clear that the company is well ahead of the pace in terms of subscriber guidance for 2010.
Position – Long Sirius XM
if you read the sirius page on Paul’s announcement it states in celebration of the milestone “expects to achieve shortly”……so no, they have not reached 20 million.
Yes it is soon, but not yet.
OR, did Stern actually say “we passed 20 million subs” ??
Stern said, “recently passed”
thanks, I don’t listen to him so wanted to make sure.
so, we should hear the official announcement in the next day or two yes?
why would they put the Paul M- announcement as stated rather than say they already passed it? it’s a quick little change on their website? especially since they just posted it today.
I’m still a little skeptical that it has been passed yet. Either way, it’s still a great promo and we will be above 21million soon as well!!
Spencer — You jumped the gun! Read the PR announcement! SIRI did NOT pass 20 million. They hope to ‘achieve’ this number of subscriptions shortly. Oy.
Jesse…you cant read…Spencer states that HOWARD SAID ON HIS SHOW TODAY…RECENTLY PASSED 20 MILLION! so…Spencer did not jump the gun…if Howard said it…I cant confirm…don’t listen to Howard!
Stern is my hero!!!
Wouldn’t it be great if Howard announced a re-signing at the event?
I wish people would say “renew” his contract instead of re-sign or resign.
Does anyone find it odd that Stern made this announcement, and that the McCartney show will be broadcast on Howard 101, just 3 days before Howard is scheduled to leave Sirius, without a contract extension?
If Howard was leaving, why would Sirius be doing something to promote Howard this late in his contract? So subscribers, maybe not even Howard fans, tune into Howard 101, some for the first time, then find out he’s leaving 3 days later (or before)? Doesn’t sound logical.
Has there been any other concerts broadcast on one of Howard’s channels?
When was the last time that Howard made a sub announcement?
bread and circuses while rome burns.
jumped the gun on this one
I imagine that Howard will announce his new contract at that time. If he doesn’t, Sirius is dead. I wouldn’t pay $2 a month for the service if Howard is not part of the package.
never listened to Howard…wouldn’t pay another dime just to get him!
Thanks for the update Spencer!
Yes I too expect Howard to announce the contract renewal at or around the concert somehow or maybe Paul will. It is such a small venue for McCartney so it would seem more of a Stern/Sirius promo. And McCartney may be pushing the iTunes too. It would generate lots of publicity which they hope tranfer to holiday sales and new subscibers and renewals.
this was a joke what a waste of money for the fans come on BS