General News

SiriusBuzz Radio is back with another weekly show this evening at 9:00 PM Eastern. The annual shareholder meeting happened today, and stock holders now find themselves considering their position as measures for additional shares and a reverse split both passed in an overwhelming manner. Join SiriusBuzz Radio as… → Read More

If David Paterson, governor of New York, has his way, those tunes that you love to download will now be taxable. The scary part is that other states may see this as an inroads to a whole new revenue stream, and additional taxes on life’s simple pleasures, such… → Read More

With the economy down as much as it is, the equity markets taking a beating, and people looking at their 401K’s and wondering where everything went, it is easy to forget those that may need the most help. Let’s not allow that to happen. Bad economic conditions often… → Read More

The National Bureau of Economic Research (or NBER for short) has come out and officially declared that the United States economy is in a recession. Well isn’t that timely news? And here the citizens thought the economy was in great shape. But are we in a recession? Let’s… → Read More

As is my usual tradition, I woke at O’Dark-Thirty on Friday morning, and ventured out to the stores to participate in the retail phenomenon known as Black Friday. My first stop was Wal Mart, who I considered to have the most “deals”. I was half expecting the line… → Read More

Sirius XM listeners should be well aware at this point that there has been a channel shuffle. Part of the merger synergies involved removing duplicate style content, and in that process, some people lost their favorite channels. While that is a frustrating situation, there may still be life… → Read More

The National Association of Broadcasters has an ongoing campaign to avoid paying royalties to performers. According to the NAB, the royalty would be a “tax”. Terrestrial radio enjoys the ability to play music without having to pay performance royalties. In theory, the trade off is that radio airplay… → Read More

Well, it is that time of year. Gift giving season. No matter what holiday you celebrate, this is the time of year when you begin to celebrate many things, including family, friendship, and kindness. With the economy down, this year people are looking for more practical ideas. People… → Read More

Sometimes exposure comes in the most unlikely ways, in this case, the news headlines of the week are highlight Sirius. It is not the stock price, the merger, or a Black Friday Door Buster. It is the recent hijacking of a Saudi oil tanker named “MV Sirius Star”,… → Read More

We are about a week into the new programming at Sirius XM. As part of the merger it only made sense to consolidate the line-ups and eliminate duplicity. While I know that there are channel fans that will say that their favorite was not part of the duplicity… → Read More