Consumer Support for the merger continues to arrive at the FCC. For the fourth day this week those that favor the merger have been overwhelmingly outnumbering those that are against it. To date, 1,953 comments have been filed with the FCC, and those that support the merger make… → Read More
Study Shows Sirius-XM Merger is Good for Everyone
Thomas Hazlett, the former Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission, Professor of Law & Economics at George Mason University, and a principal in Arlington Economics (Yeah…he’s qualified) released a study today concerning the merger. Mr. Hazletts paper called, “The Economics of the Satellite Radio Merger,” goes in… → Read More
Mr. Rehr…Do The Math
The NAB has requested that consumers “Do The Math” with regards to the merger. While I am not using a Crayola crayon, here is math that perhaps the NAB should learn to understand. FCC Comment Scorecard History: Now, Mr. Rehr, in case you have not seen it, consumer… → Read More
NAB Hangs Banner on Office Building like its a College Dormitory
The NAB made an official press release today that read “NAB Launches XMSiriusMonopoly.com” but, wait…wasn’t this website launched back in April? No big deal, I am betting they didn’t want to make the public aware of the new site until they finished coloring it in. The real meat… → Read More
FCC Comment Scorecard – 6-13 Edition – Over 75% Favor Merger
The strong consumer support for the proposed merger between Sirius and XM continues. The FCC is receiving comments at a record clip, and the percentage of those supporting the merger continues to grow. With 1,758 comments filed so far the indications of consumers are obvious. So far over… → Read More
Merger May Have A Friend In The White House
It was announced last week that Sirius and XM had hired the bi-partisan lobbying firm of Quinn Gillespie & Associates to act on their behalf regarding the proposed merger. It now appears that one of the firm’s principals, Ed Gillespie will be tapped to become part of the… → Read More
Rehr’s Crayola Mentality
Sometimes the true character of an organization’s stance come out not only from the spokesperson of the organization, but also from a collective of the information they disseminate. The National Association of Broadcasters is opposed to the merger. This is well known. They have stated many times exactly… → Read More
Sirius And XM Launch Merger Information Sites
Sirius and XM have begun to turn up the heat on the merger. Consumers interested in learning more about merger related information should go directly to the new websites created by Sirius and XM. The sites, SiriusMerger.com and XmMerger.com are full of information relating to merger opinion, as… → Read More
FCC Comment Scorecard – 6-12 Edition
Now that the FCC has started the time clock, and set the public response period, comments filed with the FCC have been arriving at a brisk pace. Overwhelmingly, consumers are participating and showing that they are in favor of the proposed merger between Sirius and XM. To date,… → Read More
Powerful Women’s Organization Supports Merger
Support for the merger continues to pour in to the FCC, and as usual, we will update the FCC comment Scorecard later today. Within the comments filed today was yet another group coming out in support of the merger that we thought was worth highlighting. Women Impacting Public… → Read More
Previous Entries
