Peter Kafka in Media on July 13, 2013 at 2:35 pm PT
RIP, just about every digital music startup that existed in 2007.
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John Paczkowski in News on June 27, 2012 at 4:10 am PT
Howard Stern saved Sirius XM Radio from near oblivion. Can he do the same for Google TV, the search giant’s disappointing smart-TV platform? That’s its hope. Google has inked a deal with Sirius XM that will make all of the satellite radio provider’s programming available on Google TV, King of All Media included. The agreement,
which was first reported by Reuters, is expected to be announced at Google’s I/O developers conference today.
John Paczkowski in News on November 1, 2011 at 1:32 pm PT
That forecast for 1.6 million net adds still holds.
Peter Kafka in News on August 8, 2011 at 10:39 am PT
The streaming music service has been open in the U.S. for less than a month, but already has lots people taking a test-run. Some of them are even paying up.
John Paczkowski in News on August 2, 2011 at 2:05 pm PT
Sirius XM Radio hasn’t raised its base subscription fee since it first launched nearly a decade ago. But with the expiration of an FCC-imposed price freeze, an increase is in the works.
John Paczkowski in News on March 31, 2011 at 2:25 pm PT
More legal woes for Sirius XM. A federal judge has approved a class-action lawsuit alleging the satellite radio network violated antitrust laws following its 2008 merger with XM Satellite Holdings.
John Paczkowski in News on March 22, 2011 at 1:03 pm PT
Last December Howard Stern quelled concerns that he might leave SiriusXM Radio by signing a new five-year contract. Now, just three months later, he’s suing the new company, claiming it bilked him out of the performance-based stock awards promised to him by the old one.
John Paczkowski in News on January 21, 2011 at 2:51 pm PT
Looks like Sirius XM’s run of good luck will continue well into the new year. New-vehicle retail sales data from J.D. Power and Associates suggests an increase in consumer demand for new cars. And for Sirius that means continued subsciber growth–perhaps even significant subscriber growth.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 9, 2010 at 6:28 am PT
The radio icon gives Mel Karmazin another five years–and some very important mobile rights. Time to give those Sirius iPhone and Android apps another look.