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dakboy @ Jul 12th 2006 9:55PM
Karmizan did not say that Sirius wants to purchase XM. From http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13773302/site/newsweek/: "I was asked the question. I answered it honestly. Certainly I'd be interested if a company is for sale, if the price is right and if regulators would allow it. In the case of satellite radio, it's hard to argue that strategically [buying XM] would fit. It's not something we're pursuing."
Note that last 2 sentences. There's no strategic reason to purchase XM - IOW, XM doesn't have anything that Sirius wants, or that Sirius can't get.
Sirius added twice as many subscribers as XM did in the second quarter. They've been crushing XM's growth for several quarters now. Stern is only the beginning. As of 2007, there is only one professional sport that XM will have exclusively - MLB. NASCAR, NHL, NFL are all on Sirius (the last 2 are already Sirius exclusives. NASCAR switches after this season). The content producers are hitching their wagons to the horse they think is the best platform.
That sports contingent draw far more subscribers than any one entertainer/DJ/shock jock. My brother was gung-ho about XM, but if MLB ever goes to Sirius, I'm fairly sure he'll switch.
I thought I was getting Sirius for only 2 reasons: NFL and Stern. Then I discovered all the other great programming. I'm literally overwhelmed with choices.
Why must every discussion about Sirius come down to "Stern's a jackass" for some people? It's quickly approaching a Goodwin's Law for the 21st century. If you don't like him, don't listen to him. It's that simple. He's 1.5 channels out of over 120. Choosing XM over Sirius only because Sirius has one program that you don't like? I could make the same argument about Opie & Anthony on XM (who, BTW, can't draw, managed a paltry 35,000 listeners and had to go crawling back to FM in conjunction with the XM broadcast), but it would be similarly ridiculous. Why not choose the service based on the programming you WILL listen to instead?