343 Firefighters, 72 Police: Heroes who Died on 9 11

There were 3,000 victims from the September 11th 2001 attacks. Some were working in the towers, traveling on United Airlines Flight 93, United Airlines Flight 175, American Airlines Flight 11, or  American Airlines Flight 77, on the ground, and some of those were the...

Sirius XM Reaches Deal With Liberty Media

Sirius XM, facing bankruptcy, has reached a deal with Liberty Media, which will stave off an impending bankruptcy filing. The gist of the multi-stage deal is a stock-for-loan trade which will extend a lifeline to...

Sirius XM May File for Bankruptcy Protection, Subscribers Worry

Sirius XM Satellite Radio, the lone superpower in the satellite radio biz, is in danger of bankruptcy.  With 18.9 million subscribers and nearly 140 channels the prospect of the company going under has far...

Press P for Pirates, my daughter called them, says BBC journalist

A Pirate journalist report "One of the biggest frustrations facing journalists is being unable to get through to people on the phone. But as Mary Harper discovered, contacting the Somali pirates on the Sirius Star...

Sirius-XM channel merge begins next week

"Sirius and XM combined operations in May, and according to Rolling Stone magazine, the two systems will begin merging their channels beginning Wednesday. There's been no official word from the companies on what...

Howard Stern Hitched in All-Star Wedding

" Howard Stern Hitched in All-Star Wedding""It's happened—someone has finally made an honest man of Howard Stern. After a lengthy engagement, the Sirius Satellite shock jock has taken the...

Howard Stern to Remake Rock 'n' Roll High School

Rock 'n' Roll High School was a surreal high-school flick about a girl who wanted The Ramones to record her song, even as a new principal wanted to eradicate the influence of rock music from the eponymous high...

Justice Dept Approves XM-Sirius Merger

The US Department of Justice has approved a $5 billion merger between XM and Sirius satellite radio. But I'm not sure that I agree with the Department of Justice's decision. I find it hard to see the benefits to...

Satellite radio investors getting ready for pay day merger

The two major satellite radio providers - XM and Sirius - have just filed quarterly results indicating both are continuing to attract new subscribers even though the outcome of a merger between the two is...

Satellite Radio Shock Jocks Apologize

This article raised my regulatory antennae: for now, satellite radio is unregluated by the FCC, and there is no doubt a huge desire by the two major companies (XM and Sirius, in the midst of merger plans) to keep it that way. It is in both companies' interests to stay beneath...

Earnhardt Jr. leaving DEI

"Dale Earnhardt Jr. officially will say goodbye to Dale Earnhardt Inc. on Thursday morning, Yahoo! Sports has learned. A highly placed source within DEI as well as additional sources familiar with the situation...

Sirius and XM to merge

"NEW YORK (AP) — XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. have agreed to merge, the two companies said Monday. The deal would consolidate the only two companies in the emerging business of subscription-only satellite radio, and is sure to face tough...

Sirius Cuts Year-End Subscriber Forecast: Auto Units To Blame?

"Sirius lowered expectations on the number of folks out there it plans on having as subscribers at the end of the year -- from an initial estimate of 6.3 million subscribers to somewhere between 5.9 and 6.1...

Sirius Satellite Radio to Provide Unprecedented NASCAR Driver-to-Pit Crew Rac...

"NEW YORK - November 29, 2006 - SIRIUS Satellite Radio announced today that it will present unprecedented live radio coverage of NASCAR races starting in 2007, making listeners feel like they are on top of their favorite team's pit box on race day. In addition to the live...

A Sirius-ly Good Deal in Brooklyn

"Bargain hunters will love this one. Brooklyn Heights' Lookout Hill Condominium, a new building from Alchemy Properties , has equipped all 46 units with a Sirius satellite radio and free one-year subscription. Alchemy Properties is the first real estate developer in New York...

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