Satellite Radio

Looking at Clouds (of Music) From Both Sides Now

Tom Teicholz | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Satellite Radio, Cloud Music, Pandora, Sirius XM, Rolling Stone, Howard Stern, FM Radio, Joni Mitchell, The Bangles, Bruce Springsteen, last.fm, Technology News

There are so many ways to discover new music or find old favorites that I thought it might be useful to create a guide to the various offerings these days.

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Sirius XM Raising Prices

AP | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Satellite Radio, Sirius Xm Price Raise, Sirius Xm Price, Sirius, Sirius XM, Media News

NEW YORK — Satellite radio company Sirius XM Radio Inc. is raising the price of its basic package for the first time on Jan. 1. The price of ba...

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Howard Stern Signs New Five-Year Contract With SiriusXM

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Radio, Howard Stern Contract, Howard Stern, Howard Stern Sirius XM, Radio, Howard Stern Sirius Deal, Media News

NEW YORK — After all his threats to leave, and others' speculation on where he might go, Howard Stern is staying put at Sirius XM. The loose-li...

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Dr. Laura Getting New Radio Show

The Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger will debut a new, three-hour daily radio show on Sirius XM in January, according to an Associated Press report. In the wake of...

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A Taste of Honey or a Bitter Pill - With Howard Stern Enticed by Alternative Media, Can Sirius XM Survive Without Him?

Mario Almonte | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smartphone, Satellite Radio, Internet, Digital Media, Talk Radio, Infinity Broadcasting, Fcc, Automobile Industry, Sirius XM, Howard Stern Sirius XM, Siri, Wnbc, Howard Stern, Terrestrial Radio, Viacom, Wxrk, Mel Karmazin, Entertainment News

In recent weeks, radio DJ Howard Stern seems like a man holding back a smoldering fire. With his five-year contract with Sirius XM expiring at the en...

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Radio's Not Back (It Just Never Went Away)

Jeff Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Radio, Internet Radio, Terrestrial Radio, Nab, Radio, Media News

Despite the increased competition from the Internet, mp3 players, and other forms of radio, terrestrial radio remains an essential medium in the lives of Americans.

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XM/Sirius' POTUS Channel May Be The Last Refuge of Balanced Political Journalism

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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The only thing worse than governing by opinion poll is reporting by it. From the 1940s CBS Radio, then CBS Television was the ratings darling of ne...

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Those Who Cannot Innovate, Regulate: Old Media's Twisted Logic

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Association of Broadcasters, David M. Ewalt, Newspapers, Joseph Schumpeter, Nab, Riaa, Tags: Gary Shapiro, Motel T., Npr, Congress, Facebook, Boston University, Satellite Radio, Innovation Movement, Cable, Henry Ford, AM Radio, Network Television, Washington Post, Tom Cruise, Cea, FM Radio, Huffington Post, Forbes, Recording Industry Association of American, Consumer Electronics Association, Itunes, Performance Rights Act, Media News

Should we protect old media by hindering market competition? Of course not. But try telling that to the National Association of Broadcasters and the Recording Industry Association of America.

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Advertsing sales 101. A lesson from the Zen Master.

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Radio, Mel Karmazin, Barbara Walters, Online Advertising, Internet Advertising, Media News

According to Wikipedia, Mel Karmazin started selling radio when he was 17 years old. Years later, Don Imus would refer to him as the "Zen Master" on a...

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Innovation in America: An Autobahn, or a Suburban Street With Speed Bumps?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc, Gps, Telemedicine, Pandora, Dtv, Gary Shapiro, Telework, Innovation, International CES, Dvr, Facebook, Spectrum, Satellite Radio, Sputnik, Broadband, mp3, Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission, Internet, Wireless, Blu-Ray, Youtube, Consumer Electronics Show, Autobahn, Hdtv, Cea, Consumer Electronics Association, E-Book, Technology News

My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?

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Howard Stern: Diamond in a Rough Patch

Mario Almonte | Posted 05.25.2011

For a man who almost single-handedly revolutionized the broadcasting industry, Stern continues to be spectacularly disrespected by the media that he so radically transformed.

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Sirius XM Eying Bankruptcy: Report

AP | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sirius XM Radio Inc. has hired advisers to prepare for a possible bankruptcy filing, which could come in days, according to a news report. The New Yo...

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Explain? How Do You Explain Saying

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Satellite Radio, Election 2008 Coverage, Talk Radio, John McCain, Fcc, Apologies, Charles Karel Bouley, Profanity, Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, Hate Speech, 2008 Election, Media News

I am sorry anyone thought I wanted a real person dead -- I did not. But John McCain, Sarah Palin and all the zealot conservatives meant the dangerous things they said about Obama. They still mean it, and they've never apologized for it.

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XM plus Sirius = Satellite Radio Monopoly

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now, after several years of competition between XM and Sirius, there will be one satellite radio company -- a monopoly created by the federal government. And you don't need me to tell you how strange that is.

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