Stern: Sirius Passes 1 Million Users; XM Tops 3.1 Million Goal For ...
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Seven-figure deal. Fueled by strong holiday sales and a year of aggressive moves, Sirius Satellite Radio (nasdaq: SIRI - news - people ) now has 1 million subscribers.
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The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Friday, Feb. 23:  Sirius and XM, the country's only providers of satellite radio, want to merge. Their reasons are obvious.
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Boosted by increasing visibility and holiday sales of satellite radio devices, XM Satellite Radio said it surpassed its year-end goal of 3.1 million subscribers, set in February, after starting the year with 1.3 million subscribers, while Sirius Satellite
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NEW YORK, December 28  - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc (SIRI.NAS) announced yesterday that it had surpassed its year-end target of one million subscribers.
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XM Satellite Radio disclosed an 11-year, $650 million deal with Major League Baseball yesterday, the latest move in a costly race with rival Sirius Satellite Radio , which this month signed a five-year, $500 million deal with shock jock Howard Stern.
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Shares of Sirius Satellite Radio  SIRI.O rose 3.3 percent on Monday after it said it surpassed  its full year 2004 target of 1 million subscribers, boosted by  a strong holiday shopping season.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about &quot;shock jock&quot; Howard Stern&#39;s recent decision to leave his radio post at Infinity Broadcasting and to switch to Sirius Satellite Radio in January 2006.
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NEW YORK -- Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., whose recent deal with radio &quot;shock jock&quot; Howard Stern rocked the broadcasting world, Tuesday said its subscription list has exceeded the 700,000 mark.
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NEW YORK - Yesterday, Howard Stern--who loudly claims to dominate media, but has rarely, if ever, added one iota to the sum of human knowledge--made waves by announcing he will move his act to another medium.
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Bad boy Howard Stern has turned out to be one of the biggest must-buys of the holiday shopping season. With Stern set to move over to Sirius in a year, the satellite radio company passed the 1 million subscriber
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(InfoWorld) - The U.S.'s two satellite radio operators, Sirius Satellite RadioÂ and XM Satellite Radio Holdings announced Monday they plan to merge, pending a potentially difficult approval process. The all-stock deal will see XM shareholders receiving 4.6 shares of Sirius stock for each XM share they own. The new company would be worth $13 billion, based on the companies' estimates, although neither company has ever turned a profit. Sirius and XM combined lost over a billion dollars last year on total revenues of about $1.5 billion. Because the two are the only companies licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to offer satellite radio services, the merger may face regulatory opposition over creating an industry giant that would be hinder competition. Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin will become the new company's CEO, with Gary Parsons, currently XM's chairman, set to become its new chairman. Executives from both companies will continue in their present roles until the deal closes, expected by the end of 2007. The two companies pioneered the concept of subscription-based radio services, delivered nationwide via satellite. Both Sirius and XM charge subscribers $12.95 per month for their services. Sirius surprised the radio world in 2004 when it signed shock-jock Howard Stern to a five-year, $100 million contract. Stern remains the network's chief draw of over 130 channels, which includes NFL game broadcasts and related talk shows. XM has about 160 channels and counts talk-show and entertainment titan Oprah Winfrey among its celebrities. XM claims 7.6 million subscribers, and Sirius 6 million.
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Sirius Satellite Radio said Monday it surpassed its full year 2004 target of 1 million subscribers, boosted by the holiday shopping season.
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In his first public-speaking engagement since taking the reins 80 days ago, Sirius Satellite Radio chief executive Mel Karmazin said Wednesday that he believes having Howard Stern onboard will bring millions of subscribers as well as advertising revenue to the company.
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Sirius continues to make serious inroads into XM's lead in satellite radio. On Wednesday, both companies announced their quarterly subscriber adds, and the smaller company continued to beat its larger rival by a 2-to-1 margin.
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Shock jock Howard Stern is jumping from radio broadcasting to satellite radio, promising to boost the ratings of the growing medium and bring his show to fans &quot;my way.
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Sirius Satellite Radio  plans to buy U.S. rival XM Satellite Radio  for $4.6 billion in stock to bring entertainers such as Oprah Winfrey and shock-jock Howard Stern under one roof, but a top regulator said the deal would face a tough time winning approval.
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It took three 1,000-pound satellites to launch Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.&#39;s subscription radio service two years ago. Now the company is betting that one man - shock jock Howard Stern