Hey, here is a great idea! Let’s stall this merger longer and make some more rules for this merger!
February 15, 2008: Saying a
combined XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio may well have
“different needs and incentives for the use of terrestrial repeaters”
than they do as separate companies — including “a heightened desire to
offer locally oriented [...]

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XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. spent roughly $1.2 million in 2007 to lobby for approval of its proposed $5 billion acquisition by rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., among other issues.
The
satellite radio operator spent $580,000 in the second half of 2007 to
lobby Congress and the Department of Justice about the pending merger,
according to a disclosure form [...]

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XM Satellite Radio has scheduled a conference call for Thursday, February 28, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. ET to announce and discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2007 financial results. Prior to the call, XM Radio’s fourth quarter and full year 2007 results will be posted to the Company’s Web site at http://www.xmradio.com/ and released [...]

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- Extends Exclusive Partnership Five Years to 2017- Encompasses Chrysler, Jeep(R) and Dodge Brands- SIRIUS Factory-Installed in Greater Than 70% of US Production
IRIUS Satellite Radio and Chrysler LLC today announced
an agreement that extends SIRIUS’ exclusive relationship with Chrysler
LLC through September 2017. All Chrysler LLC brands — Chrysler, Jeep
and Dodge — are covered by the agreement.
SIRIUS [...]

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Company to Webcast Earnings Call for Investors and Media
SIRIUS Satellite Radio today announced that it plans to
release fourth quarter and full year 2007 financial and operating
results on February 26, 2008.
SIRIUS also plans to hold a conference call at 8:00 am ET to discuss
these results. Investors and the press can listen to the conference
call via the [...]

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Official Satellite Radio Partner of NASCAR will provide listeners
with the live race call plus access to in-car audio on additional
Driver2Crew Chatter(TM) channelsSIRIUS NASCAR Radio channel 128 to broadcast live from Daytona Int’l SpeedwaySIRIUS
NASCAR Radio to feature shows hosted by Tony Stewart, Matt Yocum, Mike
Bagley, David Poole, Steve Post, Danny ‘Chocolate’ Myers, Dave Moody,
Rick Benjamin, Buddy [...]

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Quincy Jones to Serve as Executive Advisor for the Month-Long
Channel to Commemorate 25th Anniversary Release of Michael Jackson’s
“Thriller”To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of “Thriller,” XM
Radio will launch a new channel dedicated to the music of pop icon
Michael Jackson on March 1, it was announced today. The new channel,
“XM THRILLER: The Music of [...]

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XM Adds Tavis Smiley, Kojo Nnamdi, Blanche Williams and the 2 Live
Stews to Lineup Anchored by Top Shows Featuring Joe Madison, Reverend
Al Sharpton and Warren Ballantine

XM Radio, the nation’s leading provider of satellite
radio, today announced that beginning Monday, February 11th, the lineup
for The Power (XM Channel 169), the only national 24-hour radio channel
exclusively dedicated to [...]

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I don’t know why Clear Channel is so afraid of the Sirius Xm Merger, but they continue to file complaints with the FCC.
This is the Latest complaint to the FCC.
A few Quotes from the complain with a link to the full PDF.
REGARDLESS OF HOW ONE DEFINES THE MARKET, THE PROPOSEDXM-SIRIUS MERGER RAISES SERIOUS COMPETITION ANDTELECOMMUNICATIONS [...]

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The people at Tss-radio.com put together this interesting map for the Popularity of SIRIUS relative to population and the Estimated # of SIRIUS Subscribers in Each State
Here is the info.
They also have a interactive map on the page.

This data is extrapolated from our own sales. While we believe that our methodology is a reasonable [...]

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