SIRIUS XM’s Book Radio Channel Takes Its Microphones to ‘BookExpo America’

Posted by SXMN | Posted on 29-05-2009

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SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) today announced that Book Radio, its newly expanded 24/7 channel devoted to all sides of the book world, will be on site at the 2009 BookExpo America, the internationally renowned annual convergence of publishers, authors, booksellers, agents, editors and others. Book Radio hosts Pia Lindstrom, Maggie Linton and Kim Alexander will bring listeners inside this major publishing event and conduct interviews with a wide-range of authors and industry insiders.

The BookExpo America interviews will air beginning the week of June 2 exclusively on Book Radio, SIRIUS channel 117 and XM channel 163, across all of Book Radio’s original interview programs — Cover to Cover Live, Pia Lindstrom Presents, This is Audible, and Fiction Nation. At the end of this summer Book Radio will broadcast a BookExpo America special featuring the best interviews and highlights. The full programming schedule will be posted at www.sirius.com and www.xmradio.com.

Book Radio is a 24/7 channel that explores all sides of the book world with a wide and varied programming lineup featuring author interviews, daily broadcasts of audio books including “drive time bestsellers,” radio theater and more. Book Radio’s deep audio library covers the spectrum–fiction; non-fiction; biographies; self-help; comedy; young adult; literary fiction; thrillers; short stories; fantasy; mystery; suspense; and more, including Harlequin Romance Radio’s sultry plots; original and inventive slam poetry and the classic works and characters of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and Tolstoy.

Book Radio recently expanded its programming lineup with the launch of Pia Lindstrom Presents, a weekly interview show hosted by the veteran movie and theater critic on which she talks to authors, film directors, producers, literary insiders, movie critics, slam poets, lyricists and others. Book Radio has also launched its first live weekly call-in show, Cover to Cover Live, on which hosts Maggie Linton and Kim Alexander connect listeners with the authors they love.

Lindstrom worked in television journalism for three decades in California and New York. She received two Emmy(R) Awards and the New York Associated Press Broadcasters Award for news reporting. She worked at WCBS-TV as a News Correspondent and for 23 years at WNBC-TV as a News Reporter, Co-Anchor and Arts Editor. Maggie Linton and Kim Alexander have a combined total of over 60 years of broadcasting experience. Linton is the Program Director of Book Radio and hosts her own show. Alexander is the host of Fiction Nation, a weekly conversation with writers, actors, editors and librarians, and This is Audible, a program that explores the spoken word in all its forms through conversations with authors, voice talents, reviews, and interviews as well as a weekly countdown of the hottest titles.

SIRIUS XM’s Book Radio will be at Booth # 4684 at BookExpo America.

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Sirius XM to pass Music Royalty Fees on to consumers?

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Posted by SXMN | Posted on 29-05-2009

Category : Sirius News, Sirius XM Radio, XM News

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A post by AnonymousXM on XMFan.com reveals that Sirius XM may be getting ready to charge consumer and fleet accounts a royalty fee starting July 15 2009.

In the post AnonymousXM states:

The US Music Royalty Fee will be applied to all music subscriptions that SIRIUS XM offers. The
fee will be implemented on July 29th, 2009. The existing Subscriber base will receive this fee
on their first billing after this date. The fee will be applied to all satellite plans with music content
on a Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annual and all Annual Savings Plans. Lifetime Subscribers, who
have purchased prior to July 29th, will never receive the US Music Royalty Fee. Since the online
products are not satellite based they will not incur the U.S. Music Royalty Fee. Once the fee is
introduced on July 29th, any new activation or conversion will include the fee. As we go through
this training, you will gain a better understanding of how this fee is applied and how to explain it
to the Subscribers. We will be going through different scenarios so you can understand why we

are passing this fee onto our Subscribers, how to diffuse irate Subscribers, and how the
Subscriber can truly benefit by adding longer term plans.

Subscriptions at a rate of $12.95 will be charged a $1.98 monthly, for the US Music
Royalty Fee

Subscriptions with multiple radios will be charged $0.97 monthly, for the US Music

Royalty Fee
Mostly Music plans at $9.99 will be charged a US Music Royalty Fee of $1.53.

Those of you with a lifetime subscription will not be seeing any of these charges.

Not sure if this new is 100% true or not, but thought I would report on it anyways.

Would love to know everyones thoughts on this. Leave a comment below and check out the link to XMFan.com for more info.

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Sirius XM iPhone app, first real screen shot.

Posted by SXMN | Posted on 27-05-2009

Category : Sirius News, Sirius XM Radio, XM News

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It’s not the best but this is taken from a slide from todays Stock Holder meeting. More to come as information is available but at least we know they are still working on things.

Wish they would give us some more info, nothing really said then what we all already know.

I just want to know what that shopping cart icon at the bottom is for…….? To Purchase Tracks as you hear them???

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Dave Matthews Band Radio To Air on SIRIUS XM Radio

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Posted by SXMN | Posted on 26-05-2009

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SIRIUS XM Radio announced today that Dave Matthews Band will host their own music channel on SIRIUS XM. Dave Matthews Band Radio will be broadcast on SIRIUS XM’s Jam_On channel, SIRIUS channel 17 and XM channel 56, and will debut on Monday, June 1 starting at 12:00 pm ET and run through Monday, June 8 at 3:00 am ET. The launch of SIRIUS XM’s Dave Matthews Band Radio coincides with the band’s release of their latest studio album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, which will be released worldwide Tuesday, June 2.

“Dave Matthews Band has both a fervent fanbase and one of the most original sounds in rock music,” said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SIRIUS XM Radio. “We are thrilled to dedicate a week of Jam_On’s programming to this extraordinary band.”

Dave Matthews Band Radio will showcase the band’s entire catalog by playing music spanning the band’s career. Listeners will hear Dave Matthews Band music 24/7, including everything from the band’s early days to live recordings from the band’s archives to every song from Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. The exclusive channel will feature Dave Matthews, Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard and Boyd Tinsley personally introducing each song on the new album and sharing behind-the-scenes stories about the making of the record. Additionally, Dave Matthews Band Radio will broadcast a different live concert recording at 9:00 pm ET each evening June 1 through June 7.

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Pandora Radio Adds 192-Kbit Audio to New ‘One’ Service

Posted by SXMN | Posted on 20-05-2009

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In non Satellite Radio news Internet radio station Pandora on Wednesday introduced a revamped version of its premium service, now dubbed Pandora One.

The subscription service will cost $36/year and will include an ad-free listening experience, as well as a desktop application, increased
skipping privileges, and higher quality streaming. ”Pandora One is completely free of any sort of advertising: no audio ads, no visual ads. It’s just you and your music,”

Tom Conrad,Pandora’s chief technology officer, wrote in a blog post.

Pandora’s collection of streaming music is available for free on its
Website, but includes advertisements on the site and between songs.
The non-subscription service also limits the number of times you can
skip songs to 12 skips per day. Due to licensing constraints, Pandora
cannot provide unlimited skipping, but One will allow for six skips
per hour, per station, Conrad wrote. Rival Slacker allows unlimited
skips for $3.99 per month.

One also includes an Adobe Air-based desktop application for those who
do not want to keep a browser window open all day. “Control playback
from the Windows taskbar or the Macintosh dock. Get popup alerts when
a new song starts to play,” Conrad wrote.

In addition, Pandora promises 192 kilobits per second audio, which
Conrad touted as the “highest quality streaming experience on the
Internet.”

One also includes eight custom skins, a mini browser-based player, and
five hours of listening time before the service times out.

Prior to Pandora One, the only benefit of a subscription service was
the ability to skip ads. Users who already signed up for the premium
service will be automatically upgraded to Pandora One, Conrad said.

The service is accessible on the iPhone and BlackBerry, though certain
mobile devices on the AT&T network might require a separate
subscription, Pandora said.

To access Pandora One, click on the “upgrade” button on the Pandora
homepage. Subscriptions will be automatically renewed at the end of
the year unless you disable auto-renew.

Looks like some more competition for Sirius XM Radio!

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