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It's A Done Deal!

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The Sirius and XM satellite radio merger is now complete, the company's announced today.

    Posted: Jul 29, 2008 at 9:59 am / Email this  »
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    39 comments to “It's A Done Deal!”

    1. KPC says – reply to this


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      FIRST! BAABAA BOOEY

    2. pleas says – reply to this


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      Companies

      geesh…

    3. mon says – reply to this


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      this is nuts…so they are going to monopolize the sattelite radio??? what would happen if cable companies do the same thing?

    4. haha says – reply to this


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      it's the 'companies', not 'company's.

    5. amy says – reply to this


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      PEREZ CALLED AUTISTICS RETARDS AT SUNDANCE
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      WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE
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      -Just youtube search Perez Sez … Autistics are "Retards
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      -Just youtube search Perez Sez … Autistics are "Retards"
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      -youtube(dot)com/watch?v=gSjRhescE4M
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      PLEASE LET HIM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, AS I FIND IT VERY INSENSITIVE

    6. mish says – reply to this


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      woop woop

    7. amy says – reply to this


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      PEREZ CALLED AUTISTICS RETARDS AT SUNDANCE
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      WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE
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      -
      -Just youtube search Perez Sez … Autistics are "Retards
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      -
      -Just youtube search Perez Sez … Autistics are "Retards"
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      -youtube(dot)com/watch?v=gSjRhescE4M
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      PLEASE LET HIM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS, AS I FIND IT VERY INSENSITIVE !!!!!!!!!!!!

    8. JMC says – reply to this


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      YAYAYAYA

    9. Nikki says – reply to this


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      Kewl..I guess..lmao

    10. X says – reply to this


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      XXX

    11. nie says – reply to this


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      ugh must be filthy rich now

    12. Ray says – reply to this


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      Howard Stern Rules, Babba booey!!

    13. nancy says – reply to this


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      first

    14. BigBe says – reply to this


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      Did you ever wonder that you whoop and holler because you have the mentality of the brain dead? Your existence adds nothing except the chance for us to gawp and point at you like the Victorians did the bedlam inmates. The rest of the world is not laughing behind your back. They are laughing in your face.

    15. Ralph says – reply to this


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      HOWARD STERN SHOULD MONOPOLIZE ALL MEDIA!

    16. Gramm says – reply to this


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      Should be companies announced…not company's announced

    17. ISSA says – reply to this


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      Is this a good thing???

    18. Jono says – reply to this


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      OMG — I am not first. This is a travesty; Get a life suckers. xoxoJono

    19. Liz says – reply to this


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      'companies', not 'company's'

    20. JONAH says – reply to this


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      FIRST! FROM THE 7,107 ISLANDS OF THE PHILIPPINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MABUHAY.

    21. ANNYS says – reply to this


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      FIRST

    22. LtlMa says – reply to this


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      It's about damn time! I can't believe all the BS that Sirius/XM had to go through when other mergers take no time at all.

      Long Live Howard, Robin & The Gang - love you all!
      BABBA BOOEY!

      ….and oh, yeah, FIRST BITCHES!

    23. size0 says – reply to this


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      I am 1st in my minds eye!

      Siruis & XM???!!!

      OMG!
      I am jizzing!
      Ohhhhhhhhh

    24. Blarg says – reply to this


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      Yuck Sirius is WAY better than XM :(

    25. hypoc says – reply to this


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      bwahahahahaha, you rag on "the hills" till the cows come home and then you let them advertise all over your little website. you bitch. you have gone down hill man. hypocrite.

      officially done with this site. good luck.

    26. jessi says – reply to this


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      yay! finally!! only makes sense!!

      LONG LIVE HOWARD!

    27. pleas says – reply to this


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      Re: mon – Actually, this is really the only way that satellite radio is possible. The government only issued licenses to these two in order to avoid monopoly but not to have a bunch of hardware floating around. The satellites in question ended up to be much more expensive to maintain than originally budgeted. Also, the product life of the satellites is relatively short.

      Satellite radio didn't take off the way these companies had anticipated. This is why you now find them offering deals like "free satellite radio for a year in your brand new Suburban"…they are hoping that after having it for a year, you will subscribe.

      Sorry, this was a case study in a class of mine, and over two years ago I called that they would have to merge if they had any hopes of making it as an industry. Even after the merge I give them another decade, tops, before they close up shop…

    28. ROZ says – reply to this


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      THANK GOD!!!!! I BOUGHT XM FOR MY MAN ONE YEAR BEFORE HOWARD CAME TO SIRIUS. THEN HE HAD TO BUY ME SIRIUS BECAUSE I AM A HOWRD JUNKIE!! XM HAS WAY BETTER DANCE MUSIC THEN SIRIUS. I HOPE THAT STAYS. IN THE END IT WILL BE GREAT TO HAVE ONE SYSTEM!!!!!!!

    29. Big T says – reply to this


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      This merger will not create a monolopy. By definition, a monolopy "is when a business, usually a large corporation, is the only provider of a good or service. Monopolies are usually bad for an economy because they restrict free trade, which allows the market itself to set prices.

      Since monopolies are the only provider, they can set pretty much any price they choose, regardless of demand, because they know the consumer has no choice. They can also supply inferior products. They are also bad for an economy because the manufacturer has no incentive to innovate, and provide "new and improved" products."

      OK, first off, satellite radio is a pay service. If you don't like it, don't suscribe. If the quality goes down or the pricing goes up, cancel.

      In your car, you can listen to traditional digital terrestial radio that is standard in EVERY car. You can plug in your iPod or iPhone and listen. You can listen to CD's. At your computer, you can stream traditional radio, you can listen to your iPod, etc.

      Someone now tell me how satellite radio is a monolopy? The consumer HAS A CHOICE.



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      ZZZZZZZZZZZ I DON'T LIKE ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
      ZZZZZZZ ALL THE MERGING ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

      ZZZZZ DATZ GOING ON.ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

      Z ITZ ONLY LEADING ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

      Z 2 ;;;;;;; ONE WORLD ORDER ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

      AND 2 ONLY THE RICH OWNING EVERY DAMN THING…

      ZZZZZZZZZZ NO MORE MOM/POPZ…ZZZZZZ EVER…

    31. ff says – reply to this


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      I just read about the merger but I just saw something on a celebrity site that Dr Rand Pink was going to date Robin Quivers. I thought she had a boyfriend and I thought he was seeing Cameron Diaz and is now dating Christie Brinkley. A celebrity gynecologist that has been known as A MAN CALLED HORSE must have an interesting life.Anyways I'm glad that the merger we cant live without Howared. Im excited for Robin to get some Malibu Meat instead of Eastern Seaboard Shrimp. I think Robin is a real satellite dish I hope Pink doesnt breeak her

    32. Wrkn4 says – reply to this


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      Re: mon –
      Uh, the cable companies have merged several times over. How much cable competition do you see in your buying area?? Your an idiot. We will get better service, better programing, cheaper price as a result of this merger. Prices for washing machines went up 9% after the Westinghouse/Matag merger. Where you then?

    33. Adria says – reply to this


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      Yes! I hope that they don't fuck it up.

    34. doork says – reply to this


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      Has anybody heard if an XM radio will be able to receive Sirius signals, and vice versa? Will there will 400 channels on Sirius XM, combining the two now???

    35. maure says – reply to this


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      IT IS ABOUT TIME PEOPLE. LOVE HOWARD STERN AND FRED AND ROBIN AND ARTIE LANGE AND BUBBA BOOHY AND BETH O. AND RALPH AND ALL THE OTHERS. WAY TO GO. PEREZ HILTON ROCKS.

    36. hank says – reply to this


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      Does this mean now's the right time to buy a million shares of each?

    37. crash says – reply to this


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      Re: Big T – You want to know how its considered a monopoly?: Well by the definition of monopoly, a single company that controls a particular product (satellite radio is a particular product) you cant say that because we have VHS that a DVD is the same thing (it isn't) technology is vast that way however there is only now 1 satellite radio company which means that they can dictate how much they want to charge as there is no competition. If Microsoft can be sued for running a monopoly and handling of operating system sales and web browser sales, even though there are other web browsers out there, then this would be considered in the technical sense a monopoly. I think truthfully though that there are many business that are basically (not technically) a monopoly but because there is competition (that all charge around the same amount) that is actually worse. If you need examples look at almost any company and you will see price fixing (if there wasn't everything would always be on sale and the business wouldn't make profit) gas is a prime example, theaters, movie rental places, fast food, anything in technology. Yes there are small fluctuations in the price but at a whole the prices are within $$ of each other. They say shop around but most people don't and business know that. Besides there are bigger issues in our world then us needing to worry about 2 satellite radio companies merging.

    38. david says – reply to this


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      Bad grammar- pay attention

    39. richa says – reply to this


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      Re: ROZ – agreed!xm has better music imo,buttttttt nobody beats howard!