HD Radio (from NJ.com)
(17 August 2009)
HD Radio, introduced amid much hype in 2004 as a way to digitally improve the sound of FM and AM stations, has never much caught the ears of U.S. radio listeners.    more>>


The return of Stern? (from the San Francisco Chronicle)
(31 July 2009)
A few weeks ago I said it was likely that Howard Stern would make a return to terrestrial radio. Despite industry and fan speculation to the contrary, I still believe Stern will be back on the commercial airwaves for a variety of reasons. One, the relatively tepid condition of satellite radio, which is still popular, but whose subscriptions and interest have waned considerably due the recession and economic climate.     more>>

The Financial Times on Liberty Media's John Malone
(29 July 2009)
John Malone did not hide his frustration three or four years ago when his attempts to snap up international cable assets were being foiled by private equity firms splashing their cash. Now the veteran media investor and chairman of Liberty Media sees another opportunity to buy these assets from the groups that trumped him. For a year, Mr Malone has been eyeing potential deals among the distressed debt left behind by the bursting of the credit bubble. The opportunist tactic led him most prominently to February’s rescue of Sirius XM, Mel Karmazin’s satellite radio group.     more>>

Is Stern finally through?
(7 July 2009)
Fans of The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM may have noticed a familiar tone in the King of All Media's voice lately. For those who remember the ugly combative days of terrestrial radio, it's all too familiar. Howard Stern's five year contract with Sirius XM satellite radio is scheduled to expire in January 2011 -- now just a year and a half away. The King of All Media has made no secret of his reluctance to re-up with the satellite radio service. Howard Stern regularly describes himself as "exhausted" and states that he would like to have some time to enjoy his life with his family. (from The Examiner)    more>>

The Future of Low-Power FM (by Radio World)
(24 March 2009)
The Prometheus Radio Project builds radio stations with civil righs groups, environmentalists and neighborhood organizations - people who think the mainstream media is doing so little to cover their interests that they are ready to go out and start stations themselves and volumteer their time to do it.    more>>

John Malone gets Sirius with the Denver Business Journal.
(13 March 2009)
John Malone isn't sure what moves his Liberty Media Corp. will make now that it has a say in the future of Sirius XM satellite radio -- and he doesn't rule out partnering with Dish Network Corp's Charlie Ergen, who Liberty Media prevented from buying Sirius XM.    more>>

He wasn't Sirius. He was Paul Harvey. (from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
(5 March 2009)
The death last weekend of Paul Harvey at age 90 marked more than the end of a remarkable career, one that spanned more than 70 years and made him one of the nation's, not to mention the industry's, best-known voices.    more>>

Can Malone and Karmazin finally get Sirius? (from TWICE)
(24 February 2009)
Industry members welcomed the news last week of Liberty Media's bailout of SiriusXM, which gives Liberty CEO John Malone a 40 percent stake in the company, but they said Sirius is not out of danger yet. The fate of satellite radio may now rest on the skills of two media moguls, Malone and SiriusXM CEO Mel Karmazin, as well as the state of the economy.    more>>

Fairness from The Tennessean
(20 February 2009)
Twenty-two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) struck a mighty blow for free speech in America by eliminating an inaptly named regulation known as the "Fairness Doctrine." Before that, radio and television broadcasters were forced to present contrasting viewpoints when covering controversial issues of public importance.    more>>

Terrestrial radio holds its ground against satellite (The Seattle Post Intelligencer)
(19 February 2009)
Satellite radio began life with advantages, momentum and publicity that traditional broadcast radio could only envy: high-profile deals with former radio mainstays such as Howard Stern and major league baseball, he allure of hundreds of channels offering niches and genres no longer heard on the airwaves, a lot of it commercial-free, and access to potentially millions of new customers through agreements with auto manufacturers to put satellite-radio receivers in their vehicles.    more>>

Hal Kelner says HD Radio is going global.
(20 January 2009)
More than 1,750 AM and FM stations in the United States are broadcasting with HD Radio technology, offering an additional 900+ new multicast channels. But there is also great interest in Latin America, Asia and parts of Europe.    more>>

iStockAnalyst on SiriusXM and Blackberry. That's hot!
(6 January 2009)
With all of the news making the rounds on a satellite radio application for iPhone and Mac's, I thought it would be appropriate for me to revisit a service that was made available by XM and Blackberry prior to the merger.    more>>

Can terrestrial radio operators be Sirius?
(31 December 2008)
Are local radio stations gearing up to make a play for SiriusXM Radio? Let's hope not, says the Motley Fool.    more>>

Did the iPod kill the dog? Metrics Insider thinks so.
(24 December 2008)
When satellite radio was approved (spectrum allocated in 1992 and XM and Sirius spplications approved in 1997), it was hailed as a big breakthrough for the industry. Markets with little diversity would have access to all sorts of music.    more>>

George Will on Fairness
(8 December 2008)
Reactionary liberalism, the ideology of many Democrats, holds that inconvenient rights, such as sectet ballots in unionization elections, should be repealed; that existing failures, such as GM, should be preserved; and, with special perversity, that repealed mistakes, such as the "fairness doctrine," should be repeated. That Orwellian name was designed to disguise the doctrine's use as the government's instrument for preventing fair competition in the broadcasting of political commentary.    more>>

Is Fairness fair? From the American Daily,
(19 November 2008)
Every legislator elected to the US Senate and House of Representatives takes this oath upon their installation into that office. They obligate themselves to "support and defend" the constitution of the United States and "bear true faith and allegiance to it." How consistent is this with efforts to find a "legislative solution" to the "problem" of "talk radio?"    more>>

Is this the end of the road for satellite radio?
(14 November 2008)
Marc Fisher of the Washihngton Post gives his opinon about the programming merger of Sirius and XM. He woke up one morning and his stations were just gone! Maybe more will follow.    more>>

The Boston Globe on the Future of Satellite Radio
(13 November 2008)
Would you pay $250 for a pocket-sized satrad from Pioneer plus a monthly subscription fee?    more>>

AudioGraphics on the state of radio
(7 November 2008)
The radio industry may not be a democracy, but it's greatly in need of a major shakeup similar to that just experienced in the U.S. after the election. Ken Dardis of AudioGraphics offers his opinion on the subject.    more>>

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on SiriusXM
(13 August 2008)
Howard Stern fans who were holding out on buying a Sirius Satellite Radio subscription because they liked a lot of the programming on rival XM won't have to make that wrenching decision anymore.     more>>

The MTV Blog on SiriusXM
(4 August 2008)
The merger between Sirius and XM takes all the fun out of the Sirius/XM rivalry.    more>>

The International Herald Tribune on the Merger
(30 July 2008)
Debt and programming are expected to challenge a combined Sirius-XM.    more>>

Reuters on HD Radio
(21 July 2008)
HD Radio is getting a cool reception from consumers.    more>>

The Tennessean on the Merger
(13 July 2008)
The Nashville cats think the rejection of the merger should be a no-brainer.    more>>

The Chicago Tribune on the Merger
(23 June 2008)
HD Radio delivers extra stations and song details.    more>>

The Boston Globe on the Merger
(19 June 2008)
The Federal Communications Commission should enforce its long-standing and well-reasoned prohibition against a satellite radio monopoly that it established in 1997 when it granted the spectrum licenses to XM and Sirius.     more>>

The San Francisco Chronicle on Receivers
(12 May 2008)
The good, the bad and the ugly in satellite radio receivers.    more>>

The Philadelphia Inquirer on the Merger
(30 March 2008)
It will be interesting to see where Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin comes down on the merger of the nation's two leading satellite-radio companies. Especially in light of his efforts     more>>

CNN on Radio from CES 2008
(9 January 2008)
Radio is the hot tech frontier. FSB's tech trendspotter checks in from the CES frontlines with a surprising take on the next wave of hot gadgets: radios.     more>>

Fox On Howard
(9 January 2008)
Howard Stern Continues The Radio Revolution Exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Fox Business).    more>>

The Chicago Tribune Conversation with Mel
(10 November 2007)
Mel Karmazin, chief executive officer of Sirius Satellite Radio, met with the Tribune editorial board Wednesday to discuss the proposed merger of Sirius with XM Satellite Radio, shock jock Howard Stern and the intense competition in media markets.    more>>

Wired on HD Radio
(23 October 2007)
As HD Radio Sniffs Success, Critics Question the Formula    more>>

Rock 'n' Reel on Advertainment
(19 October 2007)
Advertainment is Sneaking Into Music, Movies, TV and More. Watch satellite TV on your computer for FREE.     more>>

Blogging Stocks on Imus
(17 October 2007)
Media World: Don Imus returns and so will his media pals.    more>>

Wynton Marsallis on Satellite Radio
(5 August 2007)
As the evolution in technology accelerates exponentially these days, it becomes difficult to decide which gadgets are necessary for meaningful aesthetic participation and which are simply an attempt by corporate America to filch more money from our dwindling resources.     more>>

Forbes on the Merger
(26 June 2007)
Should the government green-light a merger between Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, Sirius Chief Executive Mel Karmazin, may finally be able to take a deep breath.    more>>

The Niagara Gazette on Fairness
(8 May 2007)
We’re on what I consider to be a disturbing trend in the legislative process. We are naming our laws.     more>>

Business Week on HD Radio
(29 January 2007)
The rap against the broadcast radio business has been that it was a laggard when it came to technology. As other media embraced new revenue streams, most recently those created through digital platforms, commercial radio was delivered, and listened to, in much the same way it was when the first station was licensed in the U.S. some 80 years ago. But last year was a milestone when broadcasters began in earnest to roll out high-definition, or HD, radio.    more>>

Radio World on Satellite vs. HD Radio
(23 August 2006)
As the hot summer months course through the 2006 calendar, we are beginning to see a number of important evolving events and clues emerge that preview how the competing forces of satellite radio and HD are likely to fare in the future.     more>>

New York Magazine on Satellite Radio
(6 February 2006)
The King of All Media and the smartest CEO in radio just moved to satellite. So why is Sirius poised to fall back to Earth?     more>>

USA Today on Howard Stern
(14 December 2005)
After plugging his new Sirius satellite radio gig to everyone from Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes to Katie Couric on Today and Bill O'Reilly on Fox News, Howard Stern plans to end his earthbound broadcast career Friday with a P.T. Barnum-like parade through Manhattan.     more>>

The San Francisco Chronicle on Satellite Radio
(31 July 2005)
Satellite radio could be 'hear' to stay, having quickly established a major foothold in the sports broadcasting market. What does this mean for the local fan, and for local stations?     more>>

The Christian Science Monitor on Satellite and Internet Radio
(17 February 2005)
These days Radio and Records, a trade publication, doesn't just list what's hot on America's AM and FM stations. It also lists the Top 10 songs playing on Sirius satellite radio and the Top 10 downloads from the Internet music service iTunes.     more>>

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Satellite Radio
(28 April 2004)
It's been three years since satellite radio launched with the promise of a whole new way of listening to radio: commercial-free music formats for just about every musical taste, a diverse spectrum of news and talk programming, crisp digital sound and consistent reception from coast to coast.     more>>

EE Times on Satellite Radio
(14 July 2003)
Cable and satellite television proved that consumers will pay for content despite free broadcast alternatives. Now, XM Radio and competitor Sirius are testing the same waters in a high-stakes game to deliver subscription satellite radio services that go beyond the AM/FM dial.    more>>

The St. Petersburg Times on Satellite Radio
(29 July 2002)
Satellite radio offers more choices, near CD-quality sound and almost a sure-fire family argument: Who operates the remote control?     more>>

The San Francisco Chronicle on Satellite Radio
(19 November 2001)
XM Satellite Radio had invested more than $1.1 billion and nearly a decade of work gearing up for the launch of a new service billed as the cable television equivalent to radio. It was all set. For Sept. 12.     more>>

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Satellite Radio
(19 August 2001)
What bugs you most about radio? A) Too many commercials. B) Not enough different formats. C) Not enough variety in most playlists. D) Sound or reception quality. If you picked any or all of the above, stay tuned for satellite radio.     more>>