“Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI) is trading at a session high, up $.10 to $3.93, on a spike in volume. The quick upswing is attributed to “chatter of a potential strategic partnership” with Apple Computers [sic] Inc. (AAPL) according to Briefing.com,” Ant & Sons reported earlier today.
Sirius closed at $3.90, up $0.07, or 1.83% on heavy volume of 36,487,378.
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I hope not … XM radio is much better.
That stock sucks.
Allen,
Two words: Howard Stern.
Ant & Sons? WTF is that?
Howard Sterns time has come and gone.. He’s yesterdays news. And by the way, XM is eating Sirius for lunch with a subscriber base that is 4x bigger.
Sirius (SIRI) continued to gain ground on rival XM Satellite (XMSR) in the third quarter. Sirius added more than 440,000 subscribers, while XM added more than 285,000.
Sirius currently has a total of 5.1 million subs. XM has 7.2 million.
Sirius will pass XM sometime before the end of 2007.
Let’s not forget that XM also has Oprah
I just can’t see subscription radio as being the next big thing. Maybe coupled with a telephone service, but my car radio works fine, and it even gets me local news & wx. For free.
If howard sterns days have come and gone, then why has he been making 500 million and has his own channel on PPV?
Who else can have their own PPV channel and charge $10 per month for it.
Stern is huge right now.
Not unless Steve has a channel all to himself that berates everyone outside Apple.
You negative, ignorant people make me sick. Sirius is doing very very well. XM is 4X larger?? Howard Stern is over?? I can’t beleive you are stupid enough to say that. Sirius is a quality product that is growing much much faster than XM. Sirius is grpwomg while XM is shriveling. Stern is more popular than ever, even without the Clear Channel network. Sirius is positioned very will prosper.
I understand the comments by those questioning the future of satellite radio. Not sure about that myself, but I think it is just another delivery device, like the internet and TV. It is hard to use either in your car!
Party down!!
oh I almost forgot…….BABA BOOEY!!!!!!!!!!
Siriusly,
subscription radio DOES appeal to those who want more than what is offered by any of the few stations (actually all owned by 2 conglomerates) in any particular genre.
But gosh, macbones, who could argue with cold, hard facts, such as the ones you present, eh?
Ed,
I tried to listed to Howard Stern for a week after my mom got SIrius in her car. The guy has NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT except make farting jokes and laugh at retarded people, call them names, and make derogatory comments.
As you can see, I’m not a big fan.
As for his numbers and salary… Microsoft makes more than Apple, but we all know that doens’t mean it’s the best or that people love it…
How hard would it be to offer a Sirius subscription through iTunes.?
Not that hard I imagine
If all you listen to is Stern then yes, XM will be out of business in 2 years…
Stern is a has been – it’s like listening to my dad on the radio, and it’s creepy.
I listen to XM for one reason… music… and review after review will tell you that XM has better sound quality and deeper playlists.
for me it’s all about the music…
All my friends have XM, I don’t know anybody with Sirius. I don’t have either one but I would probably get XM based on all my friends perception.
Please note: I hate Howard Stern, he’s so freak’n boring. I’d rather listen to road noise than hear Howie prod and probe some dumb bimbo that’s trying to get famous.
Howard Stern, There is no more shock left when he can do anything.. He is a disgrace. It was more fun to listen to him when he tried to break boundaries, but now there are no boundaries so why listen – it is all crap now.
I STILL will never pay for radio – It is a dumb idea – I get better music with no commercials by hooking up my 60GB iPod to my car – and NO REPEATS!
It’s Adam Ant! He’s trying to make a comeback album with his sons.
Everyone I know has Sirius and no one has XM.
The Anti-Q (M???)
If it sells iPods, I’m for it. If it’s good for AAPL, it’s good for me.
MW: “farm” — as in “I bet the farm on AAPL.”
I have Sirius in my car and XM at home (via DirecTV) and I have to say that Sirius is definitely superior IMO from what I have heard.
Sirius on iphone?
Sirius will pass XM sometime before the end of 2007.
Yes, because all trends continue indefinitely. Sirius couldn’t possibly top out before passing XM. Sheesh.
“…XM is eating Sirius for lunch with a subscriber base that is 4x bigger.” – Allen
Ha Ha Ha! Yeah, remember the good ole days, when you used the same argument for buying a Wintel machine over a Mac?