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Sirius XM Trying To Force Liberty In…or OUT?

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05/07/2012
Sirius XM Trying To Force Liberty In…or OUT?

You’d better prepare yourselves for this one, because it looks like Sirius XM is trying force John Malone’s Liberty Media into making a move on the company immediately. In a move that brings to mind the line “Either you are very smart or… incredibly stupid,” from the movie “Enemy of the State,” starring Will...
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SiriusXM Expands MLB Play-by-Play Radio Broadcasts Online

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05/07/2012
SiriusXM Expands MLB Play-by-Play Radio Broadcasts Online

30 new MLB team-branded channels will be available to all SiriusXM subscribers on SiriusXM App and online starting May 8 For the first time, subscribers get both home and visiting team radio broadcasts for every MLB game   NEW YORK – May 7, 2012 – Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI), the Official Internet Radio...
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Oh My! Liberty Control Application Dismissed by FCC

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05/04/2012
Oh My! Liberty Control Application Dismissed by FCC

WOW! Things just got very interesting around here again. The F.C.C. has denied Liberty Media’s application for de facto control of Sirius XM Radio. There is good news and bad news here. Sirius XM successfully argued that because Liberty had not converted its preferred stake to common, Liberty had shown no specific intent towards an...
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Sirius XM Says No To Liberty Takeover

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03/30/2012
Sirius XM Says No To Liberty Takeover

Just like a Hollywood marriage, the marriage of Sirius XM and Liberty Media is by all appearances on thin ice. We learned yesterday that Liberty Media had applied for “de facto control” of Sirius XM. Apparently, no one at Liberty Media thought to discuss a change of control with Sirius XM, and Sirius XM...
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Liberty Media Applies For Control Of Sirius XM

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03/29/2012
Liberty Media Applies For Control Of Sirius XM

Ladies & Gentlemen, the time has come. We now have proof positive that a deal between Sirius XM and Liberty Media is not only in the works, but is apparently moving forward absent any annoucement to date. What began on April 3, 2010, when Liberty Media (Capital) received approval under the pre-merger notification program from the...
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Well Isn’t THAT an Interesting Development!

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03/02/2012
Well Isn’t THAT an Interesting Development!

I admit it. I watch almost no T.V. and don’t get much in the way of news outside of the business pages. How I went two days without hearing this story I will never know. As we watched SIRI shares soar today, most of the free world I imagine was focused on the March...
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