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Sirius Introduces New Portable Stiletto 100

This week, Sirius Satellite Radio’s much awaited portable music player and recorder, The Stiletto 100, is finally available to the masses. As Sirius heats up the already flaming competition among MP3 players, iPods and XM’s ...READ»

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If Sirius XM Died, No One Would Miss It

Sirius XM [SIRI] is preparing to file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday, due to a $175 million debt maturing this weekend that the company can't pay. If satellite radio as we knew it disappeared, would it really matter? Granted, ...READ»

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Written in the Stars

Sirius and XM are taking strategy and competition to the skies in an epic, multibillion-dollar struggle to dominate next-generation radio.READ»

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Competing to Win

This month's letter from the editor.READ»

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Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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Merging Questions

Fast Company first wrote about the competition between XM and Sirius a couple of years ago, and while rereading the piece might not be a lesson in "I told you so," the companies' recent merger (subscription may be required) might be ...READ»

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Hard-Driving

Satellite radio goes TiVo.READ»

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Rumors of XM Portable Player Grow

Just last month, Sirius [NASDAQ:SIRI] Satellite Radio submitted its Starmate 5, a personal satellite radio player, to the FCC. Its rival, XM [NASDAQ:XMSR], seems poised to respond in kind. Codenamed "Phoenix," XM's ...READ»

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Blog Meets Pod

Podcasting is the newest disruptive technology threatening traditional radio -- and making the satellite guys nervous, too.READ»

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Sirius Competition

It seems the rivalry continues. Sirius has acquired the rights to NASCAR. We are getting quite a game of leap frog between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. It is strange that the partnership doesn't start until 2007. ...READ»

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Are You Driven to Work?

If You're a Windshield Warrior, Here's the Technology to Make Your Car Your Desk.READ»

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Oprah, Martha, and Howard Stern are Homeless

Sirius XM Satellite Radio is filing for bankruptcy. Back in the early 2000s, it seemed like the future of radio: Sirius and XM, each with hundreds of channels, ready to take you from shock jocks to swing bands to comedy to grunge to ...READ»

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Rental Car Bells and Whistles

If you are a gray-haired or perhaps salt-and-pepper business traveler, you'll remember the days when Hertz, Avis, and, to a lesser extent, National had a lock on the in-airport rental car real estate. Your options were simple and convenient if not premium-priced. Now Budget, Thrifty, Dollar, Alamo, and even the suburban stalwart Enterprise have wiggled their way into airports across the country.READ»

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Sirius/XM Offer New Plans

Now that Sirius and XM are one enormous, satellite-blasting entity [SIRI], they've started to revamp their subscription plans to reflect the union. First there was the $4 per month "Best of Sirius and XM" expansion plan, ...READ»

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To Read the Consumer's Mind

In this edited interview, Steve McCallion, creative director of Portland, Oregon-based Ziba Design, expands on why "deep consumer research" is a critical part of the design process and how he leveraged it for clients as varied as Umpqua Bank and Sirius Satellite Radio. READ»

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Rest High Above the Clouds, No Restrictions

The New York Times had an article (free registration required) this weekend about satellite radio coming under fire from the music industry. Both XM and Sirius are offering players that let you record off their channels, not unlike a ...READ»

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EAS system

Untitled DocumentEmergency Alert System: The Emergency Alert System (EAS system) is a national warning system in the United States put into place in 1997, superseding the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) and the CONELRAD System ...READ»

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Celestial Competition

Lessons from the race between XM and SiriusREAD»

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Fast Company on Sirius this Saturday

Fast Company contributing writer Greg Lindsay will appear on Sirius Satellite Radio's Business Shrink (Channel 114) on Saturday, July 8 at 4:30 PM to discuss the "Rise of the Aerotropolis" feature from the July/August Issue. Be sure ...READ»

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Mel Karmazin's Greatest Hits

As XM and Sirius await to see if their $13 billion merger proposal passes muster with the FCC (which specifically prohibited such a thing when it awarded the two companies their licenses), let's take a look back and see what Mel ...READ»

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The Sound of Silence, or A Hypothetical on the Demise of Internet Radio

Internet radio underwent a "day of silence" yesterday to protest the impending royalty rate hikes that will be levied on Web radio come July 15. The protest was orchestrated by the SaveNet Radio Coalition and included popular ...READ»

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Live, from the Consumer Electronics Show...

Clearly, this week, Las Vegas is the world capital of overstimulation (and mile-long lines to buy a hot dog or board a shuttle bus). Today was the official opening of the Consumer Electronics Show, and here are some quick impressions ...READ»

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Music to Save the Earth By

Starting tomorrow in Sydney, Australia and continuing for the next 24 hours around the globe is the Al Gore-inspired Live Earth concert, which will feature 150 performers in eight cities around the world. It will be shown on more ...READ»

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Sirius XM Delays Bankruptcy with New Loan

Last week I wrote that if Sirius XM [SIRI] died, no one would miss it. Some readers said they agreed that a better product would rise from XM's ashes, and others said they liked satellite radio just the way it is. Well, the latter ...READ»

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You Don't Know "Jack"

On Friday afternoon, WCBS-FM in New York, home of legendary DJ Cousin Brucie, fired all of its on-air talent and dumped the "oldies" format in favor of the latest flavor in radio programming, known as "Jack" radio (I've also seen and ...READ»