Sirius and XM have agreed to merge<\/a>.<\/p>\nAnd once again, I must re-iterate…<\/p>\n
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Let us start with the simple stuff. XM has certain little radio boxes that talk to certain little satellites. Sirius has their own set of little boxes that talk to certain little satellites. And the two were made incompatible on purpose. So, how do we deal with that? Who gets new boxes? And which satellites stay and which ones get sold off to burn up in the atmosphere?<\/p>\n
Where’s the new headquarters going to be? Which channels stay and which ones go?<\/p>\n
And what about the whole FCC business? This will, technically, be a monopoly now.<\/p>\n
Those are just the simple-to-ask, but very difficult-to-solve questions. Now the more complicated stuff: will prices go up, forcing more listeners to pay for Howard Stern’s extravagant salary? Will content suffer under Mel Karmazin’s rule? Will commercials come back to music channels?<\/p>\n
What will become of Opie and Anthony?<\/p>\n
And does anyone remember Canada? Don’t they<\/strong> have to approve the merger too?<\/p>\nLots of questions, that so far have no answers. The higher ups are a little too busy seeing dollar signs right now to care, leaving consumers in the dark. Way to go, guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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