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Sirius XM looks to DirecTV to hold off Echostar takeover

article published on 12 February, 2009

As debt-ridden Sirius XM Satellite Radio gets closer to declaring bankruptcy they appear to be fighting back against a takeover attempt by Echostar. Echostar, who owns much of Sirius XM's $3.25 billion in debt, seems positioned for a buyout (or more accurately exchange of debt for stock. But Reuters is reporting that Sirius XM executives are in talks with Liberty Media looking for a better deal. ... [ read the full article ]

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ripxrush
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_ 		13. February 2009 @ 01:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I dont care as long as i keep my XM radio in some sorts with most fo the same programing! Just dealt with Sirius merger/buy out with/of XM & minor program changes & have gotten used to the changes!
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philipman
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_ 		13. February 2009 @ 12:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Same as long as normal operations stay the same as they are now, I am fine with them being took over. But still it is kind of sad because I think Sirius XM is a really good company. Maybe if the damn FCC let them merge when they wanted too, instead of delaying it constantly they would not be in this mess.
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empulse
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_ 		13. February 2009 @ 16:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sirius / XM merger was crap. We were promised no changes in service, no increases, everything would stay the same. Only difference is we would have more options... so we were told. Now the handful of channel that I did like (on XM) are gone, or reformed into some bastardization that is only the same in name. XM staff have been slashed, and Karmazan is running it into the ground.

Merger? No. Takeover is more like it. I would love nothing more to see Karmazan on the street.
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cartucho
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_ 		15. February 2009 @ 13:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I stand with OBAMA and congress. Who cares who takes posesion of the company as long as they say bye bye to the CEO. Why in the world a clown like that should be given another chance after he/she took down a company based on their incompetence. Now that is just stupid!! The reality is that all CEOs make promises to make things better for everyone but bottom line is they are all looking after their own pockets!!
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DXR88
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_ 		15. February 2009 @ 18:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by cartucho:
 I stand with OBAMA and congress. Who cares who takes posesion of the company as long as they say bye bye to the CEO. Why in the world a clown like that should be given another chance after he/she took down a company based on their incompetence. Now that is just stupid!! The reality is that all CEOs make promises to make things better for everyone but bottom line is they are all looking after their own pockets!!
well they are on the 60th floor with nothing better to do.
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DADEO1
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_ 		17. February 2009 @ 08:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Now comes an extra charge to listen on-line. If I have to pay for this I will, but how about making all the channels avaliable on-line.
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