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Bush and his religion?
"D Ray" wrote in message m... We got a Sirius satellite radio last fall and are very pleased with the service and programming. Sirius has two NPR and one PRI stream as well as Sirius Left, a politically left oriented talk station. In addition there is Sirius OutQ that has a lot of politically left leaning programing. Sirius carries Air America, also. The competition, XM satellite radio, is partially owned by Clear Channel. The last time I looked, Clear Channel was the fifth largest stock holder and their CEO is on the board at XM radio. That is a deal killer for me. You should get yourself more informed. Clear Channel has hedged their entire position and have been trying to get out of XM for more than a year now. They no longer have a board member. It doesn't matter, however. XM was never a strategic partner for CCU; and CCU has had zero influence on the programming. XM's music is far superior to Sirius', and EITHER is far superior (as in multiple orders of magnitude) to anything you'll find on FM. It is sort of bizarre to proclaim your opposition to a product on the basis of who the company's shareholders are. While you can boycott for whatever reasons, you do so at your own disadvantage. I'm going on the information they filed with the SEC at the time I made my purchase. Everyone should do their own research. If you look at their quarterly report filed on March 31, 2004, you will see that there is still a very tight knit relationship with Clear Channel and it's Premiere Radio network. That same report states the following: "Randall Mays, a member of our board of directors, is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Clear Channel Communications. " The fact that they are involved with XM is enough for me. I don't claim that Clear Channel is micromanaging the show content, but I think we all know Clear Channel's political agenda and that going against the interests of one of your major stock holders and the wishes of a board member isn't a good strategy. I don't care to contribute to the RNC or the Bush reelection campaign. Since Clear Channel is or was a major stock holder and occupies a seat on the XM board, it only makes sense that part of the proffits or appreciaiton in the stock value would benefit Clear Channel. I don't look at this as a boycott. It is making a choice based on my personal value system. I haven't listened to XM, so I can't personally comment on the quality of their music programming. Let's face it, there is only so many recording by so many artists. When you have over 120 streams of music and entertainment going 24/7 I don't see how there could be much difference. I also understand that XM has commercials on their music streams and Sirius does not. Frankly, I didn't get satellite radio to listen to music. The right wing gleefully boycotts everything Disney, and I have no problem with that. I think everyone should be aware of the consequences of making a purchase. There is no point in spending money that will eventually be used to support cases that you don't agree with or which you feel will cause harm. You can see the XM quarterly report and all their other filings on the SEC's website. Here is a link to the report http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...82454/d10q.htm |
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