[Paleo Conservative]

As if they needed a Stern warning.

[boomop1]

Good

[jpl]

That sound you hear is Mel Karmazin's reputation going down the toilet.

[Vaquero]

I dont need to pay for radio. it is free. I will put up with a few commercials if I have to...

...and I stopped listening to Stern when he fired Jackie and got all full of himself over his movie.

He is old hat.

[llevrok]

Stern is so "90's" (yawn).

[NJ_gent]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: that mega contract they handed Stern is going to put Sirius out of business. It's a shame too, as an XM subscriber, I see it as competition exiting the market. That's never a good thing.

[dead]

It's a one-time stock payment.

The fact that their costs per new subscriber fell 41 percent might be why the stock is rising again.

The jury's still out on whether the Stern deal is a winner or not.

[sheik yerbouty]

Oh, the inanity!

[HitmanLV]

Sirius reported a net loss of $458.5 million, or 33 cents a share, for the January-March period compared with a loss of $193.6 million, or 15 cents a share, a year ago.

It must be cool having people give you a fortune and all you have to do to is lose 1/2 billion dollars. Seems somebody could do just as well with no business degree and no experience at all! :-)

[stevem]

They lose a little on every sale, but they make it up on volume.

[dc-zoo]

Sounds "series". I hope their losses continue to be "hugh".

[NYCRebublican]

This reminds me of the nineties and the dot-coms. Do whatever it takes to get market share - damn the costs. Once you have the market you can focus on profitability.

The problem is just when you have established the market and are ready to squeeze your customers to make your profit the competition squeezes you.

If you have to buy your market at such a high price, is it really worth having. Capital always has to be spent, don't get me wrong, but maintaining profitability should always come first. The best businesses focus on providing a good service or product for profit. If your product or service is good the market will follow.

In my opinion these companies are overpaying for content.

[Aquinasfan]

Hughes and Anthony Cumia, who now work for XM. CBS Radio had fired them in 2002 after they aired a live account of people having sex in St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Since they haven't changed their act, why are they being welcomed back? < /rhetorical question>