[Hemingway's Ghost]

Monopolies are antithetical to competition. Competition is a healthy thing in a free market enterprise system. I detect by the tone of your posts that you don't like the traditional media (MSM) outlets, but countering one bad idea with another isn't an intelligent solution. Sure, you'll get some new content... for a while, and once they've got you by the short and curlies your back to a single narrow information pipe with one gatekeeper. Then you'll be screaming about the MSM in the sky.

The XM/Sirius merger would be monopolistic exactly how? Once XM and Sirius merge, would you no longer be able to listen to any other form of audio content?

The very fact that the NAB protested this merger so vigorously proves that they compete with satellite radio. Since they do, how can a combined XM/Sirius be monopolistic? The market is audio, not satellite radio.

Sheesh.

[SpaceBar]

It sounds like you’re suggesting that only one automobile manufacturer would be acceptable because horses are always available.