Hints and tips:
...Sirius XM’s $3.5bn deal to buy online radio trailblazer Pandora Media will be music to the ears of John Malone. The media boss seems keen to roll up American radio services....
...Netflix is taking a step into the world of audio entertainment, with a promotional channel on Sirius XM radio to showcase its growing roster of comedians....
...SiriusXM does not play today,” said Jim Meyer, Sirius chief executive....
...XM satellite radio, through a strategy of control and influence rather than full ownership....
...Holders of those shares will receive new shares in Liberty Braves (owner of the Atlanta Braves baseball team), Liberty Sirius (owner of satellite radio company Sirius XM) and Liberty Media (the holding company...
...However, revenues from streaming radio services, such as Pandora — which are collected and distributed by SoundExchange, the digital rights agency — grew sharply from $590m to $773m....
...Such moves have not slowed the growth of established streaming brands such as Spotify and Rhapsody and Sirius XM digital radio....
...Shareholders in the satellite radio provider Sirius XM have had a grand five years. Now they must decide if they want to diversify into baseball, bookstores, concerts and cable TV....
...John Malone’s Liberty Media has dropped its bid to buy a minority stake in Sirius XM, the satellite radio operator, in favour of a rights issue to raise funds for further acquisitions in the cable industry...
...John Malone’s Liberty Media, which has been strengthening its hold over Sirius XM since the depths of the financial crisis, on Friday proposed to make the satellite radio broadcaster a wholly owned subsidiary...
...Liberty Media, which is focused on US media companies, has in the past few years spun off the Starz cable channel, taken control of Sirius XM satellite radio and acquired a 27 per cent of Charter Communications...
...Incumbents such as Clear Channel, Sirius XM and Global Radio have largely survived the rise of digital focused start-ups such as Spotify, Deezer and Pandora....
...XM, the satellite radio group, and Virgin Media, the UK cable TV provider....
...Sirius XM’s subscriptions....
...The deal comes after Liberty Media, Charter’s largest shareholder, proposed earlier this month to make satellite radio broadcaster Sirius XM a wholly owned subsidiary in a deal that could give it more resources...
...Yet a string of recent deals, in which Liberty Media spun off the Starz channel, took control of Sirius XM satellite radio, built a stake in Barnes & Noble and returned to cable distribution by buying 27...
...Liberty gradually took a majority stake in Sirius XM, but Mr Maffei said this reflected the unusual circumstances of its investment, when it rescued the satellite radio company during the 2009 financial...
...Under Mr Malone and Greg Maffei, chief executive, Liberty Media has shown a leaning towards subscription-based businesses such as Sirius XM, the satellite radio group, and an opportunistic approach to acquisitions...
...Mel Karmazin is leaving his post as chief executive of Sirius XM Radio in February as John Malone’s Liberty Media closes in on its battle for control of the satellite radio broadcaster....
...The FCC’s five commissioners meeting in Washington unanimously approved a compromise proposal submitted by AT&T and Sirius XM Radio earlier this year that protects the satellite radio service by instituting...
...In June, AT&T and Sirius XM, the US satellite radio operator, filed a joint proposal with the FCC that the two companies argue would enable the spectrum to be used for mobile internet services while protecting...
...Liberty Media, John Malone’s holding company, plans to spin off its Starz entertainment company, giving Liberty more firepower in its battle for Sirius XM, the satellite radio company....
...Sirius XM is fending off an attempt by Liberty Media to seize control of the satellite radio broadcaster....
...Liberty Media, John Malone’s holding company, has ramped up its battle for control of Sirius XM, the satellite radio broadcaster....
...Sirius XM , the satellite radio company, moved down 3.1 per cent to $2.33 after having risen 7 per cent in the past two trading sessions....
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