Re: [Swprograms] Slightly OT: For whom the bell tolls

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

I believe it made a difference for the aftermarket portion of their
business; admittedly that's less than 50% of their subscriber base.

I held off making a decision regarding reinstating my canceled service
until the merger was OK'd.  Even though I did not re-up my service, I
simply made no decision while the merger was pending.

Richard Cuff

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:28 AM,  <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All true.  But to be completely fair, the clueless FCC of Kevin Martin took almost two years to approve this merger--mostly due to the FCC's thrall-like posture toward the broadcast industry.  Maybe in the end it wouldn't have made any difference.  But the "audio services" market had already changed considerably by the time Sirius and XM proposed their merger and the speed of that change only picked up while Martin dithered.  The unconscionalbe delay certainly didn't help matters.

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