Sirius XM Prepares For Bankruptcy

Per the NY Times via Orbitcast

BREAKING!!!

Per Greg and Tony, they have re-signed. More to come.

Norton, btw is not signed.

Boooooo

From FMQB

Sirius XM Begins Cross-Platform Programming

September 30, 2008 The merging of Sirius and XM continues, as content from one satcaster has now begun appearing on the other. XM's Web site is now touting Howard Stern's Howard 100 & 101 channels as part of its programming. Meanwhile, Opie & Anthony are now appearing on Sirius' Web site, with "The Virus" as its channel 197. O&A are also sticking with the merged satcaster, as the duo revealed this morning that they inked a new deal two weeks ago. Also making a cross-platform appearance from XM to Sirius are Oprah & Friends (Sirius 195), XM Public Radio (Sirius 196), NHL Home Ice (Sirius 208), The PGA TOUR Network (Sirius 209). Sirius channels now available on XM are Playboy Radio (XM 99), Martha Stwerat Living Radio (XM 103), Sirius NASCAR Radio (XM 104) and Sirius NFL Radio (XM 105). In other Sirius XM news, the company has set a new team of executives for its After Market division. Bob Law, VP/GM of the division, announced the appointments in a bulletin to employees yesterday. The After Market team will contribute to subscriber and financial growth. The new executive team is made up of: VP of direct to consumer sales & marketing Matt Downing, VP of product marketing Sean Gibbons, VP of After Market operations Todd Goodnight and VP of CE manufacturing Denzil Miller. They join Mike Roberts (VP of retail distribution) and Tom Steckbeck (VP of special markets), who were appointed earlier this month.

Here, But Wait What

Well, It's September 30, 4 days before the boys' contract expires. No word on the contract, but Opie and and Anthony are being promoted as part of Sirius' "The Best Of XM" Package.



As you can see here.


Apparently the production work on display is what Steve and the staff were fighting about on-air on Friday.

There Is Hope

Multiple sources today reported that the Virus, Home of Opie and Anthony, would be offered as part of an "XM On Sirius" package to begin on October 6.

With all due respect to Ron and Fez, Noon to 3, I don't think this would offer much if The Boys weren't going to be on 202.

Sarah Palin, Come On Down

Hopefully, Opie and Anthony will pick up this one:

Straight Talk Excess: John McCain called wife "cunt", "trollop"

John McCain called his wife Cindy a "cunt" in front of at least five witnesses on the campaign trail in 1992, according to Cliff Schecter's new book:

Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and said, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain's face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days. [The Real McCain, PoliPoint Press, 2008.]

see also

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Uh, Oh

So, I was listening to the early morning Saturday replay on 202 today, and on comes an announcement saying that 202 would/could be preempted for College Football on Saturdays in the fall, given the demand on bandwidth for such things.

E Lo wouldn't have let that happen

Cone Of Silence

What we know is that Opie and Anthony met with counterparts at Sirius XM last Wednesday at the end of the XM show.

As Opie stated, "We can't keep Hoo Hoo waiting".

The next day, the boys reported that they were under a Cone of Silence and that "our Jew" (Bob Eatman) is now negotiating with "their Jew" (presumably Scott Greenstein of Sirius)


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