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Paul Webster wrote:
"BadAsCan" wrote:

I told everybody in this group in 2005 that Sirius and XM were going to
merge. It was inevitable. The reason for the merge is Howard Stern. Stern is
just too powerful and has a huge fan base. Howard will be the undisputed
king of satellite radio

I'm not claiming any great knowledge here - but if Howard Stern was
the critical factor then wouldn't the company that has his contract
simply keep going alone and take all of the customers from the other?

Look at the subscriber numbers for each service, and you'll see that
whether it's due to Stern or not, Sirius is doing much better than XM.