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DiMA President & CEO: Critics of ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees Are Missing the Point

"The decrees are not broken," writes Garrett Levin, president and CEO of digital services trade group DiMA.

Billboard
Garrett Levin

The U.S. Department of Justice recently convened a series of workshops to review “competition in licensing in public performance rights.” For a government agency considering seismic changes to music licensing laws, it was well-intentioned and an appropriate exercise. Regrettably, however, the conversation lacked the critical perspective of numerous voices, including the music streaming services and…

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SiriusXM radio calls audibles for sports shows in pandemic

Associated Press
Joe Reedy

When you oversee 19 sports stations, radio programming is a daily challenge. During a pandemic, it can become like throwing a no-hitter, scoring a hat trick and winning a NASCAR race all in one. Just ask Steve Cohen, SiriusXM’s senior vice president for sports, whose company broadcasts everything from baseball to hockey to soccer to…

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How SiriusXM’s the Highway, airing ‘Stagecouch’ this weekend, became a not-so-secret weapon for new country singers

The Washington Post
Emily Yahr

For the millions of people who subscribe to satellite radio, it’s a reliable source of time travel: big band sounds from the 1940s, alternative grunge, classic R&B, early millennium pop smashes, the Beatles, hours of Howard Stern interviews. The possibility to get lost in the past is endless. But at the other end of the…

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Doctor Radio & NYU Langone Health launch 24/7 coronavirus-focused channel & hotline

SiriusXM channel 121 becomes “Coronavirus: What You Need To Know,” and will be available on both active and inactive SiriusXM radios, and on SiriusXM streaming platforms

Sirius XM
Sirius XM

SiriusXM, in conjunction with NYU Langone Health, launched a special 24/7 channel dedicated to providing the public with the latest information on the coronavirus outbreak. The channel launched on Friday, March 6 at 6pm ET and features programming from SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio (Ch. 110). It is available on both active and inactive SiriusXM radios on…

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Get around-the-clock updates & expert advice about the coronavirus on SXM’s Doctor Radio

SiriusXM Blog
SiriusXM Blog

SiriusXM today announced that Doctor Radio (Ch. 110) and NYU Langone Health’s medical experts will launch 24/7 programming, live and on demand, dedicated to the latest news and updates surrounding the coronavirus. All programming will be presented by NYU Langone’s team of world-class infectious disease and medical authorities and curated by SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio channel programmers.

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SoundCloud Secures $75M Investment from Pandora Owner SiriusXM

Music Business Worldwide
Tim Ingham

SoundCloud has just announced that it has secured $75 million investment from SiriusXM – which, remember, acquired another leading music streaming platform, Pandora, last year in a $3.5bn all-stock transaction.

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How SiriusXM Is Beating the Subscriber Paradox & Scoring a Better Return Than Streaming Services

Billboard
Glenn Peoples

Whether music or podcasts, on-demand listening is the greatest change to recorded music in the last decade. Yet satellite radio — launched before iTunes revolutionized how music is purchased — continues to thrive as streaming services flourish. SiriusXM’s 2019 earnings report, which dropped Tuesday, shows that the satellite radio service added 1 million subscribers and…

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Revisit 1,000 of the biggest and best classic rock tracks of all time on SiriusXM

SiriusXM Blog
SiriusXM Blog

Are you ready to rock? SiriusXM is counting down 1,000 of the most colossal classic rock jams in celebration of the eras that made the genre great. Tune in for the rock countdown to end all rock countdowns (the final countdown, if you will) and rediscover classic rock’s most crucial cuts with the Classic Rock Top 1,000 on Channel…

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Biggest stars in sports & entertainment converge on SiriusXM for Super Bowl Week

SiriusXM Blog
SiriusXM Blog

SiriusXM is offering an exceptional week of programming for Super Bowl LIV in Miami Beach, including multiple live broadcasts of the game in seven languages, a dedicated Super Bowl LIV pop-up channel, plus a wide-ranging mix of sports, entertainment and music programming that will connect listeners with many of today’s biggest stars.

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SiriusXM and Pandora test bundle discounts

TechCrunch
Sarah Perez

It’s been less than a year since SiriusXM completed its $3.5 billion acquisition of streaming music service Pandora, but the two companies have already leveraged their collective assets to boost each other’s services.