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Sirius/XM: It’s Much More than a Money Issue

So we have a last minute bailout for Sirius/XM with John Malone riding in as the white knight.

Mel ends up with $530m in bailout dough, and life goes on. But satellite radio has deeper problems that begin and end with the paying customer. Because if current subscribers don’t renew, and economically challenged new customers don’t come into the slot….all the bailout money in the world will not slow the eventual demise of a technology that is already outdated. 

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