said by TK Junk Mail 
:The key issue appears to be whether or not the satellite-radio marketplace is its own separate entity -- XM and Sirius are the only national license holders -- or part of a larger audio marketplace that includes terrestrial radio, cable radio, Internet radio and downloads.
It is obvious that satellite radio competes with all those other audio sources and is in fact losing the battle(which is mostly in cars) due to iPod interfaces, media harddrives in cars, digital AM & FM in newer cars, etc.
The only reason this merger wasn't already approved is because the radio network companies(like Clear Channel) don't want more competition than they already have.
I completely agree. The FCC and Justice Department need to sit down and decide one way or another and stop listening to ClearChannel. (Who came into my city and bought up all the radio stations, then turned them all into Top 25 Pop music stations)
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