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Satellite merger in jeopardy over 0pie and Anthony bit

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Insideradio

O&A did a bit featuring a homeless guy talking about forced sex with Condi Rice. The bit was done on Xm. This site is trying to stir up outrage over the segment. Could this get the boys fired? Jeopardize the merger? Or is it just a publicity ploy for the website? I listened to the bit in real time and laughed... but these days who knows what's going to get you fired.

http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/shock_jocks_put.html
 
Some of these folks who gave their jobs up thinking going to social blogging was going to be the future are desperate for someone to listen. Or as the first response to this lonely guys blog said:

"slow news day huh? its a pay service, stop grasping at straws to get hits on your website. you attack free speech now and YOU will have none later."

The only people that don't want the merger are terrestrial radio who is loosing market share to satellite, namely Sirius. XM is worse than muzak. OA is unlistenable. Hence why they do a zero shares in some cities and are starting to be dropped in a few. This guy might be the only person to actually here the show that day. Merger's a good deal to bale XM out of one bad business move after another. I hope it goes through, I know it's already too late for me as satellite is where I'm at now and a lot are following me. Now if terrestrial radio would take the antenna out of their ass and learn how to program for people and not for ratings people like me wouldn't be leaving.
 
This blogger is an idiot. The merger is in trouble becuase of anti-trust issues and Mel Karmizan. O&A/Stern/Ron & Fez/Bubba no matter how good they are, none of them can make the merger fail.
 
Walter Graff said:
Some of these folks who gave their jobs up thinking going to social blogging was going to be the future are desperate for someone to listen. Or as the first response to this lonely guys blog said:

"slow news day huh? its a pay service, stop grasping at straws to get hits on your website. you attack free speech now and YOU will have none later."

The only people that don't want the merger are terrestrial radio who is loosing market share to satellite, namely Sirius. XM is worse than muzak. OA is unlistenable. Hence why they do a zero shares in some cities and are starting to be dropped in a few. This guy might be the only person to actually here the show that day. Merger's a good deal to bale XM out of one bad business move after another. I hope it goes through, I know it's already too late for me as satellite is where I'm at now and a lot are following me. Now if terrestrial radio would take the antenna out of their ass and learn how to program for people and not for ratings people like me wouldn't be leaving.
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Not sure where you get your business news that Sirius is a better business or model than XM. I've done extensive research on both companies and owned both companies before they tanked. Basically both companies are in the crapper, stock prices are very low, with XM being the more valuable of the two companies. Business wise they are at worse equal and though if operated alone, XM would be the survivor of the two.

Also not sure what you mean by radio programming for ratings not people, wouldn't they have to program for people in order to get ratings?
 
titoisradio said:
Also not sure what you mean by radio programming for ratings not people, wouldn't they have to program for people in order to get ratings?
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It's message board-speak for "I don't like radio so you aren't allowed to like it either".
 
Insideradio said:
O&A did a bit featuring a homeless guy talking about forced sex with Condi Rice. The bit was done on Xm. This site is trying to stir up outrage over the segment. Could this get the boys fired? Jeopardize the merger? Or is it just a publicity ploy for the website? I listened to the bit in real time and laughed... but these days who knows what's going to get you fired.

http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/shock_jocks_put.html
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You laughed? What kind of a sick racist individual are you laughing about raping a black woman? You should be ashamed of yourself.

O&A need to me FIRED NOW from XM. Dan Mason @ CBS also needs to make a statement that they will not tolerate talent that would contribute to these kinds of despicable statements by firing them.
 
deadman said:
This blogger is an idiot. The merger is in trouble becuase of anti-trust issues and Mel Karmizan. O&A/Stern/Ron & Fez/Bubba no matter how good they are, none of them can make the merger fail.
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I would agree that primarily the merger is in trouble do to anti-trust issues. I don't see the merger happening. I would disagree that their talent can't hurt the merger. If XM doesn't step up to the plate and fire O&A over this, it will come up in the hearings. This will also give fuel to the movement that all content even subscription should be regulated.

I find it DISGUSTING that any company would pay someone to talk about raping a woman and feel it is fine to profit from it. FIRE THEM XM NOW!
 
"Not sure where you get your business news that Sirius is a better business or model than XM."

Never used teh term. Not talking about stock numbers. Stock numbers tell you something about a company but not necessarily how it's doing in the real world. Sirius is programmed much better than XM.

"Also not sure what you mean by radio programming for ratings not people, wouldn't they have to program for people in order to get ratings?"

Seem to me that in the days when a big company who based success on spread sheet numbers didn't own the world, the folks who did run stations had more room to breath and made programming that made the station part of it's listenership, not just a frequency on the dial. I don't feel radio has a personality today, one that listeners an relate to.
 
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