Magnified Blazar

Who Comes First, The Customer or the Business Itself?

Wrong. There is no reason to host Mel's pity party, Tyler. Foolish deals with these "big names" are to blame for the pains, and Mel & Co. are the people who did it.

Now they want to water down the music channels with the classic Sirius repetitive airplay of the same songs on a more narrow channel selection and tell the consumer "Tough."
Ha!
How about giving up that company-back-breaking paycheck, Mel? How about dumping the book crushing burdens like Martha Stewart (I've never met a person that ever listened to her radio show) and Howard Stern (a half-a-billion dollars? Who is the idiot that offered Stern this golden deal?? - Oh.)

The MUSIC CHANNELS were THE DRAW for most subscribers... and Mel has ruined that, and in that, may have destroyed the company... because it will be awfully hard to rebuild that trust between company and consumer again... especially with the XM subscribers who feel they have been cheated the most. (Oh man, these Sirius DJs even talk over the intros of songs like common FM morning zoo Clear Channel clowns!)

GM, Ford & Chrysler thought they could crank out any product they wanted to and not care about what the consumer wanted... and they thought they consumer would HAVE to buy it. They found out wrong too, didn't they? If Sirius XM thinks they can do the same thing, then satellite radio will not survive what ever the next technology is that comes out. Satellite radio will join the Sony Beta VCR as a mismanaged technology. You MUST produce what the consumer will buy. THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE TO A BOTTOM LINE.

Investors... look for the financial turmoil to deepen under this completely out-of-touch management. Subscriptions will have a small Christmas pop, but will spiral again after the 3 free months is over.

Tyler... don't take this too hard, but consider distancing yourself from the Mel brand... or you may not have any readers very soon either. Siriusly, dude.