Comments on: Sirius CEO: This Sucks

By: Approve a Massive Stock Dilution? Surely, You Can’t Be Serious. … I Am Sirius, and Stop Calling Me Shirley. | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:06:07 +0000

[...] long-term viability is another problem entirely, one that’s not easily solved . With an almost $5 billion loss in its last quarter, subscriber growth plateauing, and the U.S. auto industry — a major source of new Sirius [...]

By: Charles Scott

Charles Scott — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:26:51 +0000

Mel, you really need to stop creating a Clearchannel on the sattellite. When I first started using XM the stations were great, programming great, selection great and now that the merge has taken effect 3 of my favorite channels are gone. These things are the reason that your shares and subscriptions are falling. I can hear most of the same programming on the terrestrial stations, only difference is the lack of commercials on the music stations. You guys are really making a lot of people angry. I say bring back the channels that were cancelled after the merger and you willget some of the subscribers back.

By: Trade You 77 shares of SIRI for 1 Month of ‘Sirius Everything’ | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:33:53 +0000

[...] which he bemoaned on an earnings call last month with a very blunt, but entirely apt: “This environment sucks.” And though he was he happy to discuss privatization with the Journal, just a few months ago, [...]

By: paul guillen

paul guillen — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:55:04 +0000

I have a question for Mel K.

What do Sirius shareholders have to be happy about? It seems the pps took a nosedive ever since you became CEO. You’ve said or done nothing against the onslaught of negative attacks instigated by a horde of anti-SatRad lobbyists. Mel, you vainly promoted Sirius on the Mad Money program and told viewers to purchase Sirius shares. Mel, you and your IR department told shareholders that the company was solid enough and that a reverse split was not anticipated. Mel, quit blaming the economy and start taking charge.For starters, you paid entirely too much for a contract with Howard Stern, so begin with retracting his salary and follow through with the rest of your hired talent.

By: Kevin Casey

Kevin Casey — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:16:39 +0000

The FCC held up this merger costing us millions. The stock has dropped below the horizon and yet Mel still holds faith that we will be profitable again. He isn’t there with his hand out saying help me or my company will go under while spending tax dollars on executive retreats. He is just going to fix it. That’s what good CEOs do. They do their job. Mel 2012!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Frank Paolino

Frank Paolino — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:49:01 +0000

It doesn’t help that it took the FCC 18 months to approve the merger. That is 18 months NOT focused on delivering value to customers, but trying to explain to the FCC why this merger will not produce a monopoly. Perhaps the FCC never heard of the internet, or AM/FM radio, so did not know that two real competitors already existed!

P.S. I run a small business ( http://www.maysoft.com/ ), and if I spent 18 months distracted like this, I would have NO earnings to report!