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| DFWSternFan1975 |
| wow...now i am wondering if Howard will jump to sirius sooner . |
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| Nursegrrl8 |
Quote: Originally posted by sinisterurge100
CNBC just announced Mel Karmazin has been named new head of Sirius. No links yet , because it was just announced not even 5 minutes ago. |
no way!!!:) |
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| Earth Dog |
| Fox news just confirmed. |
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| sinisterurge100 |
| Im looking all over the place for a link because Maria Bartiromo just announced it while she was talking to some Disney exec. |
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| Kod478 |
wow i remember howard saying that mel thought satellite would never work...I guess he had a change of heart
howard and mel together again
if this is true, a lot of executives at xm and everywhere else are shittin themselves,
nice! |
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| Roland |
| Damn... Didn't see that coming. |
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| DFWSternFan1975 |
| you know someone's stock of sirius just went up or will be when the market opens tommorow |
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| hendrix5150 |
| You guys cant be Sirius can you!!! ;) hahaha. This is an awesome fucking day! |
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| KakTheInfected |
...link? I don't have cable so I can't check any news channels and this sounds a little...conveinent.
If it's true, then w00t :D |
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| sinisterurge100 |
Nice...now the thread has some validation. |
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| DFWSternFan1975 |
4:40pm 11/18/04
Viacom's ex-president Karmazin to join Sirius as CEO (VIA, SIRI, VIA.B) By Heather Wilson
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Mel Karmazin, the former COO and president of Viacom (VIA) (VIA.B) , was named chief executive officer of Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) on Thursday, according to Ad Age. Karmazin follows radio personality Howard Stern to Sirius. Stern recently announced that he was leaving Viacom's Infinity Radio at the end of his contract to join the satellite radio company. Viacom is a significant investor in CBS MarketWatch, the publisher of this report. |
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| skore |
Drudge put a link to a Crain's NY article about it up and it looks like it crashed their server already:
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| texasfan |
Their getting serious.
:D |
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| hendrix5150 |
| Boy what a great month.. Kidd Chris on the cover of FMQB and Howard makes does this huge radio giveaway Rally. And now Mel is ahead of Sirius. :D |
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| edbite |
SIRI
Last Change (%) After Hours Chg (%)** Trade Time Bid Ask
5.892 0.942 (19.03) 1.172 (24.83) 16:56 5.89 (101) 5.892 (35) |
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| skore |
From AdAge - the first ones to report on it:
MEL KARMAZIN NAMED CEO OF SIRIUS RADIO
Former Viacom President to Join Howard Stern
November 18, 2004
QwikFIND ID: AAQ13T
By Claire Atkinson and Matthew Creamer
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Mel Karmazin is joining Sirius Satellite Radio as CEO, according to executives familiar with the matter.
Photo: AP
Mel Karmazin, former president and COO of Viacom, will become the CEO of Sirius Radio.
Mr. Karmazin, the former Viacom chief operating officer and president of Viacom, exited the company in May and said last week at a radio conference in Portugal that his future involved either linking with an investment company or joining a high-growth company or remain doing nothing. Mr. Karmazin did not respond to an e-mail request for comment.
Mr. Karmazin's name has been floated in connection with Sirius ever since the company signed radio personality Howard Stern to a five-year, $500 million deal. Mssers. Stern and Karmazin have long worked closely together. Mr. Stern is currently tied to his contract to Viacom's Infinity Radio. |
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| JoeyBoots |
Quote: Originally posted by skore
From AdAge - the first ones to report on it:
MEL KARMAZIN NAMED CEO OF SIRIUS RADIO
Former Viacom President to Join Howard Stern
November 18, 2004
QwikFIND ID: AAQ13T
By Claire Atkinson and Matthew Creamer
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Mel Karmazin is joining Sirius Satellite Radio as CEO, according to executives familiar with the matter.
Photo: AP
Mel Karmazin, former president and COO of Viacom, will become the CEO of Sirius Radio.
Mr. Karmazin, the former Viacom chief operating officer and president of Viacom, exited the company in May and said last week at a radio conference in Portugal that his future involved either linking with an investment company or joining a high-growth company or remain doing nothing. Mr. Karmazin did not respond to an e-mail request for comment.
Mr. Karmazin's name has been floated in connection with Sirius ever since the company signed radio personality Howard Stern to a five-year, $500 million deal. Mssers. Stern and Karmazin have long worked closely together. Mr. Stern is currently tied to his contract to Viacom's Infinity Radio. |
this is fucking great news!!! :clap: |
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| SirGaryColeman |
| Jesus, today was the day to invest in this... |
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| free85 |
why is it fucking great news
it does'nt effect me
does it mean anything to any one here |
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| aj1000101 |
exact-fucking-mently...
this is GIGANTIC NEWS!!!!!!!
now i know HS will make a 'secret' trip to vegas around jan 6-9, 2005... ;) |
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| DFWSternFan1975 |
Quote: Originally posted by free85
why is it fucking great news
it does'nt effect me
does it mean anything to any one here |
someone explain this to him.... |
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| sinisterurge100 |
| I wonder if Opie and Anthony have hung themselves yet. I went to their site just to read some of the shit people were writing , and even their die hard fans are now saying how bad XM fucked up. Some of them are seriously pissed about the fact that O&A didnt do a little promotional give away. |
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| MC900footjesus |
what a grand scheme....The press release was obviously released right at the moment that Stern was taping Letterman.
I assume that Stern signed with Sirius months ago knowing that things were going in this direction. There was probably a clause in his contract calling for Karmazin to become CEO within a few months of signing the contract...
Greatness...the stock is up 1 dollar in after hours... |
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| DFWSternFan1975 |
Quote: Originally posted by sinisterurge100
I wonder if Opie and Anthony have hung themselves yet. I went to their site just to read some of the shit people were writing , and even their die hard fans are now saying how bad XM fucked up. Some of them are seriously pissed about the fact that O&A didnt do a little promotional give away. |
:lol: :lol: |
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| SirGaryColeman |
| Next announcement: Stern's contract paid off, going to Sirius 1 year early |
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| DFWSternFan1975 |
Quote: Originally posted by sinisterurge100
I wonder if Opie and Anthony have hung themselves yet. I went to their site just to read some of the shit people were writing , and even their die hard fans are now saying how bad XM fucked up. Some of them are seriously pissed about the fact that O&A didnt do a little promotional give away. |
speaking of which...lol this is funny...
It's War: XM Radio crashes Stern / Sirius Rally
| Quote: XM Satellite Radio and the O&A Army were at the Stern / Sirius Rally in full force armed with XM Satellite Radio protest signs, O&A 'WOW' stickers, t-shirts, hats and the Opie & Anthony/XM Radio van. Met with cheers and boos from the crowd, the O&A Army had a massive presence all day in Union Square and managed to steal at least some of the attention from Howard's show. |
http://www.foundrymusic.com/opieant...ie_s_Rally.html
i would like to point out one thing from that quote...
| Quote: the O&A Army had a massive presence all day in Union Square and managed to steal at least some of the attention from Howard's show. |
lol i heard that they only 10 people from O&A |
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| VegasSternFreak |
I bought 1000 sh. Siruis SIRI stock 4 weeks ago at 3.53.
This is what I call a bottom feeder. Cheap stock. Long shot. Let it sit and hopefully it grows big.
The past 2 days have been insane!
Today's news is GREAT. Yesterday's news of SIRIUS becoming available at TARGET stores was great.
The stock is up $1.02 in after hours trading at $5.74 and is in-play.
It will open for sure tomorrow at a 52 week high.
I expect this stock to be a $50 bad boy by 2008.
Thanks for the free cash HOWARD!! |
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| skore |
| The other funny thing about that article on Foundry Music is that they link to orbitcast.com b/c it was the lead story but that has already changed to a story about Mel & Sirius... |
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| sinisterurge100 |
Quote: Originally posted by DFWSternFan1975
speaking of which...lol this is funny...
It's War: XM Radio crashes Stern / Sirius Rally
http://www.foundrymusic.com/opieant...ie_s_Rally.html
i would like to point out one thing from that quote...
lol i heard that they only 10 people from O&A |
If you read some of the shit on whackbag their fans are even saying it was a bullshit weak attempt at trying to make a presence. Im sitting here just checking out all the threads over their and slowly watching people blow up at each other. You dont have to sign up to read the threads , I didnt. Go check it out. Its fucking hillarious. And such a slap in the face to those two dipshits , their owns fans are starting to revolt on the site. |
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| KingSoundBytes |
I saw this on Howard's BB and thought it was some ass posting!
Great news, and I wonder how long Viacom will keep him on knowing for the next year he's going to talk about all of this crap. |
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| djequipment |
Quote: Originally posted by free85
why is it fucking great news
it does'nt effect me
does it mean anything to any one here |
As a SIRI shareholder it means plenty to me!!! I'm dancing a friggin jig!!!
I've been holding some shares from $2.11!!
We should see $6.00 tomorrow!!! |
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| djequipment |
| According to a link I just found it looks like Howard might be annoucing the "free unit" offer to all of America tonight on Letterman!!! |
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| DFWSternFan1975 |
The Board of Directors of SIRIUS Satellite Radio has named Mel Karmazin as Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Joseph P. Clayton, who will remain at SIRIUS as Chairman of the Board of Directors and said, "I am very confident that Mel will accelerate the very positive momentum that we have established at SIRIUS in the past two years. Our recent announcement of the signing of Howard Stern, our exclusive relationship with the National Football League and the partnerships with automakers such as DaimlerChrysler, Ford and BMW are all indications that satellite radio has a central role in the future of broadcast media. We fully expect to achieve the subscriber projections we have given to Wall Street for this year."
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/s...+2004,+04:44+PM |
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| j3ff |
| :cool: I CANT WAIT! God! what a great day! |
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| Mutt |
| sinisterurge100, hope you don't mind I added an url. wanted to stick you on the homepage |
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| sinisterurge100 |
Quote: Originally posted by Mutt
sinisterurge100, hope you don't mind I added an url. wanted to stick you on the homepage |
Not at all , Hey I got my first "Look" post. Sweet. |
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| sathack |
This is a great day. First the massive giveaway which will probably increase Sirius subscription almost immediately and then this news about Mel Karmazin this a is huge blow to free radio and XM. And then tonight I can't wait to hear what Howard says on Letterman. I hope Howard caps off the night with something huge.
And I can't wait to hear what Howard says tommarrow about Mel Karmazin joining his team. Maybe he'll announce tonight that he is leaving early. Even though it probably wont happen a man can dream, cant he? |
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| Purity Knight |
This really adds validation to Howard that he truely made the right decision.
Great day for Stern fans. Sirius now has a CEO who has ALWAYS backed Stern in thick and thin. :boobies: |
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| EnderGT |
Quote: Originally posted by Purity Knight
This really adds validation to Howard that he truely made the right decision.
Great day for Stern fans. Sirius now has a CEO who has ALWAYS backed Stern in thick and thin. :boobies: |
Yeah I bet Howard is really psyched about this. I'm sure Mel told him before it was announced today.
I really do hope Sirius buries XM. |
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| kali |
cool!
another Fuck You to the cockless religious right :D |
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| innersanctum |
From the CBS Report...what is the purpose of this statement:
| Quote: Viacom is a significant investor in CBS MarketWatch, the publisher of this report. |
Are they trying to show that they are reporting all the news, even if it affects them adversely? |
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| Madbandit |
Quote: Originally posted by sinisterurge100
I wonder if Opie and Anthony have hung themselves yet. I went to their site just to read some of the shit people were writing , and even their die hard fans are now saying how bad XM fucked up. Some of them are seriously pissed about the fact that O&A didnt do a little promotional give away. |
Well, they didn't have the FORESIGHT as Howie does when going to satellite.
WA WA We didn't have the brains to tell anyone we were going to XM while we got sacked WA WAA!!! |
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| VegasSternFreak |
Greenspan fucked us today by opening his old ass yap.
SIRI ended up at 5.17. High was 5.55 around the opening.
I was hoping to see a $6 run today. See what Monday brings. |
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| anthonycomedian |
| Great stuff... Mel is going to make Sirius great. |
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| Luther |
| Mel Karmazin is a legend in the industry. People have to take satellite radio seriously. |
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| Jokiefan |
| Great pic from the rally. I love that little prick Ronnie SS Mund trying to puff up his chest! |
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| mini |
hopefully mel will get more exposure for sirius.
can't shake the feeling that commercials are soon to follow....the business model of subscription alone is tough. |
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