Parsons Says XM Facing Challenges & Management Changes

[Rich]

XM Satellite's Chairman Parsons: 2Q Looks 'Challenging'
5:37 PM EDT May 31, 2006


By Ellen Sheng
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--XM Satellite Radio Inc. (XMSR) is in for a
"challenging" second quarter due to both softness in the retail market
and recent company-specific issues, Chairman Gary Parsons said
Wednesday.
Speaking at an investor conference, Parsons acknowledged that recent
inquiries have been distracting. XM has been slapped with a lawsuit
alleging that its portable player, the "Inno," should be subject to
higher performance rights fees because it can record and store music.
The company is also facing inquiries from the Federal Communications
Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.
XM lowered its year-end subscriber views last week, citing slower
retail sales and slower than anticipated availability of new products.
XM still has a strong product but has suffered from "not as good
execution just of late," Parsons said. Despite the disappointments, "we
hit a lot of the numbers we wanted to hit in the first quarter" and are
now "dedicated to make sure we get back on track."
Parsons said the company's management may need some "augmentation" in
light of recent execution problems. The chairman also defended XM's
management, noting that much of the team has been around for the last
eight years. "It is a team that has had history of positive performance
in the past," he said.

[nu tech 2]

>>>>>>>"It is a team that has had history of positive performance
in the past," he said.


Translation... We're scared for our jobs. Pornero told me to defend
us.

[Rich]

Pornero is toast. The clesarly flawlessly executing management at XM
is not as good as Frontmed said they were. Anyone surprised?

[nu tech 2]

Rich,

The "siriots" from the RB board have been predicting this for a long
time... The fact that the game had changed and it was all about
content. BUT I don't think a single one of us predicted the
trouncing would happen this quickly, or that xm's management would hold
their hands to their eyes as sirius redefined satellite radio.

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

> The "siriots" from the RB board have been predicting this for a long
> time... The fact that the game had changed and it was all about
> content. BUT I don't think a single one of us predicted the
> trouncing would happen this quickly, or that xm's management would hold
> their hands to their eyes as sirius redefined satellite radio.

LOL.

You think it is over? You think Sirius is "trouncing" XM?

You do realize that Sirius will lose $1.1 Billion this year, right?

Until Sirius gets a content item (just one) that measures up to the Dylan
show on XM, I don't see how you can say they "redefined" ----.

[Rich]

>BUT I don't think a single one of us predicted the
> trouncing would happen this quickly, or that xm's management would hold
> their hands to their eyes as sirius redefined satellite radio.

But XM still has 20 hours per year of Ophra to fight back with. I'm
worried.

[Dr. Droo]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
> Until Sirius gets a content item (just one) that measures up to the Dylan
> show on XM, I don't see how you can say they "redefined" ----.

You do realize Riley Martin's show on Sirius probably has the same
amount of listeners as Dylan's show, right? I'm saying this in all
seriousness.

--D

[Rich]

Dr. Droo wrote:

> You do realize Riley Martin's show on Sirius probably has the same
> amount of listeners as Dylan's show, right? I'm saying this in all
> seriousness.
>
> --D


Riley and O-Qua Tangin Wann absolutely have more listeners than opie.
Clearly.

[Mark S.]

"Rich" <sirius.rich@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1149125285.718893.72340@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >BUT I don't think a single one of us predicted the
> > trouncing would happen this quickly, or that xm's management would hold
> > their hands to their eyes as sirius redefined satellite radio.
>
> But XM still has 20 hours per year of Ophra to fight back with. I'm
> worried.

Oh so that's the Winfrey Effect that's been all over the news the past few
months?

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

>
> You do realize Riley Martin's show on Sirius probably has the same
> amount of listeners as Dylan's show, right? I'm saying this in all
> seriousness.


Surely, you aren't trying to suggest that that crap is, in any way, on the
same level as Dylan?

The Dylan show has been critically acclaimed, universally.

I would say your comparison speaks volumes about your knowledge of the
subject matter.

[Dr. Droo]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
> I would say your comparison speaks volumes about your knowledge of the
> subject matter.

I don't think you have any idea how many listeners tune into Riley
Martin.

--D

[Dr. Droo]

Mark S. wrote:
> Oh so that's the Winfrey Effect that's been all over the news the past few
> months?

Yeah I think the Winfrey and the Dylan effect haven't really done as
well as the Riley Effect.

--D

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

>
> I don't think you have any idea how many listeners tune into Riley
> Martin.

I don't think you do, either.

But I can tell you that mentioning it in the same breath with Bob Dylan is
sufficient to bring into question your knowledge of the subject matter.

This is like comparing The GodFather to The Dukes of Hazzard.

[Dr. Droo]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
> I don't think you do, either.
>
> But I can tell you that mentioning it in the same breath with Bob Dylan is
> sufficient to bring into question your knowledge of the subject matter.

You clearly have no knowledge about the reach of such an individual or
you'd reconsider that.

> This is like comparing The GodFather to The Dukes of Hazzard.

Leave TV out of this, we're talking about radio here. See the problem
with you Frontmed is you can't keep your eyes on the topic because the
brown in them is obstructing your vision.

--D

[Rich]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:

> The Dylan show has been critically acclaimed, universally.


The Riley Martin show has been and is currently critically acclaimed
GALATICALLY and things of this nature. We speak his name.

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

>
> The Riley Martin show has been and is currently critically acclaimed
> GALATICALLY and things of this nature. We speak his name.

LOL.

As long as you know the Galaxy is a tiny part of the universe.

[CodeMonkey]

Rich wrote:
> All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:
>
>> The Dylan show has been critically acclaimed, universally.
>
>
> The Riley Martin show has been and is currently critically acclaimed
> GALATICALLY and things of this nature. We speak his name.
>

The typical radio listeners have never heard of this person... But you
mention Bob Dylan and they immediately know who he is. I highly doubt
that this Riley person has many listeners at all.

[David]

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:27:37 GMT, "All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone"
<DeadShrimp@NOMail.com> wrote:

>> The "siriots" from the RB board have been predicting this for a long
>> time... The fact that the game had changed and it was all about
>> content. BUT I don't think a single one of us predicted the
>> trouncing would happen this quickly, or that xm's management would hold
>> their hands to their eyes as sirius redefined satellite radio.
>
>LOL.
>
>You think it is over? You think Sirius is "trouncing" XM?
>
>You do realize that Sirius will lose $1.1 Billion this year, right?
>
>Until Sirius gets a content item (just one) that measures up to the Dylan
>show on XM, I don't see how you can say they "redefined" ----.
>
>
Aside from a few pathetic groupies, exactly what appeal does Dylan's
one hour show about shaving cream or whatever have? It's like he's a
bauble on a charm bracelet. He's not part of the team.

Listen to Sirius. They have CURRENT celebrities on for hours at a
time. They visit each other's studios. They play Heavy Metal Karaoke
together on Fridays.

Dylan sounds like a hermit reading 10 minutes worth of blue cards over
a phone line from his spare bedroom in Malibu. Disconnected from the
world for 40 years and counting.

[David]

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 04:47:22 GMT, "All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone"
<DeadShrimp@NOMail.com> wrote:

>>
>> You do realize Riley Martin's show on Sirius probably has the same
>> amount of listeners as Dylan's show, right? I'm saying this in all
>> seriousness.
>
>
>Surely, you aren't trying to suggest that that crap is, in any way, on the
>same level as Dylan?
>
>The Dylan show has been critically acclaimed, universally.
>
>I would say your comparison speaks volumes about your knowledge of the
>subject matter.
>
>
By ''critically acclaimed, universally'' you of course mean a handful
of reviews on opening day by sycophants.

[nu tech 2]

>>>>>Until Sirius gets a content item (just one) that measures up to the Dylan
show on XM, I don't see how you can say they "redefined" ----.



Dylan is a genius but his show has received virtually no press...
(Oprah either since the first week her show was announced) Critical
acclaim is a nice thing to have, but unless it turns into subs it's
worthless monetarily. Sirius' content is turning into $$$.

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

> Dylan is a genius but his show has received virtually no press...
> (Oprah either since the first week her show was announced) Critical
> acclaim is a nice thing to have, but unless it turns into subs it's
> worthless monetarily. Sirius' content is turning into $$$.


Idiot.

Google delivers only 500K hits.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=bob+dylan+xm&btnG=Search

[nu tech 2]

Frontmed,

I was wrong...

nutech

(I'm not an idiot)

[All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone]

>
> Frontmed,
>
> I was wrong...
>
> nutech
>

I'm sorry. It seems to me around here if you've ever been wrong about
anything you're called an idiot. Even if you are right about MOST things,
you're considered an idiot if you don't say what the majority crowd wants to
hear. You know what I mean.

[nu tech 2]

Frontmed,

I forgive you brotha...

[Rich]

All My Shrimp Was Dead and Gone wrote:

> I'm sorry.

We know.

>It seems to me around here if you've ever been wrong about anything you're called an idiot.

Idiot. When have you ever been right?