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Sirius XM To Air “Hope For Haiti” Live Benefit

Sirius XM will present Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief telethon live on The Pulse (SIRIUS Ch. 12 and XM Ch. 26) at 8 pm ET, Friday, January 22. The two-hour special to raise funds for Haitian victims will be hosted by George Clooney in Los Angeles, Wyclef Jean in New York City, and Anderson Cooper in Haiti. Scheduled musical performances include Wyclef Jean, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, Sting, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matt...

SIRIUS XM Application Surpasses 1 Million Downloads on Apple App Store siri

#1 Free App in the Music category delivers SIRIUS XM's exclusive sports, entertainment, comedy, and commercial-free music channels to users of iPhone and iPod touch. NEW YORK, July 6, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (SIRI) today announced its application for iPhone and iPod touch has been downloaded over 1 million times from the App Store. The milestone was achieved within 2 weeks of availability. The SIRIUS XM app debuted on the App Store on June 18 and quickly b...

Sirius XM Set To Present July 4th Exclusive Bruce Springsteen Concert Footage

Fans of Bruce Springsteen have been given a reason to start the July 4th celebration a little early this year. Continuing a long standing holiday tradition,  Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) announced plans today to broadcast live performances from "The Boss' " current concert tour. The performances are so rare in fact that they have not yet been recorded and will not be until the band takes the stage live on July 3, 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany from their current "Working On A Dream" tour. The performances...

House Decision May Present Sirius XM with a Unique Opportunity

In a recent article, it was announced that H.R. 848, also known as the Performance Rights Act which would force Terrestrial Radio to pay performance fees to the artists, was blocked. Terrestrial Radio conglomerates such as Cumulus Media (CMLS), Entercom Communications (ETM) and the now private Clear Channel Communications have been raking in billions of dollars each year while paying the artists absolutely nothing. Of course the NAB claims victory, but I think this might just present Sirius XM (...