Mel Karmazin

‘Mad Dog’ Chris Russo Nets Own Channel on Sirius XM

mediabuyerplanner.com     4 hrs ago   35 related          

Chris Russo, former partner of Mike Francesa on WFAN and otherwise known as Mad Dog, is launching a 24-hour sports-talk channel on Sirius XM radio. Russo left the Mike and the Mad Dog show last week, a month short of their 19th...                    

Sirius XM disputes negative interpretation of its CEO's comments

betanews.com     33 mins ago          

Following a BetaNews article indicating that Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin suggested the company's finances were in bad shape, the company shot back that it was not the case. A spokesperson for the satellite radio provider...                    

CEO Mel Karmazin admits Sirius XM is in bad financial shape

betanews.com     yesterday   4 related          

The satellite radio company's CEO told reporters this past week that the company had to accept less than favorable debt terms to close the merger of the two companies. The US Federal Communications Commission approved the deal...                    

Sirius XM Chief Says Merger Debt Is 'Ugly'

washingtonpost.com     Aug 16, 2008   1 related          

Bloomberg News Saturday, August 16, 2008; Page D03 Sirius XM Radio struck an "ugly" debt deal to close the merger of the only two U.S. satellite radio operators, chief executive Mel Karmazin said. A bond sale the evening of...                    

'MAD DOG' RABID FOR $$$

nypost.com     Aug 16, 2008   49 related          

Fixated on the higher salary of bloviating co-host Mike Francesa, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo was bent on leaving WFAN and even shopped his services to the station's arch rival, ESPN Radio, sources told The Post. Russo's contract,...                    

Sirius XM Doubles Up on Sports to Sack More Revenue (at Seeking Alpha)

yahoo.com     Aug 14, 2008   1 related          

by: Tyler Savery posted on: August 14, 2008 | about stocks: SIRI You love baseball, but your car came with Sirius. These are problems of the past as Sirius and XM have now merged to form Sirius XM Radio. We covered one obvious...                    

XM/Sirius Merger

mattdeegan.com     Aug 13, 2008   5 related          

So, XM and Sirius, the US satellite radio operators have now merged so they can get on with combining their operations and their losses - a mere $83m for the last quarter. Phew. And some people think the UK radio industry's in...                    

How consumers will fare in satellite radio deal

post-gazette.com     Aug 12, 2008   2 related          

By Adrian McCoy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Howard Stern fans who were holding out on buying a Sirius Satellite Radio subscription because they liked a lot of the programming on rival XM won't have to make that wrenching decision...                    

Karmazin’s Competitors Wish He Would Go Away

mediabuyerplanner.com     Aug 11, 2008   7 related          

Mel Karmazin’s competitors wish he would find a career with some other media company - one that’s not in the radio biz. “Mel is singularly the smartest media operator out there, regardless of what kind of media we are talking...                    

Sirius XM Chief Predicts Radio Domination: "We're Going To Be Bigger Than Clear Channel"

huffingtonpost.com     Aug 11, 2008   5 related          

Mel Karmazin is on a mission. Now that the creation of Sirius XM is official, terrestrial radio's formerly brightest star is after nothing short of total domination of his old medium. "We're going to be the most successful...                    

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