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Technology Stocks : XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sirius_Rich who wrote (2713)	7/24/2006 1:19:40 PM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 3386

The entire article is worth reading here's a bit more It's worse than that, though. Just when you think XM is finally going to turn itself around and take a step in the right direction, it finds a way to go in through the out door of ineptitude. It let Sirius walk away with the NASCAR dads. It started throwing legal fisticuffs at the music industry that it relies on to woo new subscribers. The FCC cracked down on emission standards on the next-generation line of XM receivers. It got so bad that a director bolted from the board back in February as he warned of a "significant chance of crisis on the horizon." Can XM do anything right these days? It was an early investor in global satellite-radio provider WorldSpace (Nasdaq: WRSP), which went public at $21 last summer and now trades for about the price of a Big Mac without the fries. Talk about giving Refco a run for its money for the title of Worst Recent IPO. XM can use a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T XM is prettier than it thinks. It just needs one of those Pretty in Pink makeovers. The company recently reshuffled its marketing department, and it probably couldn't have come at a better time. XM has let bears, Sirius, and even terrestrial radio bully it around, needlessly. Back in March, Clear Channel (NYSE: CCU) slapped XM with the ultimate insult in forcing four of its commercial-free music channels to run ads. Clear Channel was one of the first investors in XM and a content provider. Clear Channel? WorldSpace? A board director who tramples over women and children to hop on the first lifeboat? Nice job choosing your friends, XM. Next time, try a collie. The Clear Channel sandbag is all too telltale because it exposes XM as a wimp. . . .