[BC] Stern s new gig

[Robert Meuser]

I don't think so. The business is going the other way.  All the 
previously premium services on XM are now basic subscription. Howard is 
running advertising, look for that to increase from the current 6 
minutes per hour.


R


Mike McCarthy wrote:

> Maybe for the short term to drive sampling/subscriptions.  But I know 
> the Stern channels are premium channels and there is/will be an extra 
> surcharge for them long term.
>
> MM
>
> At 08:46 AM 1/12/2006 -0500, Robert Meuser wrote
>
>> Not true.  I get Stern's two channels and I have the regular 
>> subscription.
>>
>>
>> R
>>
>> Mike McCarthy wrote:
>>
>>> Willie...
>>> You need not even cancel the whole subscription.  It's a premium 
>>> service which is further removed from their basic package.  The 
>>> Stern package is an extra $3/mo. for the two Stern channels.
>>> I see no reason to brandish the whole system because a premium 
>>> service is something you happen to find repulsive.
>>> MM
>>>
>>> At 07:56 AM 1/12/2006 -0500, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote
>>>
>>>> In a message dated 01/11/2006 08:37:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>>> richwood at pobox.com writes:
>>>>
>>>> > To some people it's not a price. Not everyone hates him the way you
>>>> >  do.
>>>>
>>>> I don't "hate" him any more than I "hate" dog droppings. I find 
>>>> both to be
>>>> utterly repulsive, but I do not "hate" them.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I am not among those who are filing complaints against him, 
>>>> nor do I
>>>> advocate that approach. I wouldn't waste my time. He's off the open 
>>>> airwaves, and
>>>> on a subscription-based system where you have to *deliberately* 
>>>> subscribe.
>>>> It's like it's behind a locked fence and up on a hill, now: People 
>>>> have to pay
>>>> the attendant, unlock the gate, and climb the ladder in order to 
>>>> dive into the
>>>> cesspool- they can't just fall into it like it was before, 
>>>> wide-open and
>>>> unfenced.
>>>>
>>>> IOW, I'm a happy camper.
>>>>
>>>> My protest is limited to never ordering a subscription to Sirius. 
>>>> That's
>>>> sufficient for me. I'm also realistic enough to know that they're 
>>>> not going to
>>>> miss my $13 a month, either. The suggestion I would make to anyone 
>>>> who dislikes
>>>> that kind of programming, would be to cancel their Sirius 
>>>> subscriptions. If
>>>> they don't have a sub, then be glad and move on.
>>>>
>>>> Willie...
>>>
>>>
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