[SpaceBar]

Monopolies are antithetical to competition. Competition is a healthy thing in a free market enterprise system. I detect by the tone of your posts that you don't like the traditional media (MSM) outlets, but countering one bad idea with another isn't an intelligent solution. Sure, you'll get some new content... for a while, and once they've got you by the short and curlies your back to a single narrow information pipe with one gatekeeper. Then you'll be screaming about the MSM in the sky.

[devane617]

...your arguments were heard when cable tv came along. huge outcry by media, but we know how that turned out. to stifle technology is crazy. the merger will happen in one form or another. one of the two companies will go bk, so ultimately you will have one company.

[Loyolas Mattman]

A combined XM/Sirius would not be a monopoly. Sure, they’ll probably carve off some duplicative programing, but that’s about it.

If they increased price, I would be more than happy to take that money and give it to Apple for a few extra iTunes downloads.

Terrestrial does not want the competition from Satrad. Period. Especially since their competing platform “HD Radio” is a complete and total non-starter.

In any event, DOJ has already signed off on the new pricing plan, so no worries on that.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Monopolies are antithetical to competition. Competition is a healthy thing in a free market enterprise system. I detect by the tone of your posts that you don't like the traditional media (MSM) outlets, but countering one bad idea with another isn't an intelligent solution. Sure, you'll get some new content... for a while, and once they've got you by the short and curlies your back to a single narrow information pipe with one gatekeeper. Then you'll be screaming about the MSM in the sky.

The XM/Sirius merger would be monopolistic exactly how? Once XM and Sirius merge, would you no longer be able to listen to any other form of audio content?

The very fact that the NAB protested this merger so vigorously proves that they compete with satellite radio. Since they do, how can a combined XM/Sirius be monopolistic? The market is audio, not satellite radio.

Sheesh.