Satellite audio firm SiriusXM is trimming its global workforce by about 3% in an effort to become “more efficient, agile, and flexible,” CEO Jennifer Witz wrote in a memo to employees. The company last year unveiled a significant revamp of its app and has made a series of talent deals in a push into podcasts. … Read more
Bob Edwards, a Peabody-winning National Radio Hall of Famer who anchored NPR’s Morning Edition for nearly a quarter-century before moving to satellite radio, died Saturday. He was 76. National Public Radio announced his death but did not provide details. Edwards joined the radio pubcaster in 1974 and soon afterward became a co-host of its signature … Read more
SiriusXM has signed a wide-ranging deal with SmartLess Media and its founders, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes. The three-year pact will see flagship podcast SmartLess shift to SirirusXM. Media outlets including Bloomberg reported the deal is worth $100 million, a step up from what Amazon had been paying to host SmartLess, an interview show that … Read more
New York’s attorney general has sued SiriusXM, accusing the satellite radio and streaming service of making it intentionally difficult for customers to cancel their subscriptions. Attorney General Letitia James’ office said complaints from customers found that SiriusXM forced subscribers to wait in an automated system. That’s before often-lengthy interactions with agents who tried to persuade … Read more
Joe Biden taped an interview with Conan O’Brien’s Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast on Friday, the president’s latest embrace of non-traditional media, and the former late night host paid a visit to the White House briefing room. “They won’t let me take questions, but boy I have the answers to everything,” O’Brien told reporters … Read more
Liberty Media‘s Liberty SiriusXM tracking stock group and the satellite radio firm have reached an agreement to merge into a newly structured public company. The new SiriusXM will continue to operate under the company’s existing name and brand. It will continue to have a common stock traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Liberty’s tracking … Read more
