Bad News for Netflix and Blockbuster

• Report this Comment On August 14, 2008, at 2:37 PM, sickofsiribasher wrote:

  Well Rick, it seems that again you need to bash SIRI to get a click. If this is about two other companies with negative issues why is it that the SIRI chart is made the example????? It's looking more and more like aside from your eagerness to throw anyone under a bus to get a click, that you are also either a Clear Channel/NAB tool or are more intent on helping people you know with short positions than doing any real research.

• Report this Comment On August 14, 2008, at 3:34 PM, PlusDargent wrote:

  sickofsiribasher - I wouldn't call myself a fan of Rick, but what does your comment have to do with Netflix and Blockbuster?

  Time to take personal responsibility for your losing "bet" (so far) on Sirius - which I totally agree is being manipulated by both inside and outside forces - or step up to the plate and file a lawsuit against somebody. Going after Rick each time he makes a comment about Sirius makes you come across as nothing more than a whining baby.

  Apparently you haven't learned that stocks aren't winning lottery tickets with different jackpots. And you're not going to get anywhere if your sole investment strategy is to tell journalist or bloggers to stop saying bad things about your favorite stock.

  In fact, your own "user name" could be hurting the stock because it could give others the impression that there are a lot of bad things being said about Sirius. Ever think of that? On the other hand, maybe that's really your intent and you're shorting SIRI.

• Report this Comment On August 14, 2008, at 7:50 PM, TMFBreakerRick wrote:

  SOSB, how is this bashing Sirius?

  How is "History is actually kind to the purveyors of downtime," and then listing Sirius among companies like Research in Motion, eBay, and AOL that have risen above the temporary outages a bash?

  This doesn't mean that I haven't been hard on Sirius in the past. It doesn't mean that I won't be hard on Sirius in the future. However, you have to pick your battles. This is me mentioning SIRI in a positive light, as I do more often than most analysts out there.

• Report this Comment On August 14, 2008, at 9:26 PM, sickofsiribasher wrote:

  Fair enough Rick, My main complaint with the article was that a SIRI chart was posted while mentioning outages. Clearly they've had a rough few quarters thanks to the goon squad at Clear Channel and the FCC and it had no relevence to being down or otherwise because of outages so when a chart is posted that shows drops it would be fair to list the players responsible for it. I've been long on SIRI for some time and am not going anywhere and will continue to be looking for bias that as you admit is the norm when reporting on SIRI by many speculative analyst opinions. Aside from the investment, something that separates SIRI as a company is that people actually love the products and are willing to take time to defend them. I doubt the same could be said for CCU.

• Report this Comment On August 15, 2008, at 10:43 AM, Kajuboy wrote:

  Hey,

  "Bad News for Netflix and Blockbuster"

  What kind of crappy analysis is that?

  Blockbuster was UPGRADED by Moody's ... are you trying to mislead or are you just incompetent? From Moody's:

  "The two-notch upgrade of its secured bank facilities to B1 from B3, reflects the company's improved recovery prospects as a result of the company's notable operating improvements," Moody's said in a statement.

  The link:

  http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080814/blockbuster_rating.html?.v=1

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