What This Week Told Us About Sirius and Pandora

By Blake Bos and Dave Williamson – Nov 2, 2012 at 6:20PM

NASDAQ: SIRI

Sirius XM

Market Cap

$12B

Today's Change

(-1.45%) -$0.04

Current Price

$3.06

Price as of April 18, 2024, 3:40 p.m. ET

Is Sirius's business sustainable?

In this video, Motley Fool Consumer Goods Analyst Blake Bos talks to David Williamson about Sirius XM (SIRI -1.45%), and the age-old question about the sustainability of Sirius' business model in the difficult industry of satellite radio. Can the transfer of power to a new CEO, a substantial reduction in debt, and a very impressive gain in stock prices shake the fears that a business model like Sirius' just can't make it in the long run against other new experimental formats like the one run by Pandora (P)?

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