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Fool Video Take: XM and Sirius -- Good Buy or Goodbye?

By Motley Fool Staff – Updated Nov 15, 2016 at 12:10AM

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On the heels of XM's outage, should investors pardon the disruption?

XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:XMSR) experienced a power outage earlier in the week. It was just the latest setback for XM and the satellite radio industry. Both XM and rival Sirius (NASDAQ:SIRI) have seen their losses mount and their stocks tumble. Will the bad reception on Wall Street continue? What will a merger mean for investors? And why is my XM reception still so spotty? In this installment of Fool Video, I talk satellite radio with senior analyst Rick Munarriz. 

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Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz is a Sirius and XM subscriber, but does not own shares in any of the companies mentioned in this story. Mac Greer is also an XM subscriber, but he doesn't own shares in any of the companies mentioned. The Fool's disclosure policy has crystal-clear reception.

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