Mel has to go

[JamesDamit]

24/7 wall street came out with a top 10 list of CEOs that need to go.

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) now stands at a critical juncture, and this is a call which will not come about easily. Mel Karmazin as CEO is only part of the issue here, but we think shareholders will ultimately be better without Karmazin running the ship. The reverse split and the financing needs are only part of the problem here. There is a real shot that if any access to capital comes available, he might actually be able to take this company private at everyone's expense.

full story http://www.247wallst.com/2008/12/10-ceos-to-go-8.html

[nneptune]

The prick has already ruined XM for me, and things just look like they're gonna get worse.
Why the FUCK do O&A have to move out of the studio they worked so hard to get and in to a little piece of shit studio?
Why do I hear the same songs on two different channels at the same time... and then again hours later?
It's still better than terrestrial, but Mel is a cunt.

[ktfo22]

Pissed off O and A = good radio.

If moving them into a closet will spare me from vagina smelling contests and read a news article and talk about it for 3 hours radio...then please make the closet small.

[blueribbie]

Mel is a cunt, but at least the boys still have a job on satellite.

There is no way that I can ever go back to regular radio, so on one hand the old J-Bag has me by the balls- but hey, I do still have O & A to listen to. It will suck not having a nice studio and the bleachers. It will suck even more hearing Opie bitch about it every day. :action-sm

If we can ride out this shit storm until things turn around, O & A might even end up in a better situation in a few years.

[Ballbuster1]

Good luck with that. Sirius/XM getting rid of Mel will be about as realistic as
the Eagles getting rid of Andy Reid. Not gonna happen.

Should happen, but won't.

[kloraferm]

Should happen, but the only reason that I have is the possibility that Mel could be replaced with someone who winds up being worse. Not saying that would happen, but there's always a possibility.

[d0uche_n0zzle]

The stockholders could force the issue (seeing that most of them have already lost a small fortune) and oust that cock smoker Melvin.

A real CEO would be great, but sadly no one wants to step in the pile of shit that SAT radio has become since the merger.

[kloraferm]

The merger definitely crippled the sat rad industry if not for good, but definitely for a while

[LilJimmyRbinson]

A real CEO would be great, but sadly no one wants to step in the pile of shit that SAT radio has become since the merger.

I'll sign up and I'll gladly do it for 1/3 of what they pay Mel Shitdick.

[Brokeback Jimmy]

Good luck with that. Sirius/XM getting rid of Mel will be about as realistic as
the Eagles getting rid of Andy Reid. Not gonna happen.

Should happen, but won't.


UGH...

So fucking true.

Any chance we can Tar & Feather both Reid & Karmazen at the same time and paddle both their asses down Broad St. and right into the fucking river?

[itsmewhat]

A real CEO would be great, but sadly no one wants to step in the pile of shit that SAT radio has become since the merger.

You might be surprised at how many CEOs would gladly step in Mel's shoes right now. They may not even be CEOs yet, but fresh young faces with new ideas that would see it as a challenge. I would love to see someone like E-lo take over. Then again I'm biased because I love the E-lo.

[LastDeadMouse]

If we can ride out this shit storm until things turn around, O & A might even end up in a better situation in a few years.


They're gonna get Howard's studio again when he leaves satellite? :action-sm

[FellowTraveler]

Mel fucked XM. The music selection is now shit. Before the merger, I could switch channels all day and be hard pressed to find a two stations playing the same song at the same time...happens all the time now. The only channel, to me at least, that has been good is the Jam On channel but if I want that type of music I can get it from Archive.org or the etree. Liquid Metal is utter shit now. Most of the stations that I would put on for background music like Audio Visions are gone. If O&A go there really is not a reason to keep the service.

[Hobo_Cum]

I would really love to hear the reasoning behind the absolute ****** of XM's music channels.
Does Cuntface Karmazi not realize that XM had more subscribers, and that maybe he should have looked at the XM music platform as the guide instead of the SHIT that Sirius puts out?

I thought that this merger was supposed to benefit the fucking people who pay for sat. radio, not make them angry and disenfranchised because their favorite music stations have now become repetitive and filled with douches intro'ing the music.

If i want replays of the same songs and some hole introducing them I'll go back to fucking FM.

Mel is a true cunt and a fucking moron. The only reason i want XM/Sirius to succeed is because of the boys. It's truly the only thing keeping me with them. Looks like he's trying his damndest to fuck that up too.... vindictive twat

[Deadhead]

You might be surprised at how many CEOs would gladly step in Mel's shoes right now. They may not even be CEOs yet, but fresh young faces with new ideas that would see it as a challenge. I would love to see someone like E-lo take over. Then again I'm biased because I love the E-lo.

:clap::clap::clap:

[BagMan]

Mel certainly fuck this one up. He hung both the companies hopes on this merger and let them languish for over a year without making any moves to shore up the companies. Mel did nothing great in any of his previous jobs, and this is way over his head.

[cigarsandscotch]

I have the solution! I will open up a paypal account. We need EVERYONE to contribute to it. Then, once we raise enough money, we can give it to Eric Logan to buy XM. Okay, who's in?


*The first $100,000 of the money raised will need to go towards maintaining the account and clerical salaries.

[HumpX]

24/7 wall street came out with a top 10 list of CEOs that need to go.

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) now stands at a critical juncture, and this is a call which will not come about easily. Mel Karmazin as CEO is only part of the issue here, but we think shareholders will ultimately be better without Karmazin running the ship. The reverse split and the financing needs are only part of the problem here. There is a real shot that if any access to capital comes available, he might actually be able to take this company private at everyone's expense.

full story http://www.247wallst.com/2008/12/10-ceos-to-go-8.html

I never cared for Karmazin. Thats one Jew with far too much potential power to shape public opinion.

[CousinDave]

Has Mel ever had a company that was a failure ?

[d0uche_n0zzle]

Has Mel ever had a company that was a failure ?

Maybe sooner then he expects...

[WOWmagnet]

Melvin and Howard are both ready to retire and they're just going for one last feeding freny.

[livebackwards]

Melvin and Howard are both ready to retire and they're just going for one last feeding frenzy.

As bait?

[wes mantooth]

When your company's stock drops by one penny and it can realistically be reported as plunging it's time for you to go.

[Pittrader]

I must say that the only channel that is ever on my XM receiver is 202. I only listen to O&A and R&F. All other channels are useless. I pay $150 or $175 or whatever it is now per year for ONLY one station. I would gladly be willing to pay the same price to get a daily podcast of true *UNCENSORED* O&A and R&F. Not to mention all the shows would be mine to keep and listen to whenever. I kinda wish this whole satellite thing would blow so that they could produce a truly uncensored show. Oh, and what about a partnership with paltalk or some other service that combines video along with my audio podcast.

I mean really, when I first bought xm the best things were that...
A. no commercials, AND....B. Uncensored content.
-we all know now that commercials are the ugly reality, but now that the content is no longer (probably has never been btw) uncensored, there is no reason for me to still subscribe. I mean the only thing left is a bunch of music stations playing music that i don't like and 1 or 2 stations that have some alright shit...hell, i got an ipod for that!

[Douche McGee]

The biggest problem is that they O&A are being completely restricted with what they do. They were never really allowed penetration, but that's more visual anyway and I personally hate when they have the dumb "pornstars" in studio because they have no personality. Their language is almost as restricted when it comes to the FM where Ant still has to bleep the dreaded "N word." I just think that The sat. company needs to grow a pair. And XM is by far a better name than Sirius. It continues with the whole radio format of AM and FM.

[CousinDave]

And XM is by far a better name than Sirius. It continues with the whole radio format of AM and FM.


More importantly XM had more subscribers

[GrammatonCleric]

What kills me as a music fan is that there is no classic hip hop channel, the new ones are utter shit, liquid metal sucks ( since when in fuck is Korn metal, jose mangin is a fuccin faggot with the musical taste of a bloody tampon). The only reason I stick around is OnA & RnF, if i fuccin wanted sirius, i'd have gotten it in the first place (the fm dj schtick is killing me), i'm surprised there hasn't been more uproar from xm subs seeing that we had another service dumped on us.


I hate how corporations feel like they have no responsibility to their consumers (msft and my rrod xbox & shitty vista, aapl and their shit iphone, and mel and his shit service) , and I hope the two Jooz (mel and howie) burn in hell for the annoyance they caused me, (all but one of my presets disappeared).

[habeasrob]

quit bitching, buy stock while its cheap and attend shareholder meetings. At the current sale price, about $6 million in Sirius stock oughta give enough votes to force a new CEO.

Buying a billboard is easy, buying a controlling interest in a company is a real pest challenge.

[puggletrucker]

well at least we can breath easier with bubba resigning