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Market Mad House

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

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Can Sirius XM Survive without Howard Stern?

I think Stern could go to Spotify because Spotify could offer him a larger audience. Remember, Howard is an egomaniac who calls himself the King of All Media. Hence, Stern wants the biggest audience possible.

Pandora

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Can Sirius XM Survive?

Interestingly, Sirius generates a lot of cash; $1.88 billion in cash from operations and a free cash flow of $1.525 billion in 2018. Conversely, Spotify reports an annual free cash flow of $105.75 million and an operating cash flow of $395.40 million for 2018.

Pandora

daniel December 5, 2016 Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Covrvex Management, Investors should stay Away from Digital Audio, Keith Meister, Liberty Media Group (NASDAQ: LMCA), offer for Pandora, Pandora (NYSE: P), Pandora is in very sorry shape, Sirius is making some money, Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI), Sirius’s stock value, Why Does Liberty want Pandora?, Why Pandora is Doomed

Is Money Losing Pandora for Sale?

Given these realities it is hard to see how digital audio providers can survive as independent companies. Sooner or later Pandora will have to be acquired by somebody just to stay in business.

Crazy Stocks

daniel October 24, 2016 A Star System in Streaming Video, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), Disney (NYSE: DIS), Is Netflix Making Money?, Liberty Media Group (NASDAQ: LMCA), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Netflix has a Lot of Float, Netflix has the potential to become the center of a very large and cash-rich organization, Netflix’s Uncertain Future, Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Who Will Buy Netflix?

Netflix Can Digital Entertainment Make Money?

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is proving that there is a vast market for digital entertainment out there. Unfortunately the streaming service

Market Insanity

daniel August 9, 2016 Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), digital entertainment subscriptions will generate float, Is WWE a good investment?, Liberty Media (LSXMB), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI), Where’s the Income?, Why WWE and Netflix Cannot Make Money, World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE: WWE), WWE has reversed the negative income, WWE is growing, WWE reported a net income of $24 million, WWE reported a TTM revenue of $509.54 million, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO)

WWE is growing but it is not Making Money

Revenues at Vince McMahon’s wrestling empire grew to their highest level yet in Second Quarter 2016; rising from $653.69 million to $702.50 million. That made for a revenue gain of $48.81 million which is very impressive. The growth has been ongoing since McMahon launched his WWE network in February 2014.

The Death Spiral

daniel August 4, 2016 CBS Radio (NYSE: CBS), iHeart Needs Rush, iHeartMedia (OTC: IHRT), Is iHeart Media about to Collapse?, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Pandora (NYSE: P), Rush and iHeart, Rush Limbaugh and iHeart, Rush Limbaugh’s New Contract, Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI), Sirius XM does make some money, Why Rush Needs iHeart, Why Sirius Does Not Need Rush

Can Rush Limbaugh’s New Contract Save iHeart Media?

At the end of the day, Rush and iHeart need each other desperately. iHeart is the only entity out there that can provide the kind of nationwide platform Rush needs to reach his audience. Nobody not even Sirius; nor CBS Radio (NYSE: CBS), has the reach of iHeart into the American heartland.

Market Insanity

daniel July 23, 2016 Glenn Beck, How Pandora Might Make Money, Howard Stern, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Pandora is a doomed company, Pandora Media (NYSE: P), Pandora will keep losing money, Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI), Why is Pandora Losing so Much Money?, Will Pandora Ever Make Money?, World Wrestling Entertainment’s (NYSE: WWE)

Will Pandora Ever Make Money?

Digital entertainment is fast becoming a black hole into which money is dumped never to be seen again. The most

Market Insanity

daniel July 7, 2016July 7, 2016 Cable TV is Not Dead Yet, CBS (NYSE: CBS), John Malone, Liberty Media (NYSE: LSXMB), Lions Gate (NYSE: LGF), Lions Gate Takes on a Mountain of Debt, McGyver, most entertainment companies are a lousy investment, Outlander, Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI), So what will Lions Gate get for $4.4Billion?, Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA), Starz (NASDAQ: STRZB), The deal is terrible for Lions Gate, The financial numbers show that Starz might be a real lemon

Desperation in Hollywood; Lions Gate Buys Starz

Now Lions Gate has made the questionable move of agreeing to purchase Starz for $4.4 billion in cash and stock. That’s a smart move for Liberty Media (NYSE: LSXMB) billionaire John Malone; who owns Starz, but a lousy deal for Lions Gate shareholders.

Market Insanity

daniel June 1, 2016 Clear Channel, Howard Stern, iHeart is losing money, iHeartMedia (OTC: IHRT), rius XM reported revenues of $4.57 billion, Rush Limbaugh, Sirius is making money, Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI), Sirius’s revenue is growing

Rush Limbaugh’s Problems are Sirius XM’s Opportunity

It looks as if iHeart radio; and broadcasting in general might no longer be able to afford Rush Limbaugh; yet Sirius might be able to. Rush might be well worth the money; he still reaches 13 million listeners a week on the nation’s most popular radio show.