Comments on: Did Sirius Siriusly Overpay for Howard Stern? http://thomashawk.com/2006/03/did-sirius-siriusly-overpay-for-howard.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Thomas Hawk http://thomashawk.com/2006/03/did-sirius-siriusly-overpay-for-howard.html/comment-page-1#comment-15838 Thomas Hawk Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:57:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=2298#comment-15838 Anonymous, but the graph isn't as much about the absolute drop in traffic but a relative one between XM and Sirius. Anonymous, but the graph isn’t as much about the absolute drop in traffic but a relative one between XM and Sirius.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2006/03/did-sirius-siriusly-overpay-for-howard.html/comment-page-1#comment-15839 Anonymous Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:20:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=2298#comment-15839 Your traffic analysis is just false. The reason their traffic has leveled off the past few months is becuase it's Q1, and when you compare that to Q4 (read holiday buying season) there is no way they are going to do better. Q4 is when people are buying satelite radios for presents, and it obviously drops off in Q1. Your traffic analysis is just false. The reason their traffic has leveled off the past few months is becuase it’s Q1, and when you compare that to Q4 (read holiday buying season) there is no way they are going to do better. Q4 is when people are buying satelite radios for presents, and it obviously drops off in Q1.

]]> By: Scott http://thomashawk.com/2006/03/did-sirius-siriusly-overpay-for-howard.html/comment-page-1#comment-15840 Scott Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=2298#comment-15840 "But I didn't love him enough to follow him from traditional radio to XM ..." <-- Sirius :)<br /><br />I agree that they should offer a podcast of the previous day's show. It's no secret that you can get mp3's of the show shortly after it's over via most file-sharing networks. Offering an "authorized" podcast from Sirius' site would I'm sure make people feel safer about downloading it. <br /><br />Howard has mentioned that they are planning on streaming the show for subscribers, but that the hardware and bandwith requirements are holding them back. I don't know if I believe that reason or not, I think maybe they need to find a way to secure it from pirates (Argh!). <br /><br />I don't know if you're aware of this, but the show is re-broadcast at 9 PM (EST) every day. <br /><br />Regarding the traffic, Howard's site is still <a href="http://www.howardstern.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.howardstern.com</a>. His section of Sirius doesn't provide anything more substantial than show times and some bios. I think only those who are new to Howard would go to Sirius more than one time for information. For pics and show recaps, you can go to either <a href="http://www.howardstern.com" rel="nofollow">howardstern.com</a> or <a href="http://www.marksfriggin.com" rel="nofollow">Mark's Friggin</a>. Sirius may be in trouble, but I don't know if web traffic is a way to measure it. “But I didn’t love him enough to follow him from traditional radio to XM …” < -- Sirius :)

I agree that they should offer a podcast of the previous day’s show. It’s no secret that you can get mp3′s of the show shortly after it’s over via most file-sharing networks. Offering an “authorized” podcast from Sirius’ site would I’m sure make people feel safer about downloading it.

Howard has mentioned that they are planning on streaming the show for subscribers, but that the hardware and bandwith requirements are holding them back. I don’t know if I believe that reason or not, I think maybe they need to find a way to secure it from pirates (Argh!).

I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but the show is re-broadcast at 9 PM (EST) every day.

Regarding the traffic, Howard’s site is still http://www.howardstern.com. His section of Sirius doesn’t provide anything more substantial than show times and some bios. I think only those who are new to Howard would go to Sirius more than one time for information. For pics and show recaps, you can go to either howardstern.com or Mark’s Friggin. Sirius may be in trouble, but I don’t know if web traffic is a way to measure it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://thomashawk.com/2006/03/did-sirius-siriusly-overpay-for-howard.html/comment-page-1#comment-15841 Anonymous Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:55:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=2298#comment-15841 "...at least from Sirius' Alexa traffic, that their internet traffic has been dropping off the past few months."<br /><br />Please explain how this chart about internet traffic means anything. Put up a chart about subscribers and then we can talk. “…at least from Sirius’ Alexa traffic, that their internet traffic has been dropping off the past few months.”

Please explain how this chart about internet traffic means anything. Put up a chart about subscribers and then we can talk.

]]> By: Robert Aitchison http://thomashawk.com/2006/03/did-sirius-siriusly-overpay-for-howard.html/comment-page-1#comment-15842 Robert Aitchison Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=2298#comment-15842 As I mentioned before don't underestimate the value of Stern NOT going over to XM. When the deal was announced XM had a sizable lead in satellite radio market share (they still do in-fact) and while Stren has undoubtely help erode the lead if they had let him go to XM it would have been a devastating blow to Sirius, perhaps putting in a position it could not hope to recover from.<br /><br />Also, not sure how web site traffic is an accurage guage of subscribership or even popularity. I would imaging that most people who are considering Satellite radio check out both XM and Sirius before they make their final decision, unless they are signing up just for Stern or another specific personality/program. I would be surprised if the web site statistics weren't similar when trended over a long period of time. As I mentioned before don’t underestimate the value of Stern NOT going over to XM. When the deal was announced XM had a sizable lead in satellite radio market share (they still do in-fact) and while Stren has undoubtely help erode the lead if they had let him go to XM it would have been a devastating blow to Sirius, perhaps putting in a position it could not hope to recover from.

Also, not sure how web site traffic is an accurage guage of subscribership or even popularity. I would imaging that most people who are considering Satellite radio check out both XM and Sirius before they make their final decision, unless they are signing up just for Stern or another specific personality/program. I would be surprised if the web site statistics weren’t similar when trended over a long period of time.

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