Slacker has just announced that they have inked a deal with RIM, makers of the Blackberry, to incorporate the Slacker Radio Service into their lineup of enterprise cell phones. The announcement, revealed at CET, reveals their expansion strategy beyond their horrendous hardware player. The company stated that future announcements are imminent and they have...

Mel Karmazin, CEO of the newly-approved Sirius XM Satellite Radio merger is committed to having an interoperable receiver on the market within one year, as mandated by the FCC. Karmazin stated during an investor call that he intends to beat the deadline with a new product. You can bet that he’s got his sites on hitting the market at least with something...

Federal regulators formally approved the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. The FCC voted 3-2 to approve the buyout, with the tiebreaker coming Friday night from Republican commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate. Tate had insisted that the companies settle charges that they violated FCC rules before she would approve the deal. The companies...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the majority of FCC commissioners have reached a tentative deal to approve the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. The only FCC member left to vote is Republican commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate, and she is expected to sign off on the deal in exchange for a consent decree that resolves several...

After a year in red tape, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin is recommending that the proposed merger between the two satellite radio concerns, Sirius and XM, valued at $3.8 billion, should be approved. The FCC honcho did make a number of concessions, including turning 24 channels over to noncommercial and minority programming,...

Clear Channel Radio has revealed that over 340 of its HD Radio stations are now compatible with iTunes Tagging. “Radio continues to be the number one way that people discover new music, and the HD Radio iTunes tagging capability lets listeners add songs to their iPod playlists with just a push of the button,” said John Hogan, President and CEO of Clear...