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This excerpt taken from the SIRI 8-K filed Mar 21, 2007.
          See infra n.59.

50           See Bridge Ratings, Digital Media Growth Projections, Feb. 19, 2007, at http://www.bridgeratings.com/press_021907-digitalprojectionsupd.htm (last visited Mar. 15, 2007).

51           Phil Rosenthal, Satellite deal foes don’t hear message, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Feb. 28, 2007, at http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-0702280164feb28,0,1928140.column?coll=chi-navrailbusiness-nav (last visited Mar. 17, 2007) (summarizing the results of the Arbitron study); see also The Katz Radio Group, Satellite Radio Penetration, RADIOWAVES, Dec. 2006, at http://www.katz-media.com/pubs/RadioWaves/121206/RadioWavesDEC2006.pdf (last visited Mar. 17, 2007) (finding that satellite radio constituted 4.1 percent of the market).

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          This modest market share is not surprising. Today’s audio entertainment marketplace includes services that did not even exist when the Commission first authorized satellite radio, many of which provide music as well as news, talk formats, public safety information, and a range of other valuable programming over the Internet and on handheld devices that can be used in a variety of locations, including through car stereo systems. Further, new devices and services emerge every day.52 The Commission has acknowledged this competition before,53 but it has yet to account fully for the many market developments of the past several years.54 Nationwide, the

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52           For example, Slacker recently introduced an Internet and satellite radio-based service. The service will be received by consumers through a device designed and distributed by Slacker. The Slacker will come with 4-inch color display, will support MP3, WMA, WMV, and MPEG-4 files, and will come with built-in WiFi and satellite reception capabilities. See

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