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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: atrainradio on May 06, 2026, 1841 UTC

Title: iHeart Media and SiriusXM in early merging talks
Post by: atrainradio on May 06, 2026, 1841 UTC

https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/iheartmedia-siriusxm-merger-talks-azoff-apollo-advising-1236730151/

Considering who I used to work for (SXM) this caught me entirely off guard. IHM is in tons of debt.

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Post by: Dude111 on May 08, 2026, 1022 UTC

If they know whats GOOD for them they wont do this!!

That idiot that worked for Sirius (Mel) destroyed XM,then he left Sirius cause he couldnt handle it..

XM was much better than sirius and now both are crap...

Title: Re: iHeart Media and SiriusXM in early merging talks
Post by: BoomboxDX on May 08, 2026, 1510 UTC

I can't see how such a merger will change much. IHeart will still be IHeart, and SXM will be the way it is. SXM is gradually losing listeners / memberships, and IHeart has one foot in a medium that is slowly losing listeners (terrestrial radio) and the other foot in a streaming platform that only has around 8% of the younger demographics, who mostly are listening to Spotify.

I suppose a couple channels on SXM might change, and maybe the IHeart online streaming platform would adopt some of the SXM online channels. I can't see how it will change much else.