NEW YORK, April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SIRIUS Satellite Radio will broadcast a special tribute memorializing the life and musical career of E Street Band organist/accordionist Danny Federici by his longtime friend, rock journalist Dave Marsh.(Logo: )Dave Marsh will host a two-hour special edition of his weekly show “Kick Out The Jams” in honor of Danny Federici, who passed away Thursday after a three year battle with melanoma. Dave will share his thoughts and memories of Federici’s life and music on his show which will be simulcast this week on E Street Radio channel 10 and SIRIUS Disorder channel 70, Sunday, April 20 at 10 am ET.Listeners are encouraged to call in to Dave’s show to share their memories at 1.888.89.SIRIUS.This weekend, E Street Radio will play Danny Federici’s final full performance with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band recorded at the Boston Garden on November 19, 2007. This very special fan based recording will air tonight, April 19th, and tomorrow, April 20th at 8 pm ET.Dave Marsh sat down with Danny Federici in 2005 for a very personal and unique one-on-one interview, which will re-air on E Street Radio on Monday, April 21st at 4 pm ET. For more information, please visit . About SIRIUSSIRIUS, “The Best Radio on Radio,” delivers more than 130 channels of the best programming in all of radio. SIRIUS is the original and only home of 100ACIORFIPROCENTE commercial free music channels in satellite radio, offering 69 music channels. SIRIUS also delivers 65 channels of sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather and data. SIRIUS is the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, NASCAR, NBA, and broadcasts live play-by-play games of the NFL, NBA, as well as live NASCAR races. All SIRIUS programming is available for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95.SIRIUS Internet Radio (SIR) is an Internet-only version of the SIRIUS radio service, without the use of a radio, for the monthly subscription fee of $12.95. SIR delivers more than 80 channels of talk, entertainment, sports, and 100ACIORFIPROCENTE commercial free music.SIRIUS Backseat TV (TM) is the first ever live in-vehicle rear seat entertainment featuring three channels of children’s programming, including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, for the subscription fee of $6.99 plus applicable audio subscription fee.SIRIUS products for the car, truck, home, RV and boat are available at shop.sirius.com and in more than 20,000 retail locations, including Best Buy, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and RadioShack.As of December 31, 2007, SIRIUS radios were available as a factory and dealer-installed option in 116 vehicle models and as a dealer only-installed option in 37 vehicle models.SIRIUS has agreements with Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Jaguar, Jeep, Kia, Land Rover, Lincoln, Maybach, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, MINI, Mitsubishi, Rolls-Royce, Volvo, and Volkswagen to offer SIRIUS radios as factory or dealer-installed equipment in their vehicles. SIRIUS has relationships with Toyota and Scion to offer SIRIUS radios as dealer-installed equipment, and a relationship with Subaru to offer SIRIUS radios as factory or dealer-installed equipment. SIRIUS radios are also offered to renters of Hertz vehicles at airport locations nationwide.Click on to listen to SIRIUS live, or to purchase a SIRIUS radio and subscription.Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance with respect to SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. are not historical facts and may be forward-looking and, accordingly, such statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Accordingly, any such statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Among the significant factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed are: our pending merger with XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. (”XM”), including related uncertainties and risks and the impact on our business if the merger is not completed; any events which affect the useful life of our satellites; our dependence upon third parties, including manufacturers of SIRIUS radios, retailers, automakers and programming providers; and our competitive position versus other audio entertainment providers. P-SIRI MEDIA CONTACT: Sal Resendez SIRIUS 646 313 2405SIRIUS Satellite Radio
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CBS RADIO and Last.fm Announce Collaboration to Expand Distribution of Both
NEW YORK, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CBS RADIO, the CBS Corporation division consisting of 140 major market radio stations, and Last.fm, the CBS-owned music and social networking Web site, today announced a strategic partnership designed to expand the reach of each. In so doing, they will enhance the content and features available on their sites, and open the door to cross-promotional opportunities throughout their respective platforms.The announcement was made jointly today by Dan Mason, President and CEO, CBS RADIO, and Felix Miller, CEO and Co-Founder, Last.fm.Under this agreement, CBS RADIO will provide streaming of all its stations to Last.fm’s U.S. audience, including top market properties like New York’s WCBS-FM, Los Angeles’ KROQ, Chicago’s WXRT and Atlanta’s WVEE. Through CBS RADIO’s new online player to be launched this Spring, users of Last.fm will be able to stream any of the over-the-air stations at any time. This follows CBS RADIO’s recent agreement with AOL, which allows AOL listeners access to CBS over-the-air and Internet stations through CBS RADIO’s new player, and is similar to Last.fm’s recent partnership with the BBC’s digital radio stations.At the same time, audiences will also be able to seamlessly shift from streaming their favorite CBS RADIO station, to Last.fm where they can play individual songs for free, essentially giving listeners the ability to listen to every song played on the CBS RADIO Internet network again.”This is an inventive way for CBS RADIO to expand its streaming campaign by adding another tremendous distribution platform,” said Mason. “Streaming our stations on Last.fm exposes our incredible portfolio of brands, talent and content to a large, growing audience, while at the same time providing additional value to all our advertisers. We’re very pleased to work with Felix and our friends at Last.fm on this new partnership.”"This is the first of what we hope to be many collaborations between CBS RADIO and Last.fm,” said Miller. “The content and distribution power between these brands is incredible, and we’re tapping into that strength to greatly expand our digital footprints while significantly improving the user experience on all our platforms. It’s a win-win situation for everyone, most importantly the user who now has more ways to listen to their favorite music and stations.”A staggered rollout of CBS RADIO’s streams to Last.fm is currently underway and includes all genres, including rock, pop, country, news, talk and sports stations, among others. The full online version of the stations will be streamed, providing Web-based advertisers additional exposure to Last.fm’s growing U.S. audience.About CBS RADIOCBS RADIO is one of the largest major-market operators in the United States with stations covering news, sports, alternative rock, oldies, country, talk, classic rock, JACK and urban formats, among others. A division of CBS Corporation, CBS RADIO operates 140 radio stations, all but one of which are in the nation’s top 50 markets. CBS RADIO also has made aggressive moves to converge new and traditional media through creative programming and advanced delivery methods, including online streaming, HD Radio, mobile messaging and podcasting. Audio streams of more than 143 CBS RADIO stations and custom channels are currently available online, and more than two thirds of the Company’s stations are broadcasting in HD digital radio. Additionally, CBS RADIO is home to 27 of the country’s leading sports franchises amongst MLB, the NFL, the NBA, the WNBA and the NHL, including the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Chicago Bears and the Detroit Red Wings. For more information on CBS RADIO, please visit .About Last.fmFounded in 2002, Last.fm is the largest global free music platform on the Web. Last.fm can offer music fans millions of tracks in every genre for free- on-demand streaming thanks to partnerships with Universal, EMI, Warner Music Group and Sony BMG, independent aggregators The Orchard, CD Baby and IODA, and more than 150,000 independent artists and labels - without the need to sign up or download any software. As well as being able to access tracks for free — a service which has seen Last.fm become the fastest-growing free online music network in the U.S. — music fans can also share their music preferences by linking their media player to the Last.fm database. As a result, Last.fm can intelligently recommend songs, artists, local concerts and even other members based on their musical tastes. Last.fm also supports unsigned artists by offering them an unprecedented Artist Royalty program through which they can earn revenue directly from Last.fm every time their music is streamed. Learn more about Last.fm at .CBS Corporation