Tech Daily Dose: Broadcasters Hire GOP Trio For XM-Sirius Work http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2007/05/broadcasters-hire-gop-trio-for.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2010 Tue, 29 May 2007 12:55:38 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Broadcasters Hire GOP Trio For XM-Sirius Work Here's a new wrinkle in the ongoing lobbying blitz surrounding the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. The Center for Public Integrity's Telecom Watch blog reports that the National Association of Broadcasters has hired lobbying firm Bluewater Strategies to combat the pending deal.

In a filing last week at the Senate Office of Public Records, lobbyists Tim Kurth, Andrew Lundquist and George Nethercutt, a former Republican congressman from Washington, said they would represent the NAB on the merger and other issues. NAB has led the crusade against the XM-Sirius union and officials have repeatedly testified that the merger would be harmful to consumers and the radio industry.

]]> http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2007/05/broadcasters-hire-gop-trio-for.php?rss=1 http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2007/05/broadcasters-hire-gop-trio-for.php?rss=1 Tue, 29 May 2007 12:55:38 GMT peter Holness responded on November 24, 09 07:09 AM <div class="ad" style="float:right;margin: 0px, 0, 10, 10;"> <h6>Advertisement</h6> <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/nationaljournalgroup/njonline;feature=techdailydose;series=techdailydose;medium=rss;sz=300x250,336x280;ord=144140951?" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/nationaljournalgroup/njonline;feature=techdailydose;series=techdailydose;medium=rss;sz=300x250,336x280;ord=144140951?" border="0" alt=""></a> </div> And this is still rumbling on now two and a half years later. The world has changed , house prices have dropped through the floor , banks have gone bust and are getting fat again , prices have risen across the board , wages are down , hours are being cut ,  people drive 20 miles for cheaper gas bills and yet these guys are still fighting over a scrap of nothing.

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