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SiriusXM is the latest media company to lay off staff as the industry retrenches. CEO Jennifer Witz said today the satellite radio broadcaster, podcaster, owner of streaming music service Pandora and home to Howard Stern, will be cutting 475 jobs, or 8% of its workforce “to secure the long-term health and…

Audio entertainment company SiriusXM reported fourth-quarter results that were largely in line with Wall Street expectations, with total revenue of about $2.3 billion and earnings per share of 9 cents. The company also adding 348,000 self-paying subscribers in the period. On a conference call with…

SiriusXM has appointed Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones alum Suzi Watford to the newly created role of SVP and Chief Growth Officer. She will be based at the company’s New York headquarters, reporting to Chief Commercial Officer Joe Verbrugge. Watford will guide the company’s streaming subscription…

John Malone's Liberty Media is splitting off 2021 World Series champions the Atlanta Braves Baseball Club and related assets into a separate public company "to better highlight its strong value." As part of a rejiggering of the Liberty universe, it is also creating a new tracking stock called Liberty…

EXCLUSIVE: Bestselling author and motivational speaker Rachel Hollis has teamed with SiriusXM to handle worldwide ad sales and distribution of her popular The Rachel Hollis Podcast. Under the pact, SXM Media, the combined ad sales group of SiriusXM, has exclusive global ad sales rights to The Rachel…

Brett Favre is facing fraud allegations and SiriusXM has taken the step of placing his show on hold. The former football player has been hosting the show The SiriusXM Blitz With Brett Favre and Bruce Murray since 2018 and last aired on September 13. The Mississippi Department of Human Services sued the retired NFL…

EXCLUSIVE: Alison Pill is continuing to add to her podcast slate. The Star Trek: Picard and Devs star is to lead the lineup of scripted dark comedy podcast The Rubber Room from SiriusXM. The series will explore the lives of some bad apples from New York City's public school system who have been locked away in…

SiriusXM’s app, featuring Howard Stern and more than 400 other channels of music, news, sports and other programming, has been integrated into Comcast’s Xfinity X1 pay-TV system, Flex streaming video bundle and XClass smart TVs. Eligible Comcast subscribers can sign up for SiriusXM and get their first three months…

Steve Scully, who left C-SPAN last year after 30 years, is hosting a daily show for SiriusXM’s POTUS Channel. Scully began hosting The Briefing with Steve Scully on the channel on Monday. It’ll air weekdays from noon-2 PM ET. The timeslot was previously filled by Chris Cuomo, who ended the show in December after he…

SiriusXM has acquired Team Coco, Conan O’Brien's podcast network and digital media business, including his popular podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend. Team Coco’s staff will continue to produce the network’s slate of podcasts and collaborate on new content for SiriusXM. The deal includes a five-year talent agreement…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran broadcasting executive Andy King has joined Buchwald to head the agency’s podcast division. In his new role, he will lead the development of client podcast concepts and guide talent through the process of podcast creation, from ideation to distribution. His hiring will also bolster Buchwald Sports…

Jessica Casano-Antonellis, a former senior exec at Disney who played a key role in the launches of Disney+ and ESPN+, has joined SiriusXM as SVP and head of communications. She reports to Chief Marketing Officer Denise Karkosis and succeeds Patrick Reilly, who is leaving the audio company after a 17-year…