 RAIN 11/13: Sirius XM chairman resigns ·Nov 13, 11:50 AM L.A. TIMES PUBLISHER HARTENSTEIN TO REPLACE PARSONSChairman of Sirius XM (and XM Satellite Radio before the companies merged) Gary Parsons has resigned. L.A. Times publisher/CEO Eddy Hartenstein has been named as Parsons’ replacement. Hartenstein — previously an independent director for Sirius XM and once the Chairman/CEO of DirecTV — will continue to serve as the Times’ publisher.
Parsons (pictured right) had served as XM’s chairman since 1997 and guided the company through its merger with Sirius. “Now is the right time to step aside,” he stated. For more on the story, check out the L.A. Times’ coverage here. WGN RADIO TAPS CHICAGO BLOGGERS FOR ON-AIR TALENTBloggers take to the AM airwaves on WGN 720AM in Chicago, as the station launches a new Saturday show centered on the Tribune’s ChicagoNow blog. Said WGN PD Kevin Metheny, “ChicagoNow is a collection of fascinating people who can’t stop themselves from constantly telling Chicago’s story as they see it, in a dynamic, refreshing and sometimes disturbing way.” Find out more from ChicagoNow here.
GREATER MEDIA CHIEF PONDERS SOCIAL MEDIA: “HOBBY OR BUSINESS?”Greater Media CEO Peter H. Smyth tackles social networking in his latest “From the Corner Office” blog post. “It’s either a business or a hobby,” he writes of social networks, “If it’s a hobby, it gets one chance to be transformed into a business. If it cannot meet the litmus test, it should be abandoned in favor of more promising initiatives that have a clearer path to profitability…If we keep adding without specific goals or focus, we end up with a patchwork of gizmos, none of which is innovatively or consistently utilized in support of the overall station brand.” You can read Smyth’s full thoughts here.
CAR RADIO FLIPS TO REVEAL HANDY iPHONE DOCKMost of us listen to Internet radio in the car via an iPhone, either through an FM transmitter or some tangle of wires. The XML8110 in-dash radio could be a handy solution to the mess: an AM/FM radio on the front, it flips down to reveal an iPhone dock along with easy-to-use controls. It charges your device, too. The device is available at Wal-Mart for $99. Find out more at Geeky Gadgets here.
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