Siriusly Lame

In 2008 the two leading satellite radio companies — and as I understand it, the only ones granted a license to do so by U.S. Federal Communications Commission — merged to create SiriusXM, a powerhouse with 135 channels of commercial free music with more than 20 million subscribers. The original companies were strong on their own: Sirius launched in 2001, made a big splash in 2004 when it lured Howard Stern away from earth-bound radio; and XM, also launched in 2001, attracted Oprah and her team of personalities in 2006. Operating with a very mergerish logo since the merger, a new logo had been spotted as early as November of last year and just this month the new SiriusXM logo appeared on their website.The Sirius logo is probably the better known of the two, thanks to its cute st