July 29, 2008 – The longest-running merger proposal in history came to a close when XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio became one company named Sirius XM Satellite Radio. The merger, announced February 2007, sought to combine the two US satellite radio companies in order to compete more effectively with terrestrial and Internet alternatives

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