Sirius XM Updates Apple Apps With Satellite Radio 2.0

By Spencer Osborne: Music royalties as we know them may make a dramatic shift in 2012 and any company that pays music royalties will want to keep abreast of any news surrounding the issue. Over the past decade the music business has changed dramatically. We have moved from terrestrial radio to satellite radio and Internet streaming. We have moved from buying an entire album because you like one song to simply buying only the song you like.

By Spencer Osborne: When Spotify launched in the United States, there were many who questioned whether it was too late for another audio entertainment service to enter the market and expressed doubts as to how much traction it would have. After all, the U.S.

By Spencer Osborne: In the ever evolving world of audio entertainment, the business model of Pandora (NYSE:P) has oft come under attack as a model that cannot sustain itself. The chief complaint is that the more people that listen to Pandora, the more expense the company has. This mantra is a gross generalization typically employed by people who dislike Pandora because it is a competitive force in audio entertainment.

By Spencer Osborne: In news that broke Monday, Ford (F) announced that it has inked a deal with Spotify to allow the audio entertainment giant to join the likes of Sirius XM (SIRI) and Pandora (P) in the dash

By Spencer Osborne: The audio entertainment landscape has morphed more in the past 5 years than it had in the few decades prior. We have literally gone from AM and FM to satellite, to widespread availability of Internet radio. In addition we have gone from simple cell phones to smartphones, and easy dashboards in cars to virtual computers.

By Spencer Osborne: We have all heard of cloud based services. The concept is actually pretty simple. Consumers store files, music, photos, and more on a virtual hard drive in a virtual cloud that allows them to access it at any time from any location. The "cloud" has been around for quite some time, but it has not been until the last couple of years that the concept has taken a deeper meaning to consumers.

By Spencer Osborne: While Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) is most widely known for its satellite radio service, a major part of its success going forward will be tied to the Internet radio side of the business, aptly called Sirius XM Internet Radio.

By Spencer Osborne: In the past decade there have been more changes in audio entertainment than in the three previous decades. Satellite radio, HD Radio, Internet Radio and greater smart phone integration have all combined to give consumers more choices than they ever had before.