Sirius-XM Merger Nears Approval

Seventeen months and a slew of concessions later, the FCC is poised to officially grant permission for the only two U.S. satellite radio operators to merge.

On Wednesday, insiders confirmed that FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein joined fellow Democrat Michael Copps in voting against allowing Sirius and XM to join forces, giving commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate the fifth and deciding vote.

Now Tate is ready to join fellow Republicans chairman Kevin Martin and commissioner Robert McDowell in voting in favor of the merger because XM and Sirius have agreed to certain conditions.

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