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# Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Friday August 18th, 2006
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebots_new_mu_11-5/
- Published: 2006-08-18T04:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2006-08-18T04:01:00.000Z
- Description: – Talk is circulating again of a possible XM / Sirius merger as both stock continue to trade near new lows. (Hollywood Reporter) – Apple retains a huge lead in. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/08/hypebots_new_mu_11-5.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

[![Xm_sirius](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/xm_sirius.jpg "Xm_sirius")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/xm%5Fsirius.jpg?ref=hypebot.com) – Talk is circulating again of a possible **XM / Sirius merger** as both stock continue to trade near new lows. ([Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/business/brief%5Fdisplay.jsp?vnu%5Fcontent%5Fid=1002987046&ref=hypebot.com))– **Apple** retains a huge lead in the US portable player market with **75.6% market share**. ([InfoWorld](http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/17/HNapplemusiclead%5F1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/17/HNapplemusiclead%5F1.html))– UK recording industry **bans 12 year old singer songwriter from charts** for supporting file sharing. ([Techdirt](http://techdirt.com/articles/20060816/1820225.shtml?ref=hypebot.com))– South Korea is developing"smart" **clothing with built-in digital music players**.

([AP](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060817/ap%5Fon%5Fhi%5Fte/techbits%5Fworn%5Fmusic?ref=hypebot.com))