The House Judiciary Committee:
announced today that its newly formed Antitrust Task Force will hold a hearing titled, "Competition and the future of Digital Music," which will focus on the proposed XM-Sirius Satellite Radio merger. The hearing will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 3 pm. Mel Karmazin, CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio, will testify. Additional witnesses are to be determined.Adam Thierer analyzes the issues in: XM + Sirius = Good Deal (for the Companies and Consumers) (Feb. 2007).