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Karmazin is Sirius about satellite radio

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Mel Karmazin

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by Kai Ryssdal
Marketplace AM for June 19, 2006

PART 2: Listen to more of Kai Ryssdal's interview with Mel Karmazin


CEO Snapshot

Who: Mel Karmazin, Chief Executive Officer, Sirius Satellite Radio

Joined Sirius in 2004 as CEO. Before that, he was president and COO of Viacom; president and CEO of CBS.

First paying job: Working at an ad agency.

Education: Earned a B.A. in accounting and advertising from Pace University in night school.

What you may not know: Word has it that Karmazin is publicity shy. According to Newsweek, when Howard Stern was at CBS, he was forbidden to use Karmazin's name on the air.

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Interview transcript


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About the author

Kai Ryssdal is the host and senior editor of Marketplace, public radio’s program on business and the economy. Follow Kai on Twitter @kairyssdal.
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