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On this edition of the mediageek radioshow we explore the legacy of profiteering and greed that underlies the massive consolidation that ruined local radio over the last thirteen years, along with the overleveraging that handicapped satellite radio before it even got out of the gate. Radio scholar John Anderson of DIYmedia.net joins to sort out this seedy history.

This week it’s a big news wrap up with stories on some promised concessions from XM and Sirius in exchange for FCC approval of their planned merger, how AT&T and Verizon are asking the FCC to act on Net Neutrality and Comcast’s BitTorrent blocking, and some questionable police action against a Georgia pirate.