By Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Sirius XM’s revenue and earnings rose more than expected in its first quarter, but the satellite-radio giant said it lost 143,000 net subscribers for the first quarter, while adding 69,000 self-paying ones.
The company reported a profit of $293 million, or 7 cents a share, compared to $162 million, or 3 cents a share, the same period last year.
Revenue rose 12% to $1.95 billion, beating expectations by .02 billion. At the end of March it had more than 34.8 million subscribers, including more than 30 million self-pay users.
Chief Executive Jim Meyer said he expects the company to “continue to generate substantial positive free cash flow” but withdrew its 2020 guidance. “Once we have a better view of how
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