From the seen-but-not-heard department, apparently there's an internal meme being used by Sirius management in reference to their listeners: SPERM (Self Proclaimed Experts of Radio & Music).
Of course, the source that leaked SPERM (sorry, couldn't resist) is the recently fired Sirius OutQ guru John McMullen, who goes into great detail about what transpired behind the walls of the McGraw Hill Building. McMullen was eventually let go due to "violating the company's code of conduct," which he claims is not true.
A grain of salt is required when taking in this information, because irate former employees generally don't paint the picture to be in favor of the company. But still, there's some real goodies in there like the snubbing of the SBS crew, a poster that offended Joe Clayton, Ben Sparks' shenanigans at Sirius, and much more.
That said, the term SPERM is highly entertaining, and to some it might be slightly offending.
Something tells me that Sirius wouldn't be adopting a Digg for Radio concept anytime soon.
[Sirius Backstage]
I agree that you have to take his post with a grain of salt, but it was a very entertaining read about the politics behind the scenes at a place like Sirius. I'm sure similar stories will surface about XM, if and when they start laying off relatively minor staffers and personalities. Disgruntled employees make for great dirt!