Barron's business weekly reported on it's January 23rd edition that XM Satellite Radio's 6 million subscribers, almost double that of Sirius, and its strong partnership with automotive partners will keep it a step ahead of its rival in coming years.

"Given XM's edge in subscribers, automotive partners, technology and customer-acquisition costs, its stock looks like the better buy," Barron's said.

I hope Barrons has a good hate-mail filter, because 900,000 rabid SIRI investors won't take to this news very nicely. :)

XM Radio recently had a post-CES analyst day and the presentation is really impressive stuff. I took some time to read through it all (the main presentation is a whopping 56 page long) and it's got some really incredible information in it - not just for XM in general but it shows the movement of the satellite radio industry as a whole.

I would highly recommend checking them out - there's seven presentations total - with a main corporate outlook presentation, followed by several car manufacturer presentations, and finally followed by a presentation on XM Canada.

[XMSR Analyst Day] (Thanks David!)

XM Satellite Radio CEO Hugh Panero will be making an appearance today on CNBC's Kudlow & Company (5:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET). No doubt the new devices and the recent 6 Million subscriber announcement will be on the agenda.

[CNBC via Beyond XM]

XM Satellite Radio has announced that they have more than six million subscribers, and project to end 2006 with more than nine million subscribers. XM added 2.7 million net new subscribers in 2005, and expects more than three million net new subscribers in 2006.

More than 85 percent of XM Satellite Radio's nearly 900,000 net new subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2005 came from retail sales. XM ended 2005 with 5,933,000 subscribers, not including radios purchased as Christmas gifts that were not activated before December 31 and will be activated during the first quarter of 2006.