SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (SIRI) said that Gary Parsons resigned as a director and Chairman of the company's Board of Directors. The company's Board of Directors has appointed Eddy Hartenstein, an independent director, to serve as non-executive Chairman. Parsons was founder of XM Satellite Radio and was the Chairman of XM Satellite Radio, prior to the merger of SIRIUS and XM.
Eddy Hartenstein has been a director of SIRIUS XM since July 2008. From May 2005 until the closing of the merger with XM in July 2008, Hartenstein served as a director of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.
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