New York – – October 11, 2026 -- SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) has promoted 26-year company veteran Sean Gibbons to Senior Vice President and Chief Product and Technology Officer, placing him on its Executive Leadership Team and reporting to CEO Jennifer Witz.

Gibbons takes control of product, engineering, partnerships and ad tech across SiriusXM and Pandora

His remit covers product strategy and development, technology platforms and engineering, automotive and streaming distribution partnerships, and advertising technology. The role spans both SiriusXM and Pandora.

Witz credited Gibbons with shaping the development and rollout of SiriusXM with 360L and said he is the right person to "accelerate innovation" and improve the customer experience.

New York – October 11, 2026 -- SiriusXM's SXM-11 satellite, the most powerful in its high-powered fleet, entered operational service after in-orbit testing and handover by builder Intuitive Machines. It replaces XM-5 and covers an estimated eight million square miles.

SXM-11 is the 15th satellite launched for Sirius, XM and SiriusXM. It is part of the company's ongoing fleet-refresh program. SXM-9 and SXM-10 began service in 2025, and SXM-12 is scheduled for launch in 2027.

SXM-11 serves 210 million equipped vehicles across North America

An estimated 210 million SiriusXM-equipped vehicles in North America rely on the company's proprietary satellite infrastructure. SiriusXM says the new satellite is designed to improve signal reception, expand Alaska coverage and support reliable service across the continent.

New York – October 11, 2026 -- SiriusXM has signed a four-year agreement giving it exclusive distribution and exclusive global ad sales rights, across both audio and video, for the "Giggly Squad" podcast hosted by Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo. The deal takes effect immediately, and the show will be distributed through the SiriusXM Podcast Network.

SiriusXM takes global ad sales for audio and video editions

The agreement covers ad monetization across both editions of the show. It also includes a slate of new exclusive programming expanding the "Giggly Squad" brand, due to roll out in 2027. SiriusXM said further details will be announced later.

New York – October 11, 2026 -- SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) will release its third quarter 2026 operating and financial results on Thursday, October 29, 2026.

SiriusXM schedules investor call for 8:00 a.m. ET on results day

The company will host an investor conference call at 8:00 a.m. ET on October 29 to discuss the quarterly results.

A live webcast of the call will be available through the SiriusXM Investor Relations website.

The announcement gives no preview of revenue, subscriber, or earnings figures. Those details will be disclosed with the release on October 29.

New York – October 11, 2026 -- SiriusXM Media's monthly audience has grown from 170 million to approximately 255 million unduplicated listeners in a year, reaching nearly 90% of the U.S. population aged 13+, the company said at its second annual Built With Audio event.

YouTube reseller deal adds incremental reach in beta campaigns

The jump follows SiriusXM Media's agreement, announced last April, to act as exclusive reseller of YouTube and YouTube Music audio-first U.S. inventory. Across beta campaigns, adding YouTube Audio expanded advertisers' total unique reach by up to 91%, the company reported.

Tampa – October 11, 2026 -- Blue Purpose founder Don Glidewell has been awarded his third U.S. patent tied to BOOMBOX, his emergency communications technology, extending an intellectual property portfolio built over more than 20 years in long-term care technology.

BOOMBOX addresses a specific operational problem: enabling organizations to communicate when emergencies disrupt normal operations. The latest patent expands Glidewell's holdings in emergency communications for mission-critical environments. The source does not disclose the patent's number, filing date or claims.

Amsterdam, N.Y. – October 11, 2026 -- Sticker Mule generated more than $2.7 billion in economic activity for New York State between 2016 and 2025, according to an independent study by Epsilon Economics released by the company. The analysis covers the direct, indirect and induced effects of the custom-printing manufacturer's operations.

Study credits Sticker Mule with 9,500 year-long equivalent jobs and $681.5 million in wages

Of the 9,500 year-long equivalent jobs, 5,501 are directly at Sticker Mule. More than 4,000 are follow-on positions in real estate, employment services, warehousing, security, restaurants, hospitals and other industries across the state. Wages tied to those jobs total $681.5 million.

Company activity delivered $49.5 million in New York State tax revenue

The tax total includes $18 million in income tax, $15 million in corporate tax and $6.2 million in sales tax.

Vancouver – – October 11, 2026 -- Rio Silver Inc. (TSX.V: RYO; OTC: RYOOF) won shareholder approval for every resolution at its annual general meeting on June 12, 2026, with 13,099,198 common shares, or 22.24% of issued and outstanding shares at the record date, represented in person or by proxy.

Shareholders back director slate, auditor and compensation plan

Resolutions covered the election of directors, ratification of the auditor's appointment for the year ended December 31, 2025, reappointment of the current auditor, and approval of the company's security-based compensation plan.

The source does not disclose vote percentages for individual resolutions or the names of elected directors.

Turnout stays at about one-fifth of share capital

The 22.24% representation means roughly 78% of issued shares were not voted at the meeting. Rio Silver describes itself as having a large percentage of insider, friends and family ownership.

Vancouver – October 11, 2026 -- Rio Silver Inc. (TSX.V: RYO) has received approval to trade on the OTCQB Venture Market under the symbol "RYOOF", and has granted 850,000 incentive stock options to consultants.

OTCQB listing opens U.S. retail and institutional access to Rio Silver shares

The OTCQB is a U.S. trading platform operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. for developing and entrepreneurial-stage companies. The Securities and Exchange Commission recognizes it as an "established public market" for determining the public market price when registering securities for resale.

Rio Silver says the listing gives U.S. retail and institutional investors improved access to its shares. The company frames the move as coming at a point when global silver production is decreasing and interest in pure-play silver producers is accelerating, particularly where the majority of the co-product is gold. The company provided no market data to support either claim.

Tokyo – October 11, 2026 -- NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS, Inc. will roll out "Pro," a new tier of its docomo business SIGN IoT network-as-a-service, in March 2027 for customers running tens of thousands of connected devices in Japan and overseas. The offering centralizes domestic and international connectivity management, automates SIM operations and adds support for the SGP.32 eSIM standard.