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"A robust competitive marketplace is the best regulator and protector of public interest," Martin told the audience at a March 2007 event at his alma mater, the University of North Carolina. "But that doesn't mean that government doesn't have an important role to play. It sets up a regulatory environment that promotes investment and competition." [http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2007/03/06/University/Fcc-Chairman.Balance.Is.Key-2759031.shtml]
Martin "has privately questioned recent Congressional testimony" by [[SiriusSatellite Radio]] satellite radio chief executive [[Mel Karmazin]], who reported the ''New York Times'' in March 2007. Karmazin had claimed that "prices would not be raised and that listeners would benefit enormously by getting the best programming from both companies," if his company's proposed $13 billion merger with [[XM satellite radio was Satellite Radio]] were allowed to proceed. Martin told the ''New York Times'', "The commission will need to determine the benefits to consumers of this deal, and in doing that, we will need to carefully look at what price will be frozen and what consumers will be getting for that price." [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/business/media/07radio.html]
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