With his unprecedented $100M a year contract with Sirius XM due to run out a week from Thursday and an exec for the satellite service suggesting that he take a pay cut, this morning on SXM's airwaves the former King of All Media gave his opinion on that in no uncertain terms:
http://blogs.forbes.com/laceyrose/2010/12/07/sorry-sirius-howard-stern-is-not-taking-a-f-ing-pay-cut/?boxes=Homepagechannels Of course, the diehard Stern fans are claiming that he's the reason SXM has 20M subscribers (never mind that most XM subscribers have not chosen to take the "Best of Sirius" package that includes Stern and never mind that the NFL games package and other similar sports packages are as much of a draw as Stern) and that the service will go into the toilet if Stern leaves (with insertions of racist/sexist/ homophobic remarks about other SXM talent or providers Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart, Rosie O'Donnell and Jamie Foxx). Rumors were afoot that Stern was talking to Apple about an iTunes streaming deal, but have proven to be just rumors (Stern doesn't exactly fit Apple's public image). And of course, things have not changed in terrestrial radio for Stern to come back there. A commenter in the Forbes article makes a point that the $100M was supposed to fund two fully-programmed channels controlled by Stern-- Howard 101 now just airs his show on a 24-hour continuous loop and Howard 102, with the arguable exception of "Bubba the Love Sponge," airs mostly unlistenable amateur night stuff. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
