Have you heard Howard Stern lately? Me neither, because like about 300 million other people in this country, I refuse to pay for satellite radio. That’s a problem for a subscriber-based profit model, and particularly when your biggest star has a half-billion dollar contract. Did you know that Sirius has literally never turned a profit? Did they think every Howard Stern fan was going to make the switch with him? The average Howard Stern fan is now listening to whatever classic rock station the foreman of the building site plays on the boombox.
All these factors will likely influence Howard’s contract re-negotiations with Sirius, if they happen at all. He’s threatening to leave for good, perhaps to focus his efforts on a personal subscription service or Pay Per View specials.
F Jackie.
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