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Howard Stern Renews Contract at Sirius XM
- Thread starter KyleH
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I'm amazed that SiriusXM still has the money for this. I would have thought someone like Spotify or Audible would be pouring money on Howard Stern.
Great news! Stern is still a lot of fun to listen to and I really enjoy his interviews.
Those were test shows. They've installed studio equipment into Howard's home and other locations. No difference in quality now except for when interviews are conducted over zoom, etc. (the standard issues).
I do think this has a lot to do with it. Richard Christy said when the show is over he's going to become an electrician again. Which is crazy.
They're actually quite successful and even recently acquired Pandora.
Most new cars have the radio built In which is where they are successful.
Yes. He works 3 days a week and will regularly take off 2 weeks of vacation. This was part of the negotiations he had with Sirius to make him stay a while ago.
The Sirius app has video clips from the show-I think that Sirius is going to eventually have video streaming of other things as well.
Ultimately, you listen to someone like Howard to help the commute to work go by faster. If he isn't on live, there are alternatives such as podcasts.
Yeah I haven't found a show that scratches that itch like this show does. But I do end up skipping a lot. How many times can I hear Billy Corgan be interviewed? I just want to hear Howard and Robin talk politics, the news and hear about how Ronnie the Limo Driver's sex tips.
lol howard doesn't care about that at all. he could give them all a million and retire if that was an actual worry of his. much easier than working another 5.
I don't mind. He's an old dude. Better for the show. Howard doesn't do well with high volume.
because people aren't signing up to listen to Jason Ellis. Howard's name recognition drives subscriptions.
Agreed. I think he still enjoys it and what else is he going to do sit around?
What's the proof that he drives subscriptions because they never release numbers. I'd say people purchasing cars drives more new subs than Howard does and we have no clue how many people are subbed only/mostly for Howard.
Its an obscene amount of money for a company that refuses to pay people to provide content for their platform. They tried to pay Joe Rogan and Bill Burr peanuts for their podcasts back in the day.
It was pretty much a given once he started doing the show from home.
Do you honestly think Sirius just gave him $120 million a year without having proof that he drives subs?
Do you honestly think Sirius just gave him $120 million a year without having proof that he drives subs?
Well I'm sure they have the analytics that make signing Howard worth it. How much proof do you need? If they are willing to pay him, it's worth it to them.
Gen X still funding it with their cars (I'm basing this on my parents)
These aren't Opie & Anthony days? Also if you fire Jason Ellis, wouldn't that free up money for Howard?
But is it because he actually drives listeners or because of his name/their plan? Jim and Sam are the second most listened to non-music program on the platform behind Howard and I guarantee you their contract isn't a tenth of Howard's.
The company as a whole is suffering from their decisions because eventually Howard WILL walk away and they'll have alienated potential employees at that point or start over paying people to fill the gap.
Its very much how the WWE did things and their ratings a hitting record lows several times a year because they didn't have an actual star after Cena left.
Isn't it? Howard is still being paid obscene money (this is technically a pay cut based on his biggest contract) while other people are being fired or let go for money reasons.
The only thing I'm saying is pay other people.
Howard hates his job. Its just an ego boost for him which he desperately needs. His team pretty much provides the content, all he has to do is talk. Thanks to covid Howard will probably be working from home full time in his Florida mansion rather than having to live in New York and get to work at 5am which he also hated. Howard does care about his team though. He won't admit it, but he does. He is also getting more fame from interviewing A list celebs now rather than C and D listers back when he was featuring strippers and pornstars.
Honestly, Stern has lots of loyal fans and Sirius realizes it potentially would be the death knell for their business if he left.
He's grown a ton the last decade or so. One of the best interviewers around hands down currently.
Yea I honestly wasn't expecting him to continue. I think he enjoys doing it from his basement plus i'm not sure where ppl like Sal and Richard would take their "talents".
i'm sure that plays a small part but i think he fears falling into irrelevancy even more.
You still have to sign up if you buy a car. I've bought two cars since 2016 and used my 1 month trial both times and then declined to pay XM anything.
XM just seems like the "older people" streaming service to me. My dad likes it and pays for it. My wife's parents did as well until we got them onto Spotify.
People who wonder how Sirius keeps going but I just look at my family.. my parents, my wife's parents and my grandparents all have multiple cars that they all pay for it on and hardly use it. Seems including it as an option at least works for my family. I am fairly sure my grandparents believe they need to keep paying in order to get any sort of radio. Kinda like AOL still being a thing.
I would love to listen to Howard from time to time but I do not want to pay full price. Is there away to pay for a package just for his channel? How do you all listen to him?
I would love to listen to Howard from time to time but I do not want to pay full price. Is there away to pay for a package just for his channel? How do you all listen to him?
Officially launched in 2002. I bought a lifetime sub to listen to Howard in 2005, I think for $400? Honestly one of the best decisions I've made, because While I stopped listening to Howard around 10 years ago after Artie left and he started only doing shows 3 days a week, I still listen to their music channels almost daily.
I think Ellis got let go cause he wasn't doing what they thought he was going to do or that they expected him to get bigger than what he plateau'd at. I mean I found out he was fired yesterday.
Is the company suffering? SiriusXM just bought Pandora and Stitcher.