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Journalist and attorney Allison Hope Weiner is a special correspondent to Deadline and files this exclusive breaking news: Now it’s getting personal in Round Two of the legal war between Howard Stern and his satellite radio boss Mel Karmazin according to affidavits filed today by Stern and his longtime agent Don Buchwa…

Journalist and attorney Allison Hope Weiner is a special correspondent to Deadline and files this exclusive breaking news: Throughout Howard Stern’s career, his radio contract often prevented him from saying anything nasty about his frequent boss Mel Karmazin. But the shock jock also had little to complain about…

This is a surprise. Dish Network CEO Charlie Ergen announced today that he’s calling it quits. He’ll turn the reins of the No. 2 satellite company over to longtime consumer electronics executive Joseph Clayton next month. Ergen still controls Dish stock and will remain its chairman. Clayton had been chairman of Sirius…

Note to Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin: When you talk to anyone besides Wall Street analysts, don’t sound so gleeful about your plan to raise your basic $12.95 a month subscription rate later this year. Karmazin  told analysts Tuesday in his quarterly earnings call to “think of a number more than” the inflation rate so…

Well, the honeymoon period for Howard Stern and Sirius XM Satellite Radio sure didn’t last long. Howard Stern’s production company One Twelve and the radio host’s manager filed a lawsuit today in New York state Supreme Court, claiming the company reneged on its promise to reward Stern if Sirius XM exceeded certain…

Howard Stern put his staff out of its misery today by telling them he has signed a 5-year extension with Sirius XM Satellite Radio. The show, which is a joy to subscribers (like myself) because the lack of FCC supervision and fewer commercials, is at its best when Stern takes aim at his staff. This morning was no…