Howard Stern's contract with Sirius XM is up at year end and the company's CEO Jim Meyer said he plans to pick up the pace on renewal talks and "work hard" to keep the outspoken, wildly popular host.
"The relationship between Howard and myself has been great and is great right now… I trust Howard and Howard trusts…
Howard Stern went after one-time friend Donald Trump last week, saying the president “despises” his supporters. This week, it’s Donald Trump Jr.
Trump Jr. had taken a shot at Stern shortly after the SiriusXM host’s comments about the president last week. On his show Tuesday, Stern fired back.
"I can't argue with him…
Fox News Media and SiriusXM have reached a new long-term agreement that will see Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network and Fox News Headlines 24/7 continue to be carried on the satellite company’s platforms.
Under the new deal, Fox News On-Demand Audio programming will also be distributed on the SiriusXM On-Demand…
Netflix is launching the first audio venture for its comedy content, Netflix Is A Joke Radio, in partnership with SiriusXM. The venture is the first collaboration for Netflix with another subscription service on a new offering.
The full-time comedy channel launches April 15 on Channel 93 on the satellite radio…
As his Upside promo tour continues, Kevin Hart briefly waded back into the Oscar hosting waters in an interview after his prickly sit-down earlier today on Good Morning America, when he declared “I’m over it.”
One reason he was induced to resume talking about the topic that has raged for days since Deadline first broke…
After spending heavily on high-priced comedy talent, from Chris Rock to Jerry Seinfeld to Dave Chappelle, Netflix and SiriusXM are planning to package the jokes in audio form.
Few details were included in a SiriusXM blog post announcing the venture, but the company said it was the first time Netflix content will be…
Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei seemed to change his tune slightly today when it comes to a possible deal with SiriusXM buying Pandora Media.
The streaming music company’s shares jolted to a 2% gain after Maffei, whose company owns 66% of the satellite radio provider, called Pandora “a really interesting asset.”
“You…
I have to admit that when I see the name Opie, I immediately think of Mayberry, Andy Griffith and Ron Howard before he shaved. Now I understand that shock jock Anthony Cumia was fired last week by Sirius XM for being, I think the technical term is, a tweeting moron. His on-air partner Greg Hughes — known to all by the…
SiriusXM shares are down about 2.4% to $3.29 in post-market trading after Liberty Media said it will sit tight with its 53% stake in the satellite radio company while it reshuffles its asset portfolio — potentially to help Charter Communications expand. “We are creating two new tracking stocks, Liberty Media and…
Liberty Media is too important a company to ignore, but since it’s mostly a holding company for stock in other publicly traded entities there’s rarely anything surprising in its earnings report. That’s pretty much the case this morning as Liberty reported Q4 operating income of $189M, up from a $60 loss at the end of…
The satellite radio company has postponed from January 27 to April 25 the planned $240M share repurchase from majority owner, John Malone’s Liberty Media. But Malone shouldn’t fret: SiriusXM now says that it will buy $340M of Liberty’s holdings at $3.66 a share. Meanwhile a special committee of SiriusXM’s board is…
Fans of the shock jock won’t like the conclusions that Macquarie Equities Research’s Amy Young reaches in a new report on this provocative question. While Howard Stern was a big draw for SiriusXM in 2004 when he agreed to join the satellite radio service, “the sub base is now at 25M and there’s less necessity to…
