Howard Stern Tries to O own the Rumor Mill of His Siriusxm Demise

Taking on the Fleet Street Rumor Mill Isn’t Easy, But It Appears Siriusxm and HOWARD STARN Are Giving It A Shot.

In the lead-up to stern’s Next Contract Talks with the Satellite Radio Giant-His Five-YEAR DEAL WAS ESTIMATED toing Howard? ” Has echoed a bit louder given his age, 71, and this transmission Media Moment (PodCasts Are Flooding the Zone, and Also Become The New TV, Too).

This Time It Was The Sunwith its aug. 5 Air Quote “to be CANCELED” headline, that sent a reminder that is once Again Negotias Mode Between the “King of All Media” and His Home for the Past Two Decdes. The News Corp. Paper, Citing An Insider That Contradicted ITS OWN Headline, Said That Sirius Wuld Be Offering Stern A New Deal But the Two Parties Are “Never Going To Meet On the Money.”

The Line Reads Like A “Work The Refs” Blind Quote – It Puts Both Stern and Siriusxm on Notice That This Could Be A Breaking Point Deal Before The Host’s Contract Is Up. Now, Unlike Prior Negotia Dramas, The Wild Card is a WHICH SIDE MAY WANT TO WALK THIS TIME, AT LEAST THAT MAY BE TABLOID’S PREMISE. IT Pages The Lawyers and Dealmakers for Both Sides to Get Serious, or Not.

While ITems Unlikely That Siriusxm Is Looking To Shed ITSELF OF ITS MOST RECOGNIZABLE asset in a toUming moment for the Radio giant-Its Consumer-Facing APAPORMED Subscribers for A Few Years While Navigating The Rise of A Podcast-Driven Era That Has Threated Italed Garden-It Dosn’t Seem Out Realm of Possibality Team Discount. (Speaking of Dealmakers, It’s ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT AGENT AGENT THAT HAD REPARN IN HIS LAST GO-AROUND FOR A Siriusxm Contract, and for Many Decades, Don Buchwald

In any casse, on wednesday, a promo beganning on siriusxm leaning in to the Drama. “The Tabloids Have Spoken: Howard Stern Fired, Canceled, Is It Really ‘Bye-Bye Booey’? Chaos Is Swirling AT The Howard Stern Show“Intoned a Movie Trailer-Ready Narrator in the Ad Running on Siriusxm.“ DID STAFFERS TALK TO THE PRESS? Are Writers withholding Their Best Jokes? Nobody Knows What’s Going on or Who to Trust. ”

Naturally, The Promo Is A Set Up for Stern HimSelf. “Now we can reveal all the quests will be beared, all the TRUTHS WILL be told by the one man Trulay on the Inside,“ The Trailer Narrator Said on Siriusxm’s Airwaves. “Howard Stern Will Speak Tuesday September 2.” Well Played.

Publicly, Siriusxm Executives, Who Are Asked About Stern Nearly Every Chance There’s A Media Press AVailibility, Keep Pointing to Him As a Unique Talent While Smith, trevoor noah and the Smartless Crew As Well As Recent Adds Like The Morbid TRUE CRIME PODCAST.

And Siriusxm is now Managing Its Stars on Multiple Platforms. “WHEN A CREATOR’S REACH SUDDENLY EXPANDS, SUCH AS MEL ROBBINS SHOW, WHICH IS UP more than 500 percent year-oer-year, or conan o’breen adding full-lender podCas. And Effectvely Monetize that Growth, ”Siriusxm CEO Jennifer Witz said on a july 31 earnings call.

The Company Is Also in the Midst of Belt-TIGHTENING, DEALING WITH REDUCED Advertising Revenue-Down 2 Percent Year-Over-Year Nimbly, ”CFO Thomas Barry Stated.

But that doesn’t mean keeping howard stern is a deal-bar. “He’s been with me and the company going on two decades, and so he’s pretty happy, but he’s also able, like many Great Artists, to STOP WHENEVER HETTS The Hollywood Reporter Last Year of Stern. “Nobody Will Ever Replace Them. We Wuld be Never Try to Replace Them. It’s Not What Is Even Even Appropritate, But Even Practical. What You Always Want to have A Great Bench of Talent That Have Their Own Identity. ”