To my knowledge, not a word. Which seems rather odd when you consider how quickly goes on the warpath when something really gets his goat.
Yeah that's what I figured... except I've not been listening in lately to hear him say anything.
It's possible everyone is being sincere with this.
Maybe Sirius had a contract with Savage's syndicator, for example, and no direct contract with Savage. It's possible that Savage's contract with his syndicator preculdes them selling the show to another party (like Sirius) without some ok by Savage and (probably some $ in his pocket, too).
If the syndicator packaged several radio shows to Sirius (and I think they do have other shows on Sirius), it's possible that Sirius had a contract with the syndicator that wasn't valid because of a clause in Savage's contact. An oversight that came up.
So instead of paying Savage they expanded Church's show and told Savage to take a hike. That's a huge letdown for Sirius (and Savage is, evidently, still on XM). That might explain the mild venom in the Savage email and the fairly vauge language I got from Sirius.
It is perfectly consistent with Savage's character to find a problem with the Sirius deal, make noise, think he is a bigger shot than he really is, and get told to take a hike. (I say that as a pure Savagaholic).
I hope they can work something out - Savage is a great addition to Sirius, and I hope they can get him back on. That being said, Sirius has some good guys:G Gordon Liddy, Laura Ingraham, Tammy Bruce, Jerry Doyle, Sean Hannity, Mike Reagan, and to a lesser extent, Rusty Humphries shoring up their conservative lineup. Not bad at all.