Rush has contracts with hundreds and hundreds of stations, if not thousands, reachable by probably 85% or 90% of the listening public, thus doesn't really need many streamers. Heck, stations in the Siberian tundra probably carry him. Michael probably has just a handful (WOR and a few more), so it's live or die for him with streamers.
On another subject, remember how he always made fun of Beck, O'Reilly and Rush for having a 'subscribe' "Members Only" site thingy that cost $3 or $4 a month? He used to say they would do anything to make a buck. A shocker ----> you've noticed Savage has one, now?
“they would do anything to make a buck”
I noticed the Doc never dissed anyone for pushing their books....haha.