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Sirius Satellite Radio host Howard Stern supports the merger of his network with XM Satelitte Radio and is fuming at Democratic opposition on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) panel. After FCC commissioners announced they have reached a deal to approve the merger of Sirius (NASDAQ:SIRI) and XM (NASDAQ:XMSR), Stern ranted about Democrats’ ‘gangsterism’ and ‘communism’ and the obstacles to the merger.

NEW YORK - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. reported Tuesday that its first quarter loss more than doubled, due largely to expenses of $225 million in stock-based compensation to its star shock jock Howard Stern. Revenue nearly tripled as the company expanded its subscriber base. Sirius reported a net loss of $458.5 million, or 33 cents a share, for the January-March period compared with a loss of $193.6 million, or 15 cents a share, a year ago. By far the largest factor affecting the results was costs for stock-based compensation, which all companies had to begin recording this year under new...

Coming Soon To The Stern Show Beetlejuice, G. Gordon Liddy, Donald Trump, Joan Rivers, Andrew Dice Clay, Lisa Lampanelli, Joanie Laurer, Anna Benson, Jon Stewart, Roger Ebert, Gilbert Gottfried, Bernie Mac - and more! Not a prank call... Tune in at Sirius Channel 100After seeing a notice at Mark's Friggin that Liddy was on the "Howard Stern 'Coming Soon'" list, I e-mailed LiddyShow Producer, Diana. She e-mailed back. Liddy is expected to be on Howard's show, Thursday, 2/16, between 7:30 and 8AM. She said it was OK to pass the word. That's one soundbyte I hope I can get.

CURSES FOILED AGAIN FOR STERN By DON KAPLAN Howard Stern may be coming down with a Sirius case of the bleeps. High-level executives of the satellite broadcaster are developing an internal standards-and-practices document that will set boundaries for Stern and other shock jocks, The Post has learned. “It’s something that’s being taken very seriously," a Sirius source said. Stern's new show also is being broadcast on a time-delay, giving him the opportunity to censor the program which he already has done.

Howard Stern began his new satellite radio show on Monday by putting to rest rumors that he got married to his longtime girlfriend, model Beth Ostrosky _ in a comment complete with a federally banned expletive. "I am not married. It's a nice feeling that we get along great. We're very happy and I don't want to (blank) it up," said Stern, who is finally free of government decency laws on Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. Stern has promised everything from stripper poles to live sex on his new show. But he used only a moderate amount of swearing and said...

Sirius sees 6 mln subs by end of '06 XM misses '05 subscriber target By David B. Wilkerson, MarketWatch Last Update: 4:10 PM ET Jan. 5, 2006 CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - Sirius Satellite Radio, days away from the long-anticipated arrival of popular radio host Howard Stern, said Thursday that it will grant Stern more than 34 million shares of Sirius stock worth nearly $220 million because it exceeded its subscriber target for 2005. The company said it ended 2005 with 3.32 million subscribers, with a gain of 1.14 million net subscribers in the fourth quarter in the run-up to Stern's debut....

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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A surprising number of Hyundai customers said they didn't want Sirius Satellite Radio installed in their vehicles because they objected to Howard Stern, according to an auto news Web site. The so-called "shock jock" will broadcast on Sirius (up $0.08 to $5.33, Research) Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. beginning in January 2006, said Inside Line, an online news source that is part of Edmunds.com. Edmunds.com is a partner in CNN.com's automotive news and information channels. Hyundai recently surveyed 300 to 400 customers as it was deciding whether to choose XM (down $0.10...

NEW YORK - Doers and doings in business, entertainment and technology: Flash: Newspaper reports baseless rumor? Readers are wondering if the New York Post has done it again. On Wednesday, the News Corp. tabloid reported that Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio were beginning the dance of merger negotiations. But the Post, every Gothamite's guilty pleasure, has a colorful history of shooting from the hip: Last year, the newssheet, famed for its "Headless Body in Topless Bar" front page, became a darling of eBay shoppers when it declared that presidential candidate John Kerry would pick Dick Gephardt as his...

Howard Stern says he was pulled off four radio stations this week for using a pair of newly forbidden words: Satellite radio. Citadel Broadcasting Corp., which aired Stern's envelope-pushing syndicated show, opted to yank the program Monday because the host was devoting too much time to his impending switch to Sirius Satellite Radio, Stern told his listeners. Stern's decision to abandon terrestrial radio is often a topic of conversation on his show. Citadel felt the program had become "an infomercial" for Stern's next employer and pulled the plug, the shock jock said. Stern's show had aired on Citadel stations in...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Radio shock jock Howard Stern, who is moving to satellite radio to avoid broadcast decency rules, traded verbal jabs on air with Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) Chairman Michael Powell on Tuesday, charging him with nepotism and undermining free speech. "It is apparent to most of us in broadcasting that your father got you your job," said Stern, who called in while Powell was being interviewed on San Francisco's KGO-AM 810. Powell shot back that his father, Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites), had nothing to do with his appointment. The FCC...

Thanks to his impassioned late-night pleas about health care and gun control, CNN has called Jimmy Kimmel “America’s conscience.” Jimmy Kimmel? This is the man who, along with bro-tastic podcaster Adam Carolla, brought you the Juggies, women in skimpy bikinis who ended each episode of The Man Show by bouncing on trampolines.... A friend insists that Kimmel has transformed from a chauvinistic joker into an empathetic conversationalist. (The friend, in this case, is Howard Stern.) There’s a lot that New Howard has left behind. When his show moved to satellite radio in 2004, Old Howard was like a kid in...

Howard Stern says he could launch a White House bid in 2024 against former President Trump, quipping he knows he'll "beat his ass." The SiriusXM host said Tuesday that running for president could be his "civic duty" if Trump, who has repeatedly floated but not confirmed a 2024 bid, was to seek a second term. “I would just sit there and play that f---ing clip of him trying to fix the election, over and over again,” Stern said, referring to Trump's phone call in January with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which the then-president sought to persuade him...

Howard Stern is again on the warpath against people who oppose his vaccination ideals, especially NBA player Kyrie Irving who Stern is now calling the “top idiot in the world.” Stern, who now hosts a Sirius program, finally returned from another vacation and immediately went on the attack against the 29-year-old Brooklyn Nets star for refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine. Stern led by saying that Irving is “the biggest idiot in the country right now,” Outkick noted. “Talk about stupid, there’s some people who are willing to walk away from millions of dollars and not get vaccinated,” Stern blathered...

Actress Jennifer Aniston expressed her support for the killing of unborn babies in abortions over the weekend, posting “No uterus, no opinion” and other pro-abortion content on her Instagram account. Her Instagram story posts coincided with the Women’s March protests on Saturday. The march adopted a radical pro-abortion theme this year, “Rally for Abortion Justice,” to oppose pro-life laws that are saving thousands of babies’ lives. Aniston shared several photos of pro-abortion protesters on her Instagram page Sunday, likely from the protest. Best known for her role on the sitcom “Friends,” she also posted a GIF from the show when...

On Tuesday, Stern inked a new five-year deal with Sirius reportedly worth upwards of $100 million a year. One of radio’s biggest stars for decades, his 2020 net worth is estimated at more than half a billion dollars. Yet if past is prologue, former staffers say rank-and-file employees won’t see their share of the spoils — and that, besides being a penny-pincher, Stern was often a terror to work with. “Worse than Ellen [DeGeneres],” one industry insider told The Post. “The hallway had to be cleared out before he walks down,” said Melendez, whose interviews with celebrities like Gennifer Flowers...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), during a Monday appearance on The Howard Stern Show, confessed that he would have “decked” President Trump if not for his position as the governor of the Empire State. Cuomo appeared on the show to promote his latest book titled American Crisis: Leadership Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic. The two leaders — Trump and Cuomo — have had a rocky relationship, and Cuomo told the host that he has had to exercise great restraint for the good of his state. “I bit my tongue so many times I have tongue scars,” the governor said....

Howard Stern is close to a contract extension with SiriusXM. According to Bloomberg, the renewal will raise his salary to a ground-breaking $120 million per year. Stern’s current contract, which pays him between $80 and 100 million a year, runs through December.

Have you noticed that the people who get caught using blackface are always Democrats? Don't forget that liberals always accuse you of what they are doing. In recent weeks in the wake of the George Floyd protests and the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, the spotlight has shone on the likes of late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon for past use of blackface for comedy sketches. And among the multitude of voices calling for these celebrities to face consequences for their past actions are a number of conservative figures and media outlets. The list is endless: Justin...

From Howard Stern's New Years Rotten Eve Pagent 1994