The controversy rages on this weekend; it seems like everyone has their own opinion on whether Howard Stern would ditch his two channels on Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) in favor of a rumored $600 million, three-year deal with Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) where he could have a monthly subscription offering on iTunes.
I personally believe the rumor is false, but many of our own readers disagree.One of the reasons why I don't believe Stern is leaving Sirius, as I explained yesterday, is that if he "were really leaving Sirius XM Radio Inc, he would be bashing their management a lot on his show and on other shows. He isn't quiet when he's unsatisfied... I mean, you've seen Private Parts, right?"
Reader Alex corrected me: "Stern has been blasting Sirius XM management for months, on his show."
And reader Tim presents his own reasoning for why an Apple deal might happen: "People... Do the math, if 3 million subscribers pay iTunes $10 per month that is 30 mil per month in revenue. 360 mil per year and well over 1 billion over 3 years and we haven't even started adding up the ad revenue yet. He has 5 million listeners on Sirius so he should be able to get more than the 3 million listeners that I conservatively estimated."
I personally believe the rumor is false, but many of our own readers disagree.One of the reasons why I don't believe Stern is leaving Sirius, as I explained yesterday, is that if he "were really leaving Sirius XM Radio Inc, he would be bashing their management a lot on his show and on other shows. He isn't quiet when he's unsatisfied... I mean, you've seen Private Parts, right?"
Reader Alex corrected me: "Stern has been blasting Sirius XM management for months, on his show."
And reader Tim presents his own reasoning for why an Apple deal might happen: "People... Do the math, if 3 million subscribers pay iTunes $10 per month that is 30 mil per month in revenue. 360 mil per year and well over 1 billion over 3 years and we haven't even started adding up the ad revenue yet. He has 5 million listeners on Sirius so he should be able to get more than the 3 million listeners that I conservatively estimated."
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