OK, so what does Howard Stern do if Sirius goes bust?

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OK, so what does Howard Stern do if Sirius goes bust?

#1 Post by Buffacuse » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:59 pm

Has anyone been listening...what has he been saying?

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#2 Post by gsabc » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:17 pm

Hopefully he will FOAD and the world will be a better place.

Sorry, I can't stand hearing even one second of his brand of drivel.
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#3 Post by a1mamacat » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:52 pm

Buffacuse wrote:Has anyone been listening...what has he been saying?
Get a real job????
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#4 Post by Jeemie » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:06 pm

a1mamacat wrote:
Buffacuse wrote:Has anyone been listening...what has he been saying?
Get a real job????
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#5 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Thu Feb 12, 2009 7:58 am

I'm channeling Thousandaire here
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#6 Post by ghostjmf » Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:43 am

I would like to think he shuts the eff up, but that would be too much to hope.

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#7 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:57 am

Is there a risk of Sirius going bust?
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#8 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:45 am

TheCalvinator24 wrote:Is there a risk of Sirius going bust?
There's a real risk of them going Chapter 11, but not out of business.
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#9 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:16 pm

So, on the Sirius/XM merger, who bought whom?

I guess what it boils down to for me is will I get left with an unfulfilled contract on my XM subscription?
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#10 Post by Bob Juch » Thu Feb 12, 2009 2:39 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:So, on the Sirius/XM merger, who bought whom?

I guess what it boils down to for me is will I get left with an unfulfilled contract on my XM subscription?
Sirius was the surviving corporate entity.

You'd only wind up with a unfulfilled contract if they went under. Not happening - yet.
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#11 Post by sunflower » Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:56 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:So, on the Sirius/XM merger, who bought whom?

I guess what it boils down to for me is will I get left with an unfulfilled contract on my XM subscription?
That's pretty much all I'm worried about. Howard Stern...who cares. What will happen to my daily XM fix on the ride to and from work...that's my huge concern!!

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#12 Post by Buffacuse » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:29 pm

Just thought I'd bring this forward to answer my own question--if they declare Chapter 11--reorganization vice liquidation--they can and almost certainly will void the contracts of both Stern and their other big money "talent"...Martha Stewart. Stern is unlikely to stay since the stock he also got for signing is now almost totally worthless.

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#13 Post by gsabc » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:19 pm

Buffacuse wrote: Stern is unlikely to stay since the stock he also got for signing is now almost totally worthless.
You're assuming he hasn't sold a bunch already. No idea if he had any trading constraints on it, as you would have as a corporate officer or with certain stock options. I'm sure he isn't going to go hungry anytime soon.
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