Sunday, May 28, 2006

Stern Big Winner in CBS Deal: The New York Post Weighs In

May 28, 2006

It looks like the Stern/Sirius side got the better end of the deal according the the NY Post:

"$TERN BIG WINNER IN CBS DEAL
By RICHARD JOHNSON with PAULA FROELICH and CHRIS WILSON
May 27, 2006

CALL out the strippers and bring in the lesbians, Howard Stern has settled his $500 million lawsuit with CBS Radio and insiders say he's making out like a bandit.

CBS says Stern's new employer, Sirius Satellite Radio, will pay $2 million to keep 20 years worth of Stern-show tapes it claimed he took without permission when he noisily bolted terrestrial radio last year, The Post's John Mainelli reports.

And with the old tapes now in the shaggy-haired jock's sweaty palms, there's talk of a "Classic Howard Stern" station that would air his past K-Rock shows unbleeped.

Stern was said to be ecstatic about the settlement yesterday - a 180-degree turnaround from when the bizarre suit was filed earlier this year."

Link to full story: HERE