Legendary radio host Howard Stern faces an uncertain future at SiriusXM as his five-year $500 million contract winds down, according to a report.<\/p>\n
The 71-year-old shock jock would be open to a short-term contract if the price is right, but he\u2019s also considering calling it quits with SiriusXM, sources familiar with the negotiations told The Daily Mail<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cHe may do a 1-2 year contract if they can meet him where he wants financially. He\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0want to pull the plug on his employees like this,\u201d one source told the outlet.<\/p>\n Howard Stern speaks with Paul Simon during an episode of the \u201cHoward Stern Show\u201d on Sirius XM on Sept. 22, 2023. The Howard Stern Show<\/p>\n \u201cHe is off in the summer but this year has been saying \u2018maybe I should retire\u2019,\u201d another source told the outlet.<\/p>\n The insider noted that Stern is irritated with SiriusXM\u2019s reliance on competing radio star Andy Cohen.<\/p>\n Another source said Stern is even thinking about \u201cparting ways\u201d with SiriusXM. <\/p>\n Stern started the second iteration of \u201cThe Howard Stern Show\u201d on SiriusXM in 2006 and has remained a staple ever since. <\/p>\n The host\u2019s reputation has flip-flopped over the years between being regarded as an awe-inspiring dominator who could pry anything out of any guest to an out-of-touch has-been.<\/p>\n Stern has struggled to clarify his identity over the last few years while insisting that he is \u201cwoke\u201d<\/a> and simultaneously doing layup interviews with people like former President Joe Biden<\/a> and former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> despite leaning Republican<\/a> earlier in his storied career.<\/p>\n A view of the Sirius XM Radio Studios in New York City on March 4, 2019. Getty Images<\/p>\n Howard Stern during his debut show on Sirius Satellite Radio on Jan. 9, 2006. Getty Images<\/p>\n Stern\u2019s show doesn\u2019t pull in nearly as many listeners as it used to, especially compared to Cohen\u2019s two channels. Stern\u2019s program has fluctuated from 20 million daily to just 125,000 as of late. <\/p>\n The famed shock jock also hardly ever records his shows at studios anymore, instead opting to work from home citing fears over COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary radio host Howard Stern faces an uncertain future at SiriusXM as his five-year $500 million contract winds…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":123382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[12192,171,76186,975,5158,422,16688,67,132,68,1154],"class_list":{"0":"post-123381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-contract","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-howard-stern","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-podcasts","13":"tag-radio","14":"tag-talk-shows","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-us-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114981415508372279","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}