Howard Stern’s $330 million lawsuit against Sirius XM reaches appeals court In Howard Stern, News, Sirius XM on February 16, 2013
Howard Stern, his agent Don Buchwald and their production company One Twelve presented their case against Sirius XM to an appellate court on Thursday, continuing their quest to recoup $330 million they believe they are owed from the 2008 merger between Sirius and XM.
Stern’s case was heard by a panel of five New York State Court of Appeals judges on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. One Twelve, et al. have been pursuing the legal action against Sirius XM since shortly after Stern renewed his contract with the satellite radio company at the end of 2010. At issue is an estimated $330 million in stock bonuses that Stern claims he is entitled to according to a provision in his contract that promised him bonuses every time the company hit a certain target numbers of subscribers. Stern and Buchwald say the millions of XM subscribers absorbed by Sirius in the 2008 merger should count towards that total, since Sirius never would have been able to take over their competitor without Stern on their team. Sirius XM disagrees, saying that Stern received a separate $25 million bonus in the merger as promised and was entitled to nothing more.
In this latest chapter of Howard Stern’s latest saga as a disgruntled employee, judges will now decide whether to overturn Judge Barbara Kapnick’s April 2012 decision that Stern, Buchwald and One Twelve were entitled to a big fat zero…point…zero.
I remember downloading and listening to this show for the first time right before I turned 19 and feeling like it was a guilty pleasure. I can actually visualize the moment five months later where I was sitting in a dorm room, with headphones on, realizing that I hadn't thought this was funny/interesting in a long while...and wondering if I was a jackoff for taking as long as I had to accept that.
1998 was not a pinnacle for me, in terms of taste.
Soma. wrote:Really enjoyed the Quentin Tarantino and Billy Corgan interviews. That is, quite honestly, all I've enjoyed on the show.
So in the 30 years or whatever Howard has been doing a show he has managed to randomly produce two segments of radio that you enjoy? Two relatively recent interviews?
My guess is you would probably enjoy many of the interviews because Howard has a consistent interviewing style. I will just randomly watch interviews he has done on YouTube