On Tuesday, Howard Stern was awarded an $82.9 million bonus in Sirius stock when he achieved more than the desired numbers for subscribers--a goal that was set two years ago when he started broadcasting his satellite radio show with the company. Only one year into his gig with Sirius, this bonus comes in addition to his $500 million salary that he was reportedly given in return for his five year contract. USA Today reports:
Sirius said in a statement that it paid Stern slightly more than 22 million shares of stock after exceeding a year-end subscriber goal for 2006 by more than two million. Sirius ended last year with just over 6 million subscribers, compared with projections of about 3.5 million from Wall Street analysts when the company signed Stern's employment agreement. Stern could stand to gain other stock bonuses in the future if the company meets annual subscriber targets, but these would have to be beat by a far greater amount, Sirius said in a statement. Sirius said the shares issued in Stern's bonus as well as any others likely to be issued to him would not increase its share count since other share warrants are likely to expire in the meantime.All I got from that was, "blah, blah, blah, LOTS OF MONEY." In other news, Liquid Lunch Podcast is still free. And desperate for attention.
Howard Stern gets $82.9 million stock bonus [USA Today]
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West Ham says:
Holy Fucking Shit.
sasha says:
I wouldn't give stern 82 cents for the vile shit he says/does. He is an obnoxious freakshow with losers as audience. UGH!!!
sasha says:
I wouldn't give stern 82 cents for the vile stuff he says/does. He is an obnoxious freakshow with losers as audience. UGH!!!
Educatedgal says:
Sasha YOU are an idiot. A) You obviously never have listened to his show and B) you are very judgemental to lump all his listeners in to the 'loser' catagory. I am an educated, professional and attractive mother and I got sirius simply to listen to howard (but was presently suprised with the other stations.)
Get your head out of your ass.
Tonysgirl says:
Just goes to show you what your education got you....lol
I agree with Sasha he is an ugly moron.
John says:
I wish this fuck would drop dead. Why is he famous? Is he talented or something? Has he saved a life or stopped a crime? Has he contributed to our culture, our country or our well-being in some way? Why has he become so filthy stinking rich for acting like such an asshole? What the hell's the matter with people?
John says:
I wish this fuck would drop dead. Why is he famous? Is he talented or something? Has he saved a life or stopped a crime? Has he contributed to our culture, our country or our well-being in some way? Why has he become so filthy stinking rich for acting like such an asshole? What the hell's the matter with people?
John says:
I wish this fuck would drop dead. Why is he famous? Is he talented or something? Has he saved a life or stopped a crime? Has he contributed to our culture, our country or our well-being in some way? Why has he become so filthy stinking rich for acting like such an asshole? What the hell's the matter with people?
educatedgal says:
"Just goes to show you what your education got you....lol "
I assume your insult meant to follow the proper rules of grammar and you meant to say "WHERE your education got you"?
I certaintly see where your lack of a brain got you.
And not one of you mentioned anything that he does that is so bad for society. I hear a show that if full of funny back and forth about the crew member's lives as well as interesting interviews. He did a GREAT one with Martha Stewart recently. If it weren't for his intereviews you wouldn't get to read some of the gossip you read on here because often it comes from HIS inteviews.
Also, not being a personal publicity whore like brangelina or oprah none of us have any idea what he does with his money how much he donates to charity. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't happen